Re: Mossbauer effect and retarded interactions

Eugene Stefanovich wrote:
> Igor Khavkine wrote:
>
> > Again. Nothing is spread instantaneously.
>
> I am afraid, you have no proof of that based on
> two Einstein's postulates. Name a textbook and I'll
> show you a gap in their logic used to "prove" this statement.

No need to cite textbooks. The argument is elementary and is given to
freshmen as an exercise. If a message can be transmitted faster than
light, special relativity implies that Einstein causality is violated.
This possibility is very strongly suppressed by experimental evidence.

> Moreover, this statement is in contradiction with experiment:
> Most involved experimentalists agree now that the group velocity of
> light and the velocity of single photons can exceed c.
> They still argue whether these effects signify a superluminal
> propagation of signals. If superluminal propagation is permitted,
> then I don't see any reason why instantaneous propagation
> shouldn't be permitted. It follows from RQD.

I am patiently awaiting for your name to appear on the front page of
the LA Times as the next lotto winner. This evidence I would consider
contradicting my statement.

Igor

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