Re: Why does light do what it does?

From: FrediFizzx (fredifizzx_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 18:06:19 -0700

"Bill Hobba" <bhobba@rubbish.net.au> wrote in message
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| "Bill664" <bill664@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| > Bilge:
| >
| > Many, many thanks for the very full and very helpful post below which
| > was spot on for me in terms of the level it was pitched at.
| >
| > The main thing I got from it was that SR stands on its own,
| > independent from theories of light and the nuclear forces. [And
| > thanks to Bill Hobba for pointing me to a derivation of the Lorentz
| > transformations from the POR alone.]
|
| And this is a point most if not all the cranks that post around here fail
to
| grasp. You now understand its true nature. The next thing to do is think
| carefully about the derivation I linked you to - it is in fact more
complex
| than it needs to be due to the level it is pitched at eg the proof
linearity
| can be considerably simplified. But don't worry about it too much - as
your
| knowledge and understanding of math and physics grows things will become
| clearer and clearer until you reach the point where you understand the
true
| basis of SR - symmetry - and will recognize how ugly ideas like the aether
| really are.

Oh brother! How ugly is it that the fact that matter exists to the
principle of symmetry? You definitely need to think more fundamental.
Relativity is very nearly correct for its domain of applicability but it
does not rule out the quantum vacuum. Please read Volovik and become more
enlightened.

The geometry of spacetime has to have an explanation. Do you really think
that real matter being only 4 percent of the total Universe can explain the
geometry of spacetime? What the heck is the other 96 percent?

My advice to Bill664 is to learn all the standard stuff but keep in your
mind that there is much more. A particular geometry exists for a reason.
It is not "just because".

FrediFizzx