Hoo boy ... we've got a new one in the Science Group.

[eppur_se_muova]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/122844660 (locked thread)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/122844678

Apparently, there's some "new" "scientific" theory that planets start out "puffy" and collapse like soufflés. All sorts of "unexplained anomalies" (which apparently haven't been noticed by anyone else) are UNIQUELY explained by this radical new theory ! And yet, strangely enough, there seems to be only a single researcher supporting this theory ! See the link within the first link above to see how the "dogma" of constant planet size was "justified" by plate tectonics -- i.e. before plate tectonics came along apparently no one assumed the planets weren't constantly changing in size.

Hope this doesn't last as long as the Electric Universe episode.

links and excerpts from pseudoscientific, anti-vaccination, alt-med, or creationist sites are permitted only for the purposes of criticism.

[AlbertCat]

1. "Hoo boy" is right!

Nothing like new "theories" to explain what old theories already explain thoroughly.

[NastyRiffraff]

2. Where the hell do they get this stuff?

Rather, where do they get the brains that believe it?

[Lordquinton]

3. Usually when I hear talk about time being relative

it's because someone is running late.

[DhhD]

6. Over Time, the Earth Seemed To Crystallized.

Physicists investigate the structure of time, with implications for quantum mechanics and philosophy

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-02-physicists-implications-quantum-mechanics-philosophy.html#jCp

Since it is an unproven Law or Principle, I am posting this in the SS&P Group.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3884-4/fulltext.html


In my opinion, there is more matter on the planet that will undergo crystallization.

[progressoid]

4. Well that's...um....interesting.

[DhhD]

5. Why not banned this DhhD person from the Science Group?

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http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/243/art%253A10.1140%252Fepjc%252Fs10052-016-3884-4.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1140%2Fepjc%2Fs10052-016-3884-4&token2=exp=1454432945~acl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F243%2Fart%25253A10.1140%25252Fepjc%25252Fs10052-016-3884-4.pdf%3ForiginUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1140%252Fepjc%252Fs10052-016-3884-4*~hmac=f3d103080b03221ad80a14d15698354260c4959f28250e1799d71e61cceb5949

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In other words, time behaves like a crystal. As an application of our formalism, we analyze the effect of such a deformation on the rate of spontaneous emission in a hydrogen atom.