@ericcosmos @luisenrique-arch Replying to https://github.com/orgs/a-cosmology-group/discussions/371#discussioncomment-17299561
Tangential topic sorry but related: you should totally go on the DemystifySci show. I’m sure they’d be happy to have you, if that’s something you’d be interested in. How come they haven’t invited you on yet? They already seem to agree with you on the biggest issue, that the Big Bang theory is built on some bad assumptions, and they also like tired light, so I think it could make for a really interesting conversation. It would probably also get a lot more people checking out your website.
I have been involved with DemystifySci since they organized the conference Demysticon 2025
They invited ACG members Eric Lerner, André Assis, Martín López-Corredoira, who were suggested to them by DemystifySci members (on Patreon). Despite good contributions by these three, DemystifySci is still wasting time looking at all sorts of crazy ideas.
I joined Patreon-DemystifySci, but when I tried to promote my “theory” they asked me to present it on “Paradigm Drift”. That’s a waste of time: ACG member Lyndon Ashmore @tiredlyndon did present New Tired Light (NTL) on Paradigm Drift, but the reaction was rather cold and ended in “Good Luck”. Lyndon deserved a much better response since NTL is better, by orders of magnitude, than all the garbage presented on Paradigm Drift! But what can we expect from a discussion that lasts only a few minutes…
The problem with DemystifySci is that they question too many things at once. They cannot identify a good theory with predictive power (like Lyndon’s) out of all the “descriptive models” invented for the purpose of fitting data. Unfortunately, they subscribe to Jean-Marie Robitaille’s interpretation of a blackbody in thermodynamics. This has taken them on a path that is now very far from understanding even the simplest processes in the Earth’s atmosphere. (They have not replied to my comments debunking some of their ideas about blackbody radiation.) So they are totally confused about a potential alternative explanations of the CMB (and they confused the hell out of Brian Keating :rofl: )
So the situation is kind of hopeless with DemystifySci. I’ve ordered their new book to try to understand Anastasia and Shilo’s point of view, but I’m afraid this will just make me abandon this avenue.
@ericcosmos, they have a Discord channel (accessible when you join Patreon) where you can propose speakers, but I’m not sure where this will go since most of the audience doesn’t seem to have a ‘good enough’ scientific formation. DemystifySci can’t tell the difference between NTL (based on known physics) and their favourite redshift theory involving some “lossy material deformation in an invented atomic/aether medium”. (See the talks with Chantal Roth, also a member of ACG back a few years ago :astonished: )
I don’t expect them to be able to tell the difference between STz and NTL, as this involves rather specialized physics that few members of DemystifySci (or their audience) seem to understand.
I have to agree with Louis on this one.
I subscribed to their YouTube channel a couple of days ago, after @ericcosmos linked it in the other thread. I watched a few of their videos and, honestly, they do promote quite a few crackpot ideas. One example is Robitaille’s “theory” on the CMB.
It’s disappointing, because I’d really like to see more channels that challenge mainstream theories that are actually worth challenging. But if this is the kind of stuff they’re pushing, I’d rather not have anything to do with them.
The one positive thing I’ll say about them is that they seem to take the UAP topic seriously, which is something I do as well (I hope I don’t get crucified for saying that).
Thanks for filling me in. They have the right idea about non-expanding but they’re a bit chaotic on some other things, which is probably why I prefer this group.
The problem with nonscientists dabbling in science is that they tend to get trapped in rabbitholes that lead to Wonderland. I know because I have been there. On another note, I don’t think Redshift Rock will ever become a musical fad on the scale of Angine de Poitrine.