Re: MMX Expected Shft.




"Bill Hobba" <rubbish@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In discussing about the MMX is another post I noticed it and similar
> experiments gave expected fringe shifts based on the sun being stationary
> wrt to an aether.

It is a bad post.

> I can not see how such an assumption would be reasonable.

Not if you close your eyes again to achieve yet another ever higher abstract
conclusion.

> The result of the experiment of course was that the earth was to a rather
> good degree of accuracy stationary wrt to any supposed aether - which
> strongly suggests it does not exist.

Your interpretation to MMX is rather shallow and limited.

> But that the sun is stationary wrt to a supposed aether seems just as
> unlikely.

I agree. This re-infroce my comment above.

> Does anyone know the thinking behind assuming the sun was stationary wrt
> to the aether?

I will bet you nobody knows. If one shows up to claim so, you can label
this person as even whackier than you are.

> Thanks
> Bill

Good night, Bill. Keep your eyes closed.


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