Re: Van Flandern & Rethinking Relativity?

From: Gregory L. Hansen (glhansen_at_steel.ucs.indiana.edu)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:56:09 +0000 (UTC)

In article <Pine.OSF.4.58.0501220813001.27535@dingo.cc.uq.edu.au>,
Timo Nieminen <uqtniemi@mailbox.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>(just some brief first thoughts, perhaps a more substantial reply later)
>
>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
>
>> Timo Nieminen <timo@physics.uq.edu.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >But my point is that,
>> >regardless of the actual transformation/propagation speed pair, it's
>> >either instantaneous-position or junk the PoR.
>>
>> It's neither, really. But in the solar system it's close enough to
>> instantaneous-position that a theory with action-at-a-distance works fine.
>
>Well, yes, GR is the death of SR. But in the well-behaved limit ...
>
>> I can't think of a reason why Galilean transformations would require an
>> infinite speed of propagation.
>
>Time to run some numbers, then! Actually, I'm only guessing, so perhaps
>the numbers will show I'm wrong.

I feel like I can say no more until I do exactly that. And, well, I
haven't done the math yet, so I don't have much else to say. 