Re: SR's velocity addition -- ANY Experimental Evidence?

From: Dirk Van de moortel (dirkvandemoortel_at_ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com)
Date: 07/02/04 

Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 20:08:29 GMT

"John C. Polasek" <jpolasek@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:2acbe055g0vb58pgstif5oq2hk0pmfj5u9@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 18:30:25 GMT, "Dirk Van de moortel"
> <dirkvandemoortel@ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John C. Polasek" <jpolasek@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:fi9be0hkdrvk4gpb3o2pad82dgjv40rq1t@4ax.com...
> >> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:17:11 -0500, Tom Roberts <tjroberts@lucent.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Jim Greenfield wrote:
> >> >> Anyone who could believe that 1mph (heading) + 1mph (same heading) is
> >> >> anything OTHER than 2mph (that heading)..........could believe
> >> >> anything
> >> >
> >> >Hmmm. To the accuracies we commonly measure velocities on earth, it is
> >> >observed that 1mph + 1mph = 2mph (all in the same direction).
> >> >
> >> >But anyone who think the same applies to 100,000mps + 100,000mps has
> >> >insufficient experience in the real world to have a credible opinion
> >> >(mps = miles per second).
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> ....even "Special Relativity"
> >> >
> >> >It's not a question of "believing". It rather an issue of understanding,
> >> >and recognizing that SR is an extremely accurate model for a large
> >> >domain of phenomena.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Tom Roberts tjroberts@lucent.com
> >>
> >> And yet and yet, no one has come forward with the putative
> >> experimental evidence, which I think was the original question. I did
> >> not read each one, just became alarmed that the stack of 76 notes
> >> might tip over and hurt someone.
> >
> >And yet no one has ever come forward with the putative experimental
> >evidence that 1 mph combined with 1 mph, gives exactly 2 mph, as
> >opposed to 1.999999999999999995553 mph.
> >
> >Dirk Vdm
> >
> I heard talk that this 1 + 1 thing was done on alt.sci.physics, and
> was met with little opposition (and quite a bit of reliefe).
> I don't think you can prove the relativity addition formula. The
> experimental baggage seems formidable.

According to the theory, the velocity composition of 1 mph
and 1 mph gives 1.999999999999999995553 mph.
If a minority of "dissidents" think that the composition gives
2.00000000000000000000 mph then it's up to them to
prove it. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Dirk Vdm

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