Facts and Fiction

“Electrons were once thought to orbit a nucleus much as planets orbit the sun. That picture has since been obliterated by modern quantum mechanics. But since quantum mechanics confounds even seasoned physicists, the image persists as a useful analogy. Like gravity acting on planets, an electromagnetic force attracts the orbiting electron to the nucleus. Classical physicists wondered that the electron didn't run out of energy. “
“Niels Bohr solved this mystery by introducing quanta, discrete energy states in which electrons may stably persist. Think of an elevator that only stops at discrete floors (i.e. not between them). And just as an elevator won't take you below the basement, there's a minimum state below which the electron simply cannot fall. Strange as it sounds, the Bohr model is actually much too simplistic, and has since been replaced by even weirder portraits of the atomic world. I'll leave those for your poor physics teacher to tackle. “
"It doesn't make sense to talk about a varying speed of light or electron charge. This is because the values of these parameters include units that might change. The speed of light, for instance, might be measured one day with a ruler and a clock. If the next day the same measurement gave a different answer, no one could tell if the speed of light changed, the ruler length changed, or the clock ticking changed.”
“We have an incomplete theory ……”………

(I do commend the author for saying that.)

So what they mean is that Niels did not “solved” anything. He just rearranged the topography so that we now asks different questions - as soon as we think of them. After all that I heard about Hitch Hikers Guide, and saw a couple of movies, it wasn’t till I read the book for my self that I discovered that … well now, if I say to much you will not think it necessary to read it for your self. Lets say that the book is more about the question than it is about the answer, 47. Science is fun. The earth is not God’s experiment, He made it for people. It is amazing what science has learned but it would be nice if they could get over the nasty habit of passing off their flights of fantasy as facts.

The Bible says do not say, “when I go to town tomorrow I will…”

Say, “the Lord willlling if I go to town tomorrow I intend to ……..”
(I am trying to learn the lesson, plan for tomorrow – live today !”)

Even when the words “We have an incomplete theory ……” are on their way to us the author of them is saying “evolution is a fact” (I’ll bet my boots) We say “it is cold today” but then we stop and consider, “Compared to the coldest place on earth right now it is really not that bad”. Now that sounds relativistic; W would probably say that it is just an excuse for my not wanting to commit myself but I do like to view any thing and every thing from every angle possible before I make my “final answer”, and no that does not mean that I believe in relativism. There Are facts; you just got to ferret them out. There is truth. There are absolutes. I can live with theories, they are Very useful, but I can’t stand it when they are preached as facts.