Re: Comparisons between SR and LET.

Ilja wrote:

> Nonetheless, in the classical special-relativistic limit LET vs. SR
> the mathematics and the physical predictions are identical, and the
> difference is purely interpretational.

LET and SR are obviously not the same physically, even for
classical electromagnetism. LET requires at very least
*something* physical to justify its preferred frame. Asserting
that this physical difference can just be ignored in the standard
model or general relativity, and therefore they are ether-based
theories, is nonsense. If the ether has any physical meaning, it
must show up in the mathematics. If the ether is something that
can be ignored or inserted into any physical theory based solely
on capriciousness, it is worthless. There is no justification
for claiming that e.g. electoweak theory is explained by ether,
unless the explanation can be quantified *in terms of the
definition of the ether*. Since you attempt to do just that,
it's odd that you seem to agree with the people who misrepresent
relativity as "just math explained by the physical ether".


---Tim Shuba---
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