The speed of light is not constant!
It is, in fact, accelerating, year by year, decade by decade, century by century; but on astronomical time-scales.

It may take ten years; it make take one hundred. Or even a thousand.

But, it will eventually be proved that the speed of light is not a constant. (And this has nothing to do with frames of reference; or General, or Special Relativity.)

If you set up a series of light beams, every cm(inch) across a road, 1 km(mile) long; and measured the (instantaneous) speed of a car starting from standstill and accelerating along that road to 100k(m)ph; and then viewed the data from the last 100cm(inches); it would appear (within the bounds of accuracy available) that the speed of the car was some fixed(constant) value.

Now consider that we (human kind) have only been attempting to measure the speed of light for 300 or 400 years -- depending upon your references -- and that light has been traveling for ~13.something billion years(*); and maybe the above analogy will make sense.

Now think about the consequences, if that is true.

Distances -- and thus times -- of astronomical points and events -- including the age of the Universe/time since the big bang -- are no longer reliable.

The calculations that "prove" that the Universe is expanding and will continue to expand until heat death; are unreliable. Unproven.

The mass calculations that indicate the existence of both Dark Matter and Dark Energy are moot.

The vast majority of current astrophysical and particle physical research are looking in the wrong place, for the wrong thing.

Wanna join the 21st Century's version of the flat Earth society?

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :)
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

In reply to [OT] A prediction. by BrowserUk

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