Re: Are Gravitational Waves Electromagnetic waves?

From: Ben (ben.b2_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: 8 Feb 2005 15:18:39 -0800

"PD" <pdraper@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<1107887843.127385.237990@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>...
> Ben wrote:
> > "PD" <pdraper@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:<1107809499.787661.123740@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>...
> > > Ben wrote:
> > > > I would like to offer a question to the masses.
> > > >
> > > > If gravitational waves are a ripple of space-time, caused by a
> > > > colossal event, then space-time will contract and expand along
> their
> > > > path.
> > > >
> > > > If electromagnetic waves were a ripple of space-time,
> > >
> > > Yeah, but they're not.
> > >
> > > > caused by a
> > > > minor event, then space-time would also expand and contract along
> > > > their path.
> > > >
> > > > If a photon decays into an electron, a positron and a neutrino.
> > >
> > > Yeah, but it doesn't.
> > >
> > > > One
> > > > being contracted space-time; one being expanded space-time and a
> > > > neutrino being residual energy.
> > >
> > > Yeah, but that's not what an electron, a positron, and a neutrino
> are.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Then would this elementary theory explain the basis of mass,
> energy,
> > > > electromagnetic waves and a myriad of other connections between
> > > > quantum mechanics and relativity?
> > >
> > > Yeah, but it's wrong.
> > >
> > > PD
> >
> > Perhaps trying to think about what I have posted would be an
> > interseting alternative to dismissing it. That way you might
> > understand it.
> > Of course your response will be dismissive and you will not try to
> > understand anything, so just don't reply.
>
> I did think about it. I just didn't give you all the reasons why I
> dismissed it. Your mistake was thinking that it's proper to sketch out
> a new, from-the-ground-up concept, without worrying about whether any
> of the concepts match up with anything that's already known. This is a
> common mistake made by amateur or very young (perhaps that's the same
> thing) physicists; they think that progress is made by coming up with
> the Big Idea, the Novel Insight, and the details will follow later;
> they think the big hurdle for getting acceptance of a new idea is
> getting people to let go of their traditional thinking.
>
> If you like, I can go into the details about how I KNOW each of the
> points you made are dismissable. Not *believe* they are dismissable;
> *know* they are dismissable.
>
>
> PD

Yes, please go into the details of how you KNOW each of the points I
made are dismissable. It would be greatly appreciated.