mirrored file at http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== Summary A complete summary of all the aspects of the Electric Cosmos is too extensive to fit into a single web page. In fact, this entire website, with all its pages, is only a cursory introduction to the vast implications of these ideas. Therefore, this summary page can only list a few of the points that should be remembered by anyone who is trying to learn about the view of the Universe that is emerging. 1. The entire cosmos is permeated with plasma. In some regions (within a galaxy, within a solar system) the plasma is denser than it is in others. In some cases the plasma is visible, in some, not. But everywhere our spacecraft have gone - they have found it. 2. The electrical properties of plasma vastly outweigh its mechanical (gravitational) properties. 3. There is nothing mysterious about magnetic fields. They do not "get tangled up", "break", "merge", or "reconnect". They require electric currents in order to exist. 4. The relative distances between even the most densely packed stars are vast in comparison to the stars' diameters. 5. The homopolar motor - generator shape seems to be ubiquitous. Stars, pulsars, and galaxies are organized in this morphology. 6. The z-pinch effect that occurs in Birkeland currents (electrical currents that flow through plasmas) is responsible for the accretion of stars, planets, and galaxies. 7. It is highly likely that the solar system started out as a collinear array of "Herbig - Haro" type objects formed by a z-pinch. 8. The presumption that, if an object exhibits redshift, it must be far away - is false. 9. The Big Bang Theory is false. 10. There is a lot more electrical activity out there in the cosmos than astronomers seem to want to admit. 11. Astronomers and cosmologists need to take some courses in electrodynamic field theory and experimental plasma physics. 12. Astronomers need to stop acting in a "knee-jerk" confrontational way to any new ideas, especially those involving electricity. 13. Astronomers should stop dreaming up impossible imaginary entities such as black holes, neutron stars, strange matter, WIMPs, MACHOs, and MOND, when a perfectly real and well understood body of knowledge stands ready to explain all the things that "mystify" them. For anyone who is interested in learning more about these ideas, some important web pages to take a look at are shown on the Links page that follows this one. __________________________________________________________________ Some Last Thoughts I have been asked several times recently why I think it is so important that the Electric/Plasma Universe Theory and its companion hypothesis, the Polar Configuration / Saturn Model, gain general acceptance. What difference can it possibly make to the future of humanity? How will knowing how the cosmos operates or exactly what process Earth went through in order to get into its present location so many tens of thousands of years ago benefit mankind? Who cares? Of what possible practical use is this information anyway? Why get so excited about it? How will it help us in the future? A blunt short answer would have been: "Posing that question is equivalent to asking, Why study history?" So, let me answer it this way instead: One of the attributes that separates the human from the animals is our yearning to know our past - to study history. Where did we come from? How long will our civilization survive? Were there other earlier civilizations? We all know that "Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it", but sometimes that process of "learning from history" seems to be too difficult for us. We would rather just passively accept whatever the "experts" tell us. We have become so intimidated by how complicated modern science has become that we throw up our hands and say, "You're the experts - we'll believe what ever you tell us." And they say, "That's good, because our continued funding depends on it." What will the reaction of the taxpaying public be when they realize the full extent to which they are being bilked by the mainstream ("funded") scientific community? So-called educated lay-people have abdicated their responsibility to think actively and ask the questions that will keep science honest. It seems we would rather just lie back and believe whatever we read in "Discover" magazine. If "they" tell us black-holes and dark matter exist - so be it. The public is enthralled by the magic show that astronomy, particle physics, and some other sciences have become. Why does every TV "science" program have background music that is more appropriate for a "sci-fi horror" movie? The public apparently enjoys the magic, mystery-tour aura of most present day "science shows". The ship of science, captained by astronomy and astrophysics, is not just steering a wobbling course - it is miles off track and it is intentionally laying down a smoke screen - implying that modern science has to be counter-intuitive and mysterious. The world badly needs a "reality check." The challenges embodied in these pages constitute just that. The present day "peer review system" determines which proposed research projects get funded and which do not. It also determines what results get published and which do not. At first it seems very sensible that any scientific field should be able to keep "quacks" and "crack pots" from being funded and published. However, when any given area becomes controlled by "experts" who have "accepted" a deductively arrived at theory, they tend to see any alternative data or proposed hypotheses as "crack pot". When those who steer the ship of science refuse to allow alternative hypotheses from even being investigated, let alone published, it is little wonder we are wildly off course. The general public thinks of science as always "looking for new ideas". The sad truth is: it does not, certainly not in astronomy / cosmology. What it does do is constantly seek funding from friendly peer reviewers. Perhaps one way to break the cycle of the peer review system awarding all (government) funding to only those scientists who "accept" the dominant theory, is to return to the practice of wealthy patrons supporting new scientific ideas - as the Medici family did for Galileo. When we think about the travesty the Roman Catholic Church perpetrated against Galileo (waiting until late in the 20th century to admit it) we feel superior. WE modern folk would never ignore and suppress a scientist in that way! No? Then how about astronomer Halton Arp who was denied access to Mt. Palomar and refused publication of his work because the present day high priests (of science) found the publication of his photographs embarrassingly contradictory to their well funded dogma? Would it not be educational to realize that we have just screwed up again - big time! If the Electric Star hypothesis is even partially correct, there is no guarantee that the Sun will continue to shine for millions of years as we have been assured by the experts. What anxieties will this realization engender in a scientifically semi-literate public? But, it may be reassuring for them to know that Earth has much less to fear from a near collision with an asteroid or comet than they now think. Why have billions of tax payer dollars been used to support "accepted" solar fusion models and none invested in any alternative ideas, however worthwhile they may be? If the Saturnists are correct, most of our cultural history is not what we think it is. The artwork of prehistoric man is not the scribbling of hallucinating savages. We must preserve it and examine it to see what messages it really holds. It is likely that many of the strangely shaped petroglyphs painstakingly carved by the ancients were plasma discharges in the sky that they actually saw and were in awe of. Can you imagine what a shock it will be when the realization hits that these ancients were sober and intelligent beings who were trying to send us a message that our "experts" have smugly ignored for centuries? Religions of the world have much more in common than their militant proponents like to admit. The abstract symbols we have seen all our lives - the star and crescent, the eye above the pyramid, the circles within circles, dragons... and so many more, are not just symbols. They are all telling a story - the same story. All religion and mythology has an ancient common root. If this were made clear, might the antithetical religious cultures of today's world eventually grow into greater acceptance of each other? Realization of this commonality would be a uniting force for mankind. People with deep religious beliefs will feel joyfully vindicated - much of what has recently been dismissed as "only myth" or "allegory" in sacred writings will be found to have actually occurred. These were not "miracles", they were natural happenings. Thus, the heavily mystical aspects of all religions may wane. The rational explanation of events that presently have only a mystical foundation may disabuse mankind of some of his irrational, supernatural beliefs. The fundamental challenges that are described in these pages contain the most potentially explosive ideas ever to have been issued. They constitute a cosmic reality check for modern humanity. There is almost no field of intellectual endeavor that will not be affected in some way or even over turned by these ideas. Areas of science that refuse to honestly address these questions will become irrelevant. Will it take another several hundred years (as it took Galileo) to gain official recognition of these challenges from those who presently occupy Fortress Science? Will it ever happen? I don't know. But does it have practical importance? You bet your life it does. Links to Other Sites Return to Main Page [hit0000D.gif]-[hit0000D.gif]