Archive for September, 2007



Evidence for occult

What would physicists consider a necessary and sufficient evidence that Cavendish pendulum was not moved by Newton’s occult force which acts instantaneously from a distance?
What sort of evidence is required?
Historical

Analysis of original experiment without making anachronistic assumptions
Any experiment that is called Cavendish experiment

Mathematical

Cavendish’s original computation of delta, the mean density of the earth
Modern method to […]

By freedom of science I understand freedom to believe whatever one wants.
The worse offenders against freedom of science are physicists. Just like their cousin theological doctors physicists live to proselytize.
In physics lingo proselytizing is called popularization. Physicists set out to enlighten the public about “scientific method” as if what they do were science.
Proselytizing is built […]

I’ve been working on the equation of motion for the Cavendish pendulum. The motion is similar to torsional harmonic oscillator equation but with the addition of torque term for gravity 2GMmd/(a-x)^2.
My source is this document. The solution is based on the assumption that the excursion of the arm x is much smaller than the distance between weights a […]

Newton defined force as the faith of his religion:
Force == Newton’s Soul
In the 19th century Newtonian priests defined the Cavendish experiment as the experimental proof of Newton’s Soul by defining the letter G as “Newton’s Universal Constant of Gravitation.” This was the greatest unification of physics:
Newton’s Soul is the universal cause of everything.
When the Newtonian […]

Naming is the origin of all particular things, begins Tao Te Ching.
Naming is the origin of all particles.
Naming is the origin of all fundamental particles of physics.
Naming is the origin of all fundamental building blocks of matter defined by physicists.
Definition is the origin of all things.
Physicists do not observe particles. Physicists name the lines they […]

Sabine Hossenfelder wrote:
To the younger readers out there: here is your chance to save the planet! Needless to say, intimate knowledge of physics is necessary for this noble task.
An intimate knowledge of physics is not needed to compute asteroid orbits. All you need is an intimate knowledge of R3T2: The cube of the radius is […]

How does the pendulum arm move under the influence of F = GMm/s^2?
1. We know that F is not a contact force.
2. Force resides in M and travels the distance s and grabs the weight m from its center and attracts it toward itself.
3. The attractive actions of M described above happen in zero time. […]

Lies of physics

This article1 states that Halley’s comet had been known for over a century prior to the time Newton and Halley appropriated it for their own cause.2
There are two questions to be asked:

Does it matter that a comet is named after Halley even though he did not discover it?
Why is it that this historical wrong is […]

It is well known that the computation of G from the Cavendish experiment is independent of weights m attached to the pendulum. The value of G given by the Cavendish experiment is the attraction between masses M and. The missing mass is substituted to save Newton’s authority.
G = 2 pi^2 r^2 s^2 theta / T^2 […]

Computing G from Cavendish data does not mean observing the Newtonian occult motion. We start from the principle that occult motion does not exist.
Occult motion is the same as perpetual motion.
Both are denied by principle.
Occult motion does not exist and it cannot be measured.
In physics Newton’s authority is absolute. Therefore, occult motion is legal in physics […]






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