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Most idiotic "scientific" comment
OP - July 06, 2011, 12:08 PM

Some guy named "Wormhole" has been hounding my "Speed of light" video for some time now trying to convince me that I am wrong and the Quran does contain the speed of light.

I stated that the sum in the video is not an equation because slowing the Moon down by 50% should result in 50% of the speed of light but it doesn't. He just replied with the following...

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"For example slowing the moon down by half should result in half of the speed of light." That's not true. The moon only slows down if ocean friction transfers Earth's rotational kinetic energy to the moon. The moon would recede and Earth day would increase but the ratio Lunar Orbits/ Earth Day remains unchanged.

He thinks that the rotational momentum of the Earth being transferred to the Moon via tides would slow the Moon down - the fact that the Earth rotates more often than the Moon orbits the Earth has obviously escaped him, and too the fact that this phenomenon has already been cited as the cause for the Moon speeding up AND for the number of hours in an Earth day getting longer over time.

Wow, what utter ignorance!

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Reply #1 - July 07, 2011, 07:44 PM

I have started writing the idiotic arguments I hear down.
Some of them are obviously made up on the spot, and I have often been quite impressed by the creativity.

There does not seem to be a limit to the idiocy. Every few days i hear the most idiotic thing I have ever heard
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Reply #2 - July 07, 2011, 09:55 PM

Nope, it seems this claim is correct. As the Moon recedes to a greater distance it gains potential energy as it becomes further away from the Earth - this additional potential energy is paid for by kinetic energy of the orbital velocity. I've learned something new and interesting today.

Still doesn't change the fact that cosine(90) is zero

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Reply #3 - July 07, 2011, 10:19 PM

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The moon only slows down if ocean friction transfers Earth's rotational kinetic energy to the moon

I don't understand what is meant by this.
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Reply #4 - July 08, 2011, 12:38 AM

Monsieur, "For example slowing the moon down by half should result in half of the speed of light." That's not true. The moon only slows down if ocean friction transfers Earth's rotational kinetic energy to the moon. The moon would recede and Earth day would increase but the ratio Lunar Orbits/ Earth Day remains unchanged.
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Reply #5 - July 08, 2011, 01:10 AM

luftazure, a veritable contemporary Euler! Who shall be your Diderot?

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حتى خـطرت له بباب المسجد

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Reply #6 - July 08, 2011, 11:09 AM

Quote from: luftazure on July 08, 2011, 12:38 AM
Monsieur, "For example slowing the moon down by half should result in half of the speed of light." That's not true. The moon only slows down if ocean friction transfers Earth's rotational kinetic energy to the moon. The moon would recede and Earth day would increase but the ratio Lunar Orbits/ Earth Day remains unchanged.
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In a scenario where there are exactly 4 lunar months in a sidereal year what would the theta angle be between the Moon and Sun at the end of the month as per the miracle claim?

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