Science Doubts: Unasked/Ignored Questions

This page is a listing of questions, dilemmas, and phenomena that seem to be ignored by the scientific community. Many are simple things that appear to create problems for our current dogma. These topics really should be answered otherwise they will continue to fuel doubt in any existing theory. Remember - if a theory doesn't answer all the questions, there is a good chance that it is wrong. Feel free to email your additions to this list to the editor at sciencedoubts.com.

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Look at the moon, a body orbiting our planet with a gravitational strength that is a mere 1/6 that of the Earth's. Nothing unusual, until you remember that we are taught that its gravity causes high tides. The problem with that is that a gallon of water weighs slightly over eight pounds. Multipy that by the amount of water supposedly lifted during the high tide. Suffice it to say that it is considerably heavier than you are. So, why are you not sitting on the moon?

While looking at the moon; contemplate the fact that you can see it. You, probably, would admit that the moon is located in a vacuum and that the rules surrounding the limits on the speed of light should apply. If so, you should now consider what the speed of light, at the exact point of impact with the surface, is? The answer is zero! The light needs to be stopped before is can reflect back.

If a black hole can bend light within its event horizon and prevent it from excaping, then would it not be true that the same black hole would also pull light in at an increasingly faster rate until the influence of terminal velocity has been achieve, resulting in light traveling faster than the speed of light, known as the constant?

If gravitational lensing really works, how come stars are not displayed as white lines across the sky as you consider light particle traveling next to each other being curved around to our point of view together?

How is it possible for infrared and ultraviolet light to travel to any given point together when they are emitted at different wavelengths and thereby cover different distances during the same measured time?

What mechanism creates the stress between tectonic plates that enable earthquakes to happen? See one possibility here.

With the movement of tectonic plates, how is it possible to utilize shorelines to determine the rise of sea level? Should we not use GPS devices on bouys that are monitored for tidal changes to determine the height of the water?

How come the Delta-V (energy) required to escape the moon's gravitational pull is not equal to or less than 1/6th of that required to escape the force of gravity and atmospheric resistance of the earth? The earth's escape velocity is 11.2 kilometers per second, while the moon's is 2.38 kilometers per second; which is a ratio of only 1/4.71th. With a gravity equal to only 1/6th that of earth, the moon's escape velocity should be 1.87 kilometers per second or less. This causes one to wonder, what force accounts for the difference?

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