Re: SR's FLAW in a NUTSHELL.
- From: "Sue..." <suzysewnshow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 10 Nov 2005 01:27:39 -0800
Henri Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:11:28 +0100, "Harry" <harald.vanlintel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Henri Wilson" <HW@..> wrote in message
> >news:lc32n1tg4uns5rsro0o1vc0h1lprdvu61l@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> Part 1.
> >>
> >> Consider the now familiar setup of an observer who is about to receive
> >light
> >> pulses emitted simultaneously from two differently moving sources.
> >>
> >> <-S1_____________________->p____________O
> >> ->S2
> >>
> >> According to Maxwell and Einstein, O can measure the permeability and
> >> permittivity of space and produce a numerical value for the constant 'c'.
> >This
> >> property of space is claimed to be the sole determinant of light speed...
> >so
> >> all light in O's frame must move at c wrt that frame. Thus, all pulses
> >emitted
> >> at a particular distance from O should take the same time to reach him,
> >> irrespective of source speed.
> >> This concept is somewhat analogous to sound's fixed speed wrt the air
> >inside an
> >> aeroplane irrespective of how fast the plane is moving wrt the ground.
> >Just as
> >> the plane carries its own atmosphere, the observer carries his own
> >'personal
> >> aether'.
> >> On the surface, the Maxwell/Einstein theory sounds quite reasonable (even
> >> though the plane's physical atmosphere is replaced by an intangible
> >> 'frame').....so we will accept it for the moment.
> >
> >That's approximately Einstein's explanation of SR - not Maxwell nor SR
> >itself: SR is a principle theory and therefore it *has* no physical model of
> >light propagation.
>
> That's right.
>
> SR provides every observer with his own 'personal aether'.
Is that why long wavelenghts don't make very sharp pictures ?
http://www.imaging1.com/thermal/images/Nikon-human-infrared.jpg
Sue...
>
> >Harald
> >
>
>
> HW.
> www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/index.htm
> see: www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/variablestars.exe
>
> "Sometimes I feel like a complete failure.
> The most useful thing I have ever done is prove Einstein wrong".
.
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