2007-07-01 15:38:43 · 9 answers · asked by Cowson 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Then if it is 'digital' then its a design?
Design needs a creator?
2007-07-01 15:51:20 · update #1
No it dosen't.
Digital? Well we often use calculators to figure out things involving redshift, so I guess you could say it was "digital".
2007-07-01 15:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by Darth Futuza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red shift is a natural phenomenon, and as such is neither digital nor analog. It might be observed or measured by either digital or analog methods or devices, but the mode of observing is unrelated to the nature of the phenomenon, the nature of the universe, the intentions or absence of intentions of a creator, the price of eggs in Peoria, the weight of the world's heaviest book, the size of a whale's genitals, or much of anything else.
Go listen to your girlfriend's stomach gurgling for a while. It's very calming and will help you focus on the here and now.
2007-07-01 23:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by aviophage 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Which particular redshift are we discussing: cosmological, gravitational or recessional?
Did you perhaps mean discontinuous changes in the observed redshifts of distant galaxies wrt to distance? This to my knowledge is as yet an unobserved phenomenon, and would only have implications for the rate of expansion of spacetime, a change in the cosmological constant with time, or some bizarre change in the speed of light either with distance or time! I would be very curious to see how this validates/invalidates ID!?
2007-07-01 23:59:41 · answer #3 · answered by RTF 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Red shift is as analog as it gets. You'll have to try something else for your ID agenda. That one will make you look silly, even among fundie Christians.
Aviophage, I do like your answer and it makes a point I should have mentioned. Something is only analog or digital as a result of how we observe it. This is a quantum kind of thing, but has merit. Wait! Wouldn't quanta be digital? Oh, never mind.
2007-07-01 22:53:02 · answer #4 · answered by Brant 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The red shift is spreading of light rays due to the Doppler effect.
It is easy to quantize the result and display it in a digital form.
This is what television companies do when they give you digital television.
2007-07-02 08:44:48 · answer #5 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red shift of light is analog because it's a variation in wavelength and wavelength is analog, not digital.
2007-07-01 23:17:18 · answer #6 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not true. That's just a dirty rotten lie and anyone who says otherwise is a dirty rotten scoundrel who should be condemned to the pits of hell.
2007-07-01 22:51:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
?? That question doesn't make any sense.
2007-07-01 22:43:08 · answer #8 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-07-02 00:11:05 · answer #9 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