Re: Are *observed* SR effects real?

On Jul 7, 8:59 am, PD <TheDraperFam...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 7, 8:40 am, Shubee <e.Shu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 7, 8:06 am, PD <TheDraperFam...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 5, 8:18 am, Shubee <e.Shu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So then insisting that length be frame-independent
in some underlying reality is to either
a) say that the underlying reality is
unmeasurable,

That would be my preference.

And this is scientifically valueless.

Understanding all the ways that reality might be is not scientifically
valueless.

It is if that reality is not confirmable by measurement. That becomes
metaphysics, not physics.

Then Einstein's first postulate is metaphysics because there is no
experiment that proves the nonexistence of an absolute yet
undetectable frame of reference.

Metaphysics is not valueless, it's just *scientifically* valueless.

I wouldn't say that Einstein's first postulate is *scientifically*
valueless. Let's just say that it's overrated and not provable.
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf

As Niels Bohr once said to Einstein, "Einstein, stop
telling God what to do."

And in response, Einstein proposed the experiment that proved him
wrong about quantum mechanics.

Einstein's narrow-mindedness on the probabilistic nature of reality is
so widely acknowledged, there is no need to debate it.

The context of Bohr's reply to Einstein is Einstein's famous platitude
that "God doesn't play dice" with the universe. Bohr's reply,
"Einstein, stop telling God what to do" sometimes includes "...with
his dice."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr

Shubee

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