Re: Photon, Momentum, Mass

John Kennaugh <JKNG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:QZ5C84IAg0NGFwIM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


In emission theory there is no
maximum possible speed .. so there must be some reason for it being that
speed [c] and not any other.

Agreed and I do not claim to know what it is - is that a problem?


Only if you refuse to allow SR the same priviledge, which is exactly what you
are doing when you claim that SR must invoke an aether or 'fail' to meet YOUR
requirement of a 'physical explanation'.




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bz

please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.

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