{"id":791,"date":"2011-03-26T07:47:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doxacommunications.com\/kolbe\/the-electric-sky\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T07:47:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T07:47:08","slug":"the-electric-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolbecenter.org\/the-electric-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"The Electric Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Electric Sky - A Challenge to the Myths of Modern Astronomy
\n<\/em>Donald E. Scott
\nMikamar Publishing, 2006
\n248 pages<\/p>\n

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It seems like every time we send a new probe into space, the discoveries leave astronomers scratching their heads and modifying their theories to account for the new data.\u00a0 In fact, it is admitted that about 96% of the matter\/energy that must exist in the universe in order for it to maintain its structure cannot be detected.\u00a0 Instead of questioning the foundations of current theories, new entities must be conjured up such as black holes, dark matter and dark energy.<\/p>\n

This book attempts to explain what we see in space using known electromagnetic properties of plasma, instead of the current gravity-dominated theories of today's astrophysics.\u00a0 What emerges is a different understanding of the universe as a place filled with plasma reacting to electric currents and magnetic forces.<\/p>\n

Donald Scott is an electrical engineer who started to suspect that astrophysicists had a fundamental misunderstanding of the universe when some of their theories contradicted what he knew to be true of electromagnetic forces.\u00a0 His interest in astronomy led him to come up with a different way of understanding the universe using plasma as the primary component that fills all space and forms the stars and galaxies.<\/p>\n

Mr. Scott's ideas have earned him the ire of the astrophysicists. Their cherished notions and government-sponsored research are threatened by what they consider to be a meddler in their affairs.\u00a0 This is very similar to what creationists or intelligent design advocates have experienced in academia.\u00a0 Mr. Scott identifies astronomy, geology, and archaeology as three disciplines that are dominated by ideas which cannot be supported by evidence, but are nevertheless firmly entrenched and resistant to alternate theories.<\/p>\n

The Catholic Church is criticized in this book for its dealings with Galileo, who was promoting an idea that was contrary to the accepted understanding of the universe of his time.\u00a0 Geocentrists of today might argue that Mr. Scott is being unfair since it has never been experimentally proven that the earth is moving.\u00a0 In any case it is clear that motives other than the unadulterated pursuit of truth drive many scientists and academians to disregard alternate theories.<\/p>\n

An interesting tidbit of information came out on a discussion of the size of the universe.\u00a0 It was noted that if the distance between the earth and the sun was scaled down to one inch, the sun would be a tiny dot and the length of a light-year would be one mile.\u00a0 The nearest star to our sun is 4.5 light-years away, which is close on a cosmic scale.\u00a0 So in the scaled-down model, our sun and its nearest neighbor are two tiny specks separated by 4.5 miles.\u00a0 This was used to demonstrate that gravity has little to no effect at galactic distances.<\/p>\n

Another interesting tidbit is that stars are relatively unstable.\u00a0 They frequently appear in binary pairs that probably started out as single stars which then exploded.\u00a0 Gamma-ray bursts have been linked to supernovae explosions of stars.\u00a0 The earth is hit by two or three such bursts per day.\u00a0 The assumption that the sun will always come up tomorrow may not be so certain.<\/p>\n

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a reasonable, alternate explanation of the working of the universe.\u00a0 It is also somewhat comforting to know that creationists are not the only ones in academia who are persecuted for their beliefs.\u00a0 One day the truth will out!<\/p>\n

Eric Bermingham
\nMarch, 2011<\/p>\n

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