Re: The Absurd Claim of the Metric as a Tensor


Pmb wrote:

Hmmm. I'm not even participating in this conversation and KW still manages
to get a little dig in. I find it abhorent to "toot my own horn" but you
really love to push people don't ya KW? It is overly to everyone here that I
know differential geometry and tensor analysis to a much greater quality
than you have demonstrated. If it needs to be said (and I hate saying this)
but I have a BA in both physics and math from Merrimack College in Andover
MA. I did some graduate work at Northeastern University in Boston and I
studied GR at MIT back in 1999 with Dr. Edmund Bertschinger. I was layed off
at the time and Alan Guth sugggested that I ask Ed if I could sit in on his
class. Ed said sure so I sat in on the course. After that I kept up self
study of this material and presently am taking a directed study with a group
at Merrimack College in Andover MA. The group consists of three people. The
math chair, a math prof and myself. We are using Schutz's text on the
subject and we are doing it at our own leasurely pace. We're about half way
through the text I'd say. But during the last 8 years I've had many mentors
on this subject matter and that includes Edwin F. Taylor, Hans C. Ohanian,
Robert W. Brehme and John Stachel.

Oh, man. Your resume only fits in one short paragraph. Mine is as
long as a roll of toilet paper in which I am not very proud of.

Professor Taylor's derivation of photon bending abides to the
principle of minimum accumulated time while his derivation on
Mercury's orbital anomaly abides to the absurd assumption where the
geodesic paths follow the least amount of accumulated spacetime. His
derivation of GPS time difference is baloney.

Mr. Stachel worships Einstein. That is understandable since without
Einstein being elevated into godhood Mr. Stachel's job would be in
jeopardy.

But from what KW has displayed here its doubtful that he's ever read the
definition of tensors and the terminology. His lack of understanding of how
a geometric object can remain the same geometrical object even when the
components of the object change with the basis/coordinate system. This is
taught in Calc III in into to vector analysis yet KW seems completely
ignorant of these simple and basic facts, facts a sophmore math major would
understand.

Ho, ho, ho. Christmas is over. It is time to get back to reality.
Koobee Wublee's remarks cannot be taken lightly. This is reality.

Its okay to be ignorant KW. We are all ignorant in some areas of all aspects
of life and areas of study. Nobody knows everything about even a single
subject. So you don't have to pretend that you didn't make a mistake. We'll
understand. What is shameful is that you refuse to admit your mistake and
move on. And in case this is unclear - We are right and you are wrong -
Period! There is no room for misunderstanding here.

Who are you referring to? The punk who has been a multi-year junior at
the university of Alaska for a while?

I truly feel sorry for KW. On the one hand he seems like a nice person and
on the other hand he's an insulting and condescending person.

Have you prayed for me lately?

Then again its not my job in life to understand KW!

Thank god for that. Please don't ask me which god because I have no
clue.

Best wishes KW - I really hope the best for you. I'll pray for you to let
God open your mind enough to see the elements of your error.

Thanks. Best wishes to you too. In time, your god will reveal to you
that what I have talked about is correct. Hopefully, you will not
behave like an infant trapped in a man's body then.

.

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