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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 03:54 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Not really. As mentioned, the lensing...

Not really. As mentioned, the lensing observations of colliding clusters are pretty bloody decent evidence for dark matter. Deuterium is baryonic. It would get heated in such collisions. The bulk of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 03:37 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
On the other hand, even Eric Lerner has had...

On the other hand, even Eric Lerner has had complete nonsense published in those journals!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 03:33 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
That answers none of Ziggurat's points, Mike....

That answers none of Ziggurat's points, Mike. Gupta does not explain the lensing observations of colliding clusters. And, as Ethan Siegal pointed out, screwing around with those constants would...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 05:30 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Which was complete nonsense. And how is he...

Which was complete nonsense. And how is he suggesting that dark matter doesn't exist?



Lol!

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/universe-13-8-or-26-7-billion-years/
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 04:54 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
So, let us spell this out clearly for clueless...

So, let us spell this out clearly for clueless engineers and their fanboys;

From the book;

'Basics of the Solar Wind'
Meyer-Vernet, N.
2007

Chapter 5.4
'A mixture of fluids'
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 04:23 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
And the solar wind is not a drift of + ions. It...

And the solar wind is not a drift of + ions. It is a quasi-neutral flow of ions and electrons, in the same direction, at the same velocity. Which carry a magnetic field with them that precludes...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology Yesterday, 04:19 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Nope, the electrons are retained in the corona to...

Nope, the electrons are retained in the corona to maintain quasi-neutrality. And the exospheric model that explains why this must be so, pre-dates the electric universe cult.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 03:36 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
I wonder if Carl Sagan ever envisaged that we...

I wonder if Carl Sagan ever envisaged that we would still be communicating with these probes almost 30 years after he sadly died?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 03:29 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Nor are the laws of physics.

Nor are the laws of physics.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th March 2024, 01:37 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Yep, very pretty. It's a black hole jet. A...

Yep, very pretty. It's a black hole jet. A biggish one.

So, let's play this game of black hole jets creating 2H.

What is the absolute limit to the mass that can be ejected by an AGN? Well, the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 03:43 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
First off, who is saying AGNs should make...

First off, who is saying AGNs should make deuterium? Secondly, and as previously mentioned, the lensing observations of colliding clusters show an offset between baryonic matter and the detected...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 02:39 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Were you quoting Jesus there? Or was it an...

Were you quoting Jesus there? Or was it an exclamation of disbelief? :)
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 01:59 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Because baryonic matter interacts with other...

Because baryonic matter interacts with other baryonic matter. And when we look at colliding galaxy clusters, we see that the bulk of the mass is not where we see the baryonic matter. Last time I...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2024, 01:07 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
I already explained to you, a number of times!...

I already explained to you, a number of times! Here, for instance;

https://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13996377&postcount=3757

The electric field is the reason that the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 03:50 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
The annihilation of electron-positron pairs would...

The annihilation of electron-positron pairs would be very obvious at 0.511 MeV, I would have thought. Obviously you know that, but I just added it for Mike's continuing education in all things...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 03:38 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
It matters not. For the umpteenth time, the...

It matters not. For the umpteenth time, the pile-up of the magnetic fields, carried by solar winds, prevents pretty much all external particles from entering another heliosphere. As already...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 01:17 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
I think you'll find that we are in a spiral arm,...

I think you'll find that we are in a spiral arm, in the Orion spur.

And it really doesn't matter how far a stellar wind can travel. Even if you remove all the gas and plasma in the ISM, and get...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 04:52 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Here we go; ...

Here we go;

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/what-is-the-center-of-our-galaxy-like#:~:text=The%20closest%20star%20to%20our,a%20“bulge”%20of%20stars.

So, the stars in the innermost...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 04:42 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
And I've already explained why it doesn't matter...

And I've already explained why it doesn't matter how close they are together. Magnetic fields. Nothing getting in, nothing getting out, near as makes no difference.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 01:40 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Okay, let's try to make this more transparent...

Okay, let's try to make this more transparent than my previous comment evidently was;

Solar winds from the Sun, or any other star, will carry that star's magnetic field outward with them. They are...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 07:40 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/26/theres-a-debate-raging-over-whether-dark-matter-is-real-but-one-side-is-cheating/?sh=7cb9d9c17ae4

See the colliding cluster images, and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th March 2024, 07:30 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Nope. It stops at the heliopause. Hence the name....

Nope. It stops at the heliopause. Hence the name. That is the point where the interplanetary magnetic field, carried by the solar wind, meets the interstellar magnetic field. They balance,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 03:35 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Just for clarity - that article is not about...

Just for clarity - that article is not about stars from one galaxy being ejected and ending up in another galaxy! It is about stars that were likely in a dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way being shredded...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th March 2024, 03:27 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Reset button. Hit!!! Umpteen lensing observations...

Reset button. Hit!!! Umpteen lensing observations of colliding galaxy clusters show that the bulk of the mass in those collisions is not where the 'normal' matter is. As expected from LCDM. Last time...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 03:42 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Yet more from the addled EE; Deary me!...

Yet more from the addled EE;



Deary me! As Alfven explained, there are no currents coming from the Sun. The cusps are within the magnetosphere. As I understand it, the stretched-out field lines...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th March 2024, 03:06 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
More from the genius Scott; ...

More from the genius Scott;



'Establishment astronomers'? Does he mean physicists? A subject in which he is not only not qualified, but is demonstrably clueless? Sad.

And guess what Don?...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th March 2024, 03:14 PM
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Views: 6,324
Posted By jonesdave116
Taken from the previous post. Electrons are just...

Taken from the previous post. Electrons are just 'milling around'???? Lol! How are they just 'milling around', when the solar wind is carrying a magnetic field with it all the way to the heliopause?...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th March 2024, 02:54 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Don Scott: 'The Electric Sky' (mostly bollocks)

Here is the genius Don on the solar wind in the aforementioned bollocks book;
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th March 2024, 01:40 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
And here is another case of what I am talking...

And here is another case of what I am talking about in the above reply to Sol88; Don Scott, one of the high priests of this unscientific nonsense, also cannot get beyond press releases. Here he is...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 06:06 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Well, there's a surprise! Not. I am sure that...

Well, there's a surprise! Not. I am sure that once it comes to Tusenfem's notice he will take the appropriate action.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 04:00 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
As long as he doesn't use Wiki! Just had a look...

As long as he doesn't use Wiki! Just had a look at their 'Plasma (physics)' page;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)

If you scroll down to 'Filamentation', it looks like someone has...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 05:34 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
So, apropos of a previous comment I made; ...

So, apropos of a previous comment I made;

'An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices'
McClure, M. K. et al. (2023)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2301.09140.pdf
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 05:09 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
And which part of "measured" are you struggling...

And which part of "measured" are you struggling to understand? We know the ionisation fractions, and I have already told you what they are. 1 part in millions to 1 part in tens of millions. Not a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 04:47 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
What does HII mean in your universe? I already...

What does HII mean in your universe? I already told you. It is H+. You are having the same layman's problem as Thornhill and Scott - you read PRs aimed at the hard of thinking general public, and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th March 2024, 04:41 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
I told you the ionisation fraction of molecular...

I told you the ionisation fraction of molecular clouds. It is 1 part in millions. And nobody thinks of them as any sort of plasma. Including plasma physicists, of whom your cult has precisely zero....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2024, 07:32 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
That is a press release aimed at the general...

That is a press release aimed at the general public (you, in other words). If you had bothered to read even the abstract of the paper, you would see that the emission is from HeII (He+).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2024, 07:09 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Learn to read. The hot gas is caused by the...

Learn to read. The hot gas is caused by the NEWLY-FORMED stars. The stars themselves formed from the cold, molecular gas in the clouds in which they are embedded. As I told you upthread, and which...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2024, 06:59 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Duh! We observe star formation. It does not...

Duh! We observe star formation. It does not happen in plasma. End of story. It happens in cold, dense clouds of neutral molecular gas. The forming stars are observed to be fed by filaments of cold,...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2024, 06:56 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Nope, not a plasma. And molecular clouds sure as...

Nope, not a plasma. And molecular clouds sure as hell aren't plasma. You don't know what a plasma is.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2024, 06:41 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
99.96%. 1 part in 2500, for the hard of maths....

99.96%. 1 part in 2500, for the hard of maths. And the 'source' is observation, and the known ionisation temperatures of H and He, which make up the vast bulk of the Sun. Hydrogen-alpha filters show...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 09:26 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
What are you talking about? I said the BB...

What are you talking about? I said the BB spectrum of 5800 K comes from the photosphere. Which is overwhelmingly neutral gas. Last time I checked, I think it was ~ 99.96% neutrals.
This is the same...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 08:34 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Nope. Mostly plasma. The ~ 5800 K BB spectrum...

Nope. Mostly plasma. The ~ 5800 K BB spectrum comes from what is mostly neutral gas. The photosphere. That temperature is not high enough to ionise H and He.



Nobody sane thinks black holes are...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2024, 08:24 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
It is the very definition of pseudoscience....

It is the very definition of pseudoscience. Nothing it claims is even possible, and is not even proposed by scientists.




Yes, it is both. Much of it is based on outright lies, such as...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd March 2024, 03:48 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
The thing that amuses (or is it amazes?) me, is...

The thing that amuses (or is it amazes?) me, is that EUists bang on about plasma physics every chance they get. And yet they don't have a single person qualified in the subject. Never have. This...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st March 2024, 06:27 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
You do realise that stars form in clouds of...

You do realise that stars form in clouds of neutral gas? As observed?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th February 2024, 03:41 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
The title of this thread is a misnomer. In...

The title of this thread is a misnomer. In scientific parlance, nothing proposed by the EUists constitutes a theory. Nor even a hypothesis. Theories are hypotheses that have made predictions, and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th February 2024, 01:45 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
And nobody sane thinks black holes are anything...

And nobody sane thinks black holes are anything to do with plasmoids!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th February 2024, 01:37 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Yep, by definition they are black. Outside the...

Yep, by definition they are black. Outside the Schwarzschild radius, though, you have an accretion disk. And that can most definitely emit light. We see the one in our own galaxy in X-ray, when it...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2024, 04:09 PM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Well, according to the genius Don Scott, the...

Well, according to the genius Don Scott, the fusion does occur, to account for the neutrino detections, which even an EE knows must come from fusion - but it happens on the surface/ in the solar...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2024, 06:01 AM
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Posted By jonesdave116
Indeed. From crackpots such as Scott and...

Indeed. From crackpots such as Scott and Thornhill.
You do realise that stars form in cold, dense, neutral gas clouds, yes? And that the cosmic web is a prediction of the standard model? And that we...
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