Re: Anyone good with Tensors?

guskz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Tom Roberts wrote:
In 1920 Einstein attended a conference on
the aether, and made remarks that essentially say that the "aether" of
GR is utterly unlike any other aether, in that it has no physical
properties (density, temperature, pressure, etc.), and no state of rest
can be ascribed to it.

To consider GR as an "aether theory" requires an incredible PUN on the
word that robs it of all meaning. Einstein knew this. But he spoke in
the style of his time, not ours. <shrug>

you shrug to claim innocence and ambiguity.

Not at all. I merely claim Einstein's words do not mean what you think they mean.

Einstein's specific words
to the same link I gave:
"GR without an ETHER IS UNTHINKABLE"

Sure. But simply pulling quotes out of context is useless. You need to _READ_THE_ARTICLE_ and you will see that what I said above is a reasonable synopsis of this aspect of his statements.


Tom Roberts
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