Re: Reaching Light Speed,
From: Paul Draper (pdraper_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/30/04
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Date: 30 Sep 2004 06:16:23 -0700
H@..(Henri Wilson) wrote in message news:<q0eml0530bc24hmpm850hndtuod6evb6h7@4ax.com>...
> On 29 Sep 2004 05:11:54 -0700, pdraper@yahoo.com (Paul Draper) wrote:
>
> >
> >Uh, no. An observed fact is an observed fact, period, independent of
> >any math or theory that predicts the same. The fact is, massless
> >objects have always been observed to travel at the speed of light.
>
>
> and which would they be?
Neutrinos, photons. Meaured in accelerators, measured (w.r.t. each
other) in supernovae).
>
> >It
> >is fortunate for us that our theoretical models do also predict that
> >massless objects travel at the speed of light. If they didn't, then
> >confrontation with observed reality would dismiss the theoretical
> >model as hogwash. However, if we at some point in the future observed
> >a massless particle that traveled at a speed other than c, then we
> >would immediately have do dismiss any theories that *require* that
> >massless particles travel at c. Moreover, we would have to amend any
> >theories that *assume* massless particles travel at c.
> >
> >Observed reality is king. Always.
>
> Except when it is delusional.
No. Always. There have been mistakes in measurements, yes, or more
frequently, a poor understanding of the precision of the measurement.
But if you are proposing that what we see is a delusion...
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