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Jedi Master
I've searched the forum to see if anyone had reviewed this book yet and couldn't find a review, so I thought it may be a good idea to add one, as the topics it covers are highly relevant to any theories of an electric or universe.
Donald E. Scott’s seminal work is an informative, insightful and thoroughly well researched presentation of an alternative cosmology to that of the mainstream, gravity and big bang centric Astrophysics, Cosmogonist and Cosmologist communities. His theory behind this new plasma cosmology of “Experimental electric plasma dynamics”, is that the space of our Universe is not a vaccum, devoid of any electrical energy that we are often told about by mainstream, but is an endless supply of electrically charged plasma, that is, for the main part in a “dark current mode”.
Scott’s scathing critique of the biases and downright pathological, bad science in the models and theories of many mainstream and well funded “professional”, Cosmogonist’s, Cosmologist’s and Astrophysicist’s is a joy to behold, and the very raison d'etre for his writing and interest in Cosmogony.
The first six chapters, totalling roughly one this of the book, are dedicated to asking the uncomfortable questions that mainstream theories of cosmic evolution fail to answer and account for such as; Where is all the missing matter; where are all those missing neutrino’s; the validity of language and use of tautology in the presentation of “new models”, to name just a few.
The middle third and next six chapters of the book, begin with a brief look at the history of cosmology and of some of the early plasma pioneers, whose work is heavily referenced and built upon to form his hypothesis for a model of an electric Sun. His easy to digest and detailed description of the electric nature of the Sun, it’s Birkeland currents, filamental structure and the electrified-plasmatic nature of it’s atmosphere is second to none, as far as my own researching’s into the electric Sun model have led, thus far. The final chapter of this intermediary part of the book goes on to destroy the often repeated myths of open magnetic fields and other such fictions, whilst giving the reader a basic understanding of the properties of magnetic fields and their working.
The final third and remaining chapters of this book begin by looking at the Solar System. It is in the opening of this thirteenth chapter that Scott states:
It is from here that Scott goes on to show examples of electrical discharge scarring on other planets and moons, before going on in chapter 14 to apply his “Electric Sun Model”, to the other stars in our cosmos. Giving examples of stars that don’t fit the current mainstream theories of Star Aging and evolution including stragglers, bursters and pulsars, he then applies the Electric Sun model to explain and rationalise these stars unusual behaviour, aging and evolution in ways that the standard astronomers cannot.
It is in chapter 14 that Scott hypothesises a most interesting theory. He postulates that many Binary stars may have been birthed by the process of an electrical fissioning nova event, in an effort of a parent star to reduce the electrical stress and current density on the stars surface. The idea being that this provides an increase in the total surface area, reducing the current density on the stars surfaces, whilst the total incoming electric current remains unchanged. Each newborn star would then have an initial velocity outwards, away from each other, thus the paths whilst orbiting a common centre will become highly elliptical. I found this theory incredibly compelling as it would go some way to explaining the density in our observations of naturally occurring binary star systems.
From an electric model of stars Scott then applies his theory of filamental Birekeland currents, Z-pinching their way throughout the cosmos to explain the formation of galaxies and phenomena we find in intergalactic space, from galactic accretion disc formation to filamental galaxy strings. The penultimate chapter deals a devastating blow to the accepted norms and cosmological concepts of Red Shift values, used for distance and velocity measurement and the Big Bang myth, in light of the disparities that can be found in red shift measurements which support this now unsupportable hypothesis.
The final chapter offers a way out of the pathological sciences of mainstream Astronomy, Cosmogony, and Cosmology by attempting to reach out a hand of friendship from the plasma pioneers of this new field of “Experimental electric plasma dynamics” to those aforementioned and highly funded scientific disciplines to join their research together to forma clearer and more correct picture of the Electric Sky we live under.
While there are many positives and much great work in this book and I would wholeheartedly recommend it’s reading for a basic understanding of plasma cosmology, there are also many questions left untouched and unanswered by this book.
Scott seems to discount out of hand the idea of most geo-oblative impacts sites being related to comet impacts and instead seems focused on explaining that these impact sites are formed by circular arc machining, which may potentially be true is some cases, but is likely not as ubiquitous as is proposed. This also bring me nicely to the subject of comets, or the lack of any descriptions or explanations of comets and how they may fit into Scott’s new model for an Electric-Plasma Universe. This I find very odd, as he seemingly discounts the notion of the dirty snowball myths of Nasa et al, yet says nothing to expand on or mention any ideas for either, the formation, structure or nature of these comets and their effects within his electric universe model and simply defers to Walt Thornhill’s dusty rock hypothesis.
Scott also discounts the possibility of planets being able to interact electromagnetically with one another due to the plasma double layers surrounding planets, which again I find very odd and speaks to me of a somewhat reductionistic point of view. Scott spends a great deal of pages in this book relating the electrical nature of the Stars and Planets at a marco level, and yet seem to totally discount the potential role and interactions of planets and comets in this model on the more cosmically mirco scale. Because of this unwillingness to explain the role of the planets and comets, he offers no ground up, working hypothesis for the formation of the planets and comets and thus his cosmology work feels like it is a castle build on nothing much more than hot plasma, with no planets and comets as foundations stones to hold it up.
My misgivings about the holes in the theory presented in this book, however, should not to detract or deny the validity of his work on the larger scale denizens of our universe in the form of the Electric Star model and Electric Galaxy formation. However, these models also need to include a working model that fits, for the formation of both the comets and planets - which Jim Mccanney’s work seems to offer – so that an amalgamation and coherent combination of these theories may act as a catalyst for a much clearer understanding of the cosmological whole.
