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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] The "slowing speed of light" theory is refuted by several simple realizations: 1.) You can see. Since our cones and rods are constant during our lifetimes, if the speed of lite changes, the wavelengths of light reaching our eyes would change, and we would no longer see in regular light. 2.) Light is simply one form of electromagnetic radiation, which includes IR, UV, and Micro- and Radio waves. If C slows down, so would all the other forms of radiation... and nothing we have based on these technologies could function. 3.) The assumed "variations" in the speed of light generally noted by proponents of the theory are FAR more likely to be generated by the varying sensitivity of the instruments and measurements used to determine light's speed. The speed they got in 1800 using reflectivity is NOT going to be the speed they get in 1995 using the vibrations of an atom. They could also be created using flaws in the original data, see "Vulcan" and "Planet X." below. Vulcan: Hypothetical planet once presumed to exist between Mercury and the Sun, due to perceived variations between Mercury's predicted orbit and actual appearances. However, Mercury's variations were actually produced by the gravitational warping of space near the sun (See: Einstein's theory of Relativity -- which, by the way, also depend on C being constant), and thusly Vulcan was discarded. Planet X: Hypothesized due to apparent variations in the orbit of Neptune. Led to the discovery of Pluto, but Pluto was far too small to account for the variations, so astronomers spent years looking for "Planet X." It is now virtually a certainty that the percieved variations were due to imperfect measurements of Neptune's location, speed, mass, etc. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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