Re: Photon, Momentum, Mass
John Kennaugh wrote:
Tom Roberts wrote:
Ask yourself this: what "physical process" keeps the light moving in a
straight line?
I would suggest that if light moves in a straight line it is because of
the ABSENCE of a physical process which would make it deviate.
What "physical process" makes it be _straight_?
(I am trying to get you to see just one of the many ASSUMPTIONS
you make without acknowledging them.)
Tom Roberts
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- Re: Photon, Momentum, Mass
... I would suggest that if light moves in a straight line it is because of the ABSENCE of a physical process which would make it deviate. ... If you like it is an axiom of physics that 'straight' is natural and a physical process is required to change it from that natural state. ...
(sci.physics.relativity) - Re: Photon, Momentum, Mass
... I would suggest that if light moves in a straight line it is because ... physical process is required to change it from that natural state. ... Aristotle would NOT agree with your ideas of 'natural'. ... He 'knew' that men had more teeth than women. ...
(sci.physics.relativity) - Re: "How Does Light Know How Fast to Travel?"
... Note you must first "put forward" a "physical explanation" for what a straight line is. ... It is the nature of that physical process which is what I am concerned about. ... The geometry may be a valid mathematical model of what happens but it was constructed on the assumption that light travels at c. ... It is a construct of the human brain which has the advantage of allowing some degree of visualisation of the maths which you may find helpful but what you are visualising is maths not reality although if you have done it long enough it may appear to you to represent reality. ...
(sci.physics.relativity) - Re: Natural Philosophy - Its challenge to SR
... John Kennaugh wrote: ... shortest distance between two points? ... A straight line is purely a mathematical abstraction and it is not my notion that mathematics controls anything - quite the reverse. ...
(sci.physics.relativity) - Re: Natural Philosophy - Its challenge to SR
... John Kennaugh wrote: ... distance between two points? ... I reject your notion that "something" "controls" that straight line, and the speed of light is similar in SR/GR -- they are GEOMETRICAL, not "physical". ...
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