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> > The speed of light does not vary with time or place.

> That's just an assumption.

Supported by evidence. (And no counter-evidence is known.)



There is plenty of evidence, but it would require to change some of our cosmological models (so it's not without controversy). A physicist that has explored the issue in detail is Joao Magueijo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Magueijo

For a good review of the VSL Theories (Varying Speed of Light Theories) and the evidence behind them see http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305457


> There is plenty of evidence

According to your second link: "The evidence is currently slim".


> Supported by evidence. (And no counter-evidence is known.)

That was true for Newtonian mechanics for a long time too.


Not for very long. There were things unexplained by Newton starting the first day, right?




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