Re: The antics of thermodynamics, the depravity of relativity, the bunkum of quantum

The universe is eternal and infinite, filled with solid aether so
fine that electrons glide through it with no resistance. The cores
of stars are very cold, containing permanent currents creating
large magnetic fields. Gravity is an electrostatic phenomenon.
Stars lose their hydrogen cover which becomes nebulae. Then regain
them after their dark cores reach nebulae, over trillion year
cycles.

People honestly believed some of these things a few hundred years ago,
and at the time there wasn't enough evidence either to confirm or refute
such conjectures. They could hold such beliefs without being laughed at.
I believe, though, that the proposition that the cores of stars are cold
is a genuine new addition to humanity's collection of stupid ideas. It's
just as implausible as the suggestion (easily disproved) that the
pressure is zero at the centre of the earth.
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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW