Einstein's theory is not all there is to science.

You say something about a quasar being one big star. Don't forget that there are other properties of a quasar to take into account, including its spectrum, its variability, its absorption properties, and the periodic jets that we see emanating from them.

For the galaxies, they also have totally different properties, much more complex than you would expect from reflected images. For example, some of them are elliptical in shape, some are disk-like, some are spherical, and some are literally broken in two. We also see galaxies colliding (and can model it with simple Newtonian gravity). In addition, they have complicated spectra that include emission and absorption lines, neither of which can be explained by reflected images. It's easy to tell when something is being multiply imaged because the spectra are basically identical. A redshift will not change the spectrum shape.

Finally, if the universe were curved at a distance of the galaxy, we could measure it. In fact, they might have been able to measure it a 100 years ago.

The problem with making these kind of hypotheses is that you don't have nearly enough experience to refute them. I'm not at all against thinking, but it's easy to get caught in a mindset if nobody is around to tell you otherwise.

• Just the predictions or all of it? - duordi - November 14, 2002 - 22:23 UTC
  • Preferably both, if you have time *NT* - cosmotiger - November 15, 2002 - 04:42 UTC
    • If you quit speeking to me after this, I'll understand - duordi - November 17, 2002 - 01:01 UTC
      • I'm not interested in ignoring you... - cosmotiger - November 18, 2002 - 01:32 UTC
        • Thanks. - duordi - November 18, 2002 - 02:33 UTC
          • PS - duordi - November 18, 2002 - 13:15 UTC
            • I'd have to say... - cosmotiger - November 18, 2002 - 17:34 UTC
              • Einstein may not be current, but people haven’t changed. - duordi - November 19, 2002 - 18:54 UTC
                • Didn't you admit the closed universe idea was wrong - yaniru - November 19, 2002 - 19:20 UTC
                  • My model is,but I'm not qualified to make one. - duordi - November 19, 2002 - 23:19 UTC
                    • Everyone only plays a part & you are - quiet - November 20, 2002 - 04:50 UTC
                      • Thanks, I needed that. *nt* - duordi - November 21, 2002 - 02:19 UTC
                • Curious - cosmotiger - November 19, 2002 - 20:57 UTC
                  • It may have been Einstein's wife - yaniru - November 19, 2002 - 21:31 UTC
                    • Interesting - cosmotiger - November 19, 2002 - 22:23 UTC
                      • So I need to marry the right girl, is that it? *nt* - duordi - November 19, 2002 - 23:25 UTC
                        • Well, that's always true *nt* - cosmotiger - November 19, 2002 - 23:55 UTC
                          • Been there, done that. *nt* - duordi - November 20, 2002 - 00:37 UTC
                      • Women could not get university positions then - yaniru - November 20, 2002 - 02:15 UTC
                        • My great aunt was an asst. chief in U.S. Patent Office, 1940s - quiet - November 20, 2002 - 04:11 UTC
                        • Did she have a journal? - duordi - November 21, 2002 - 02:22 UTC
                          • 1st wife, according to Physics Today(nt) - yaniru - November 21, 2002 - 14:37 UTC
                  • You know what they say... - quiet - November 20, 2002 - 05:28 UTC