Re: The Myths Examined
From: Harry (harald.vanlintel_at_epfl.ch)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:42:05 +0200
"Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com> wrote
in message news:URcOc.198318$237.10047618@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> "greywolf42" <mingstb@marssim-ss.com> wrote in message
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SNIP unfruitful discussion
> > If either you or the above website were correct, then the MMX experiment
is
> > 'null' for absolute space (which is what Michelson was using).
Yes, that's the meaning of that expression when it is used for MMX - they
didn't find the signal that their theory predicted and for which they
designed his experiment.
Here's another one:
"Generally, a null result is the consequence of an analysis or experiment
that does not detect a proposition or principle original to the analysis or
experiment."
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Null%20result
Some misunderstand that expression, which leads to unfounded conclusions and
useless, misdirected debates.
> > But the MMX experiment is not 'null' for Maxwell's aether,
I think that effectively it was Maxwell's idea. Do you think that his ether
moves with the earth?
> > and is not null for Lorentz'
> > aether, and is not even null for SR -- because you get exactly what you
> > expect!
Right.
> > Quite simply, the intent of the experimenter is irrelevant to the
> > determination of a 'null result' in an experiment.
To the contrary, it refers to his/her expectations and the experimental
design that is based on that expectation.
Harald
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