Re: The physical motions of photons in free space!


kenseto wrote:
> <surrealistic-dream@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Gerald L. O'Barr wrote:
> > > In <1131729735.798142.281620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > <surrealistic-dr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ...
> > >
> > > >>> . . . To Einstein, such an absolute space (i.e.,
> > > >>> inertial frame) would imply that Nature has
> > > >>> arbitrarily selected one inertial frame out of an
> > > >>> infinite number of them to be special (i.e., the
> > > >>> laws of electrodynamics are "true" in that frame
> > > >>> only because measuring rods and clocks are
> > > >>> undistorted in that frame).
> > >
> > > O'Barr comments:
> > > And this is stupid thinking! No one has to imply
> > > anything like this, that nature has to be arbitrary
> > > or acts in any kind of a prejudicial way! That is
> > > silly thinking! All that has to be seen is what is
> > > the simplest. There is only one reality! There is
> > > only one frame in which we and all of reality exists!
> > > It cannot get simpler than this!
> >
> > So how did Nature choose which frame was to be the rest frame of the
> > ether? And if Nature didn't make that choice, who or what did?
>
> There is no need to locate the rest frame of the ether. All the observers
> are in a state of absolute motion. Acknowledging that will give rise to a
> new theory of motion call IRT. IRT includes SRT as a subset. However, unlike
> SRT, the equations of IRT are valid in all environments....including
> gravity. A description of IRT are included in the following link (page 4):
> http://www.geocities,com/kn_seto/2005Unification.pdf
>
> Ken Seto

Of course "There is no need to locate the rest frame of the ether,"
because the luminiferous ether is dispensible (superfluous) for doing
physics, hence SR. Every inertial frame acts as though it's the rest
frame of the ether. Hence the PoR to E&M.

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