Re: O'Barr's comments on SR and LET.



So the objects moving wrt the ether frame follow the same laws of physics as
objects not moving wrt the ether frame?

Depends what you mean by 'law of physics'. Think carefully about it.


If so, imagine a mirror at 45 deg angle to the direction of motion, and a
beam of light at -45 degrees, so that the beam hits the mirror at right
angles and reflects off the mirror back to the source. Now put that
mechanism in motion wrt the ether. so that the mirror shrink enough to make
the angle 30 degrees, and the beam of light comes in at -30 degrees and so
the light reflects at 90 degrees. But from the FoR of the beam+mirror,
nothing appears to have changed, yet the beam of light reflects in the wrong
direction.- Hide quoted text -

??? Sorry. I read that paragraph a few times and I do not see what you
mean. Rephrase and/or draw a diagram. Rephrase the first sentence.

And anw, those types of problems have been worked out in the past and
are identical to SR's conclusions. Then again, maybe your problem is a
new type but I would need to understand what you mean before I give/
explain you an answer.




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