Re: A little challenge for relativists.
John Kennaugh wrote:
> A little challenge for relativists.
>
>
> "As a modern physicist I completely reject the idea of the ether but I
> still believe Einstein was justified in assuming source independence
> because ..........".
>
1. Experimental evidence of source independence.
2. The explicit inclusion of an absolute velocity in a law of physics
(Maxwell's electrodynamics), such as appears in no other law of
physics.
PD
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