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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1713886, member: 44079&quot;]Lot of quibbling over the meaning of the word &#039;off&#039; but we may indeed be in the position of someone noticing a light bulb has begun to flicker.&nbsp; Lot of back and forth debate as to what that means.&nbsp; You and me would normally probably leave the room in search of a new bulb, but that isn&#039;t currently an option for this world&#039;s inhabitants.&nbsp; The smart astrophysics guys decided a few years ago that they thought they understood how things worked and built (in the bottom of some really deep mine shafts) Neutrino traps to test and &#039;prove[ their hypothesis.&nbsp; A lot of upset amongst that group when they detected a lot fewer Neutrinos than the best theorems said they should.&nbsp; A consensus emerged that either a) the Neutrino traps are faulty, b) our understanding of the theory of everything needs a lot more work, c) something is happening in our sun and the fusion reactions are dying down, d) our understanding is correct however the time period we have even been aware of fusion or even on this planet is very short in galactic terms and it is possible our sun is something called a variable star (this position is gaining adherents).&nbsp; If a variable star we would expect fluctuations in the amount of Neutrino generation from time to time and we just began our measurements on a slow &#039;day,&#039; and with time the numbers will climb back up to (or even beyond) the numbers we should expect to see from a &#039;stable&#039; star.&nbsp; There was a Geneva conference about this only about a month ago, but the debate is still going on.&nbsp; To you and me, none of it makes a difference short term.&nbsp; Probably not to our grand kids either, although their own great grand kids may start having bad days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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