Re: Is special relativity falsifiable?

From: Tom Roberts (tjroberts_at_lucent.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:09:21 GMT

Marcel Luttgens wrote:
> As no inertial frame can be found in the Universe, no real (physical)
> experiment can falsify special relativity.

But SR is _KNOWN_ to not be valid for such a situation. So why beat a
dead horse?

> Aircrafts thought experiment: [...]

You attempt to spply SR outside its domain of applicability -- that's
invalid.

> Aplication to an expanding universe: [...]

You attempt to spply SR outside its domain of applicability -- that's
invalid.

>> From :Tom Roberts (tjroberts@lucent.com)
>> The "falsifiability criterium" is easily stated: make any measurement
>> within the domain of applicability of SR; if that measurement disagrees
>> significantly from the prediction of the theory, and if it can be
>> reliably and reproducably obtained, then the theory is falsified.
>>
>> To date, nobody has been able to do that for SR.

You haven't even begun.

Tom Roberts tjroberts@lucent.com