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[Physltest] Re: [Phys-L] Re: Basic Facts About Dark Energy



Thank you, Jack. Your idea is very good.

Regards,
Steven Ratliff





Steven T. Ratliff
Institutional Researcher / Professor of Physics
Northwestern College
3003 Snelling Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN 55113-1598
U. S. A.

Internet: stratliff@nwc.edu




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The trouble is that you are trying to explain a bad verbalization
of a compllcated concept. The word "energy" crept into "dark energy" by
analogy. If the observations had shown deceleration, that could have been
explained by an "excess" of mass-energy in the universe. Acceleration
seems like anti-gravity, so by analogy the publicizers looked for language
relating the observation to mass-energy. Be brave! Find your own
language to explain what is going on without using the word "energy".
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