Discussion Index
Because the work done regarding the changing speed of light in general, and the Setterfield work in particular, is controversial, we have been looking for a way in which challenges and discussions could be fielded without the knee-jerk responses and acrimony often found in forums and yet still allowing timely discussion of the various issues involved. To this end, we are opening up this discussion page. A number of questions and responses from private emails and list serves will be posted here, usually anonymously, as the questions being asked are more important than who is asking them. We will endeavor to keep this page organized by basic topics, with the understanding that the issues involved reach far beyond the physics of simply the change in light speed. In order to keep the discussions as relevant as possible, the most frequently asked questions and challenges will be here instead of on a FAQ page, which few read anyway on most websites.
All relevant challenges and questions will be posted (lay questions and technical questions are both fine and encouraged) or, if already dealt with, the correspondent will be pointed to the area where the question has already been discussed. Further discussion is encouraged from that point. Please feel free to submit all discussion questions to barry@setterfield.org
Important Note:
The term cDK (speed of light decay) and Vc (variable light speed) are identical in terms of the Setterfield research and materials. Another term used in the scientific community is VSL, 'variable speed of light'.
What About the RATE Group? -- August 22, 2002
responses to questions from the Cosmology Conference Nov. 1, 2003
THE HISTORY OF LIGHT SPEED RESEARCH
The minimum value of the speed of light
Why is c not measured as changing now?
On the Measurement of Time, and the Velocity of Light
Responses to critical webpages
Supportive and Explanatory Essays by others
Lambert Dolphin's page of collected relevant links and abstracts
CHANGING LIGHT SPEED PUBLICITY -- and the fine structure constant
ZPE, the redshift, and an expanding universe
Interesting articles by others
What about Einstein's equation?
Heat output from the sun
Link between radiometric dating and lightspeed
Isn’t dendrochronology accurate for checking radiocarbon dating?
Is the redshift really quantized?
What are the implications of a quantized redshift?
The Redshift/Lightspeed Connection
Question regarding work by the Gentrys
An Accelerating Expansion of the Universe?
The Redshift, ZPE, and Relativity
The Lightspeed Curve and the Oscillation
Did lightspeed start to decline at the time of the Fall?
Lightspeed at the time of Noah
IMPLICATIONS FOR AGE OF THE EARTH
Mass, Gravity, and Atomic Clocks
Is Gravity Light Speed Limited?
The Effect of Gravity on Light
comments on RATE paper added Sept. 5, 2003
Does the Universe Show False Maturity?
A Series of Questions from One Correspondent