Donald E. Scott’s seminal work is an informative, insightful and thoroughly well researched presentation of an alternative cosmology to that of the mainstream, gravity and big bang centric Astrophysics, Cosmogonist and Cosmologist communities. His theory behind this new plasma cosmology of “Experimental electric plasma dynamics”, is that the space of our Universe is not a vaccum, devoid of any electrical energy that we are often told about by mainstream, but is an endless supply of electrically charged plasma, that is, for the main part in a “dark current mode”.
Scott’s scathing critique of the biases and downright pathological, bad science in the models and theories of many mainstream and well funded “professional”, Cosmogonist’s, Cosmologist’s and Astrophysicist’s is a joy to behold, and the very raison d'etre for his writing and interest in Cosmogony.
The first six chapters, totalling roughly one this of the book, are dedicated to asking the uncomfortable questions that mainstream theories of cosmic evolution fail to answer and account for such as; Where is all the missing matter; where are all those missing neutrino’s; the validity of language and use of tautology in the presentation of “new models”, to name just a few.
The middle third and next six chapters of the book, begin with a brief look at the history of cosmology and of some of the early plasma pioneers, whose work is heavily referenced and built upon to form his hypothesis for a model of an electric Sun. His easy to digest and detailed description of the electric nature of the Sun, it’s Birkeland currents, filamental structure and the electrified-plasmatic nature of it’s atmosphere is second to none, as far as my own researching’s into the electric Sun model have led, thus far. The final chapter of this intermediary part of the book goes on to destroy the often repeated myths of open magnetic fields and other such fictions, whilst giving the reader a basic understanding of the properties of magnetic fields and their working.
The final third and remaining chapters of this book begin by looking at the Solar System. It is in the opening of this thirteenth chapter that Scott states:
It is from here that Scott goes on to show examples of electrical discharge scarring on other planets and moons, before going on in chapter 14 to apply his “Electric Sun Model”, to the other stars in our cosmos. Giving examples of stars that don’t fit the current mainstream theories of Star Aging and evolution including stragglers, bursters and pulsars, he then applies the Electric Sun model to explain and rationalise these stars unusual behaviour, aging and evolution in ways that the standard astronomers cannot.
It is in chapter 14 that Scott hypothesises a most interesting theory. He postulates that many Binary stars may have been birthed by the process of an electrical fissioning nova event, in an effort of a parent star to reduce the electrical stress and current density on the stars surface. The idea being that this provides an increase in the total surface area, reducing the current density on the stars surfaces, whilst the total incoming electric current remains unchanged. Each newborn star would then have an initial velocity outwards, away from each other, thus the paths whilst orbiting a common centre will become highly elliptical. I found this theory incredibly compelling as it would go some way to explaining the density in our observations of naturally occurring binary star systems.
From an electric model of stars Scott then applies his theory of filamental Birekeland currents, Z-pinching their way throughout the cosmos to explain the formation of galaxies and phenomena we find in intergalactic space, from galactic accretion disc formation to filamental galaxy strings. The penultimate chapter deals a devastating blow to the accepted norms and cosmological concepts of Red Shift values, used for distance and velocity measurement and the Big Bang myth, in light of the disparities that can be found in red shift measurements which support this now unsupportable hypothesis.
The final chapter offers a way out of the pathological sciences of mainstream Astronomy, Cosmogony, and Cosmology by attempting to reach out a hand of friendship from the plasma pioneers of this new field of “Experimental electric plasma dynamics” to those aforementioned and highly funded scientific disciplines to join their research together to forma clearer and more correct picture of the Electric Sky we live under.
While there are many positives and much great work in this book and I would wholeheartedly recommend it’s reading for a basic understanding of plasma cosmology, there are also many questions left untouched and unanswered by this book.
Scott seems to discount out of hand the idea of most geo-oblative impacts sites being related to comet impacts and instead seems focused on explaining that these impact sites are formed by circular arc machining, which may potentially be true is some cases, but is likely not as ubiquitous as is proposed. This also bring me nicely to the subject of comets, or the lack of any descriptions or explanations of comets and how they may fit into Scott’s new model for an Electric-Plasma Universe. This I find very odd, as he seemingly discounts the notion of the dirty snowball myths of Nasa et al, yet says nothing to expand on or mention any ideas for either, the formation, structure or nature of these comets and their effects within his electric universe model and simply defers to Walt Thornhill’s dusty rock hypothesis.
Scott also discounts the possibility of planets being able to interact electromagnetically with one another due to the plasma double layers surrounding planets, which again I find very odd and speaks to me of a somewhat reductionistic point of view. Scott spends a great deal of pages in this book relating the electrical nature of the Stars and Planets at a marco level, and yet seem to totally discount the potential role and interactions of planets and comets in this model on the more cosmically mirco scale. Because of this unwillingness to explain the role of the planets and comets, he offers no ground up, working hypothesis for the formation of the planets and comets and thus his cosmology work feels like it is a castle build on nothing much more than hot plasma, with no planets and comets as foundations stones to hold it up.
My misgivings about the holes in the theory presented in this book, however, should not to detract or deny the validity of his work on the larger scale denizens of our universe in the form of the Electric Star model and Electric Galaxy formation. However, these models also need to include a working model that fits, for the formation of both the comets and planets - which Jim Mccanney’s work seems to offer – so that an amalgamation and coherent combination of these theories may act as a catalyst for a much clearer understanding of the cosmological whole.
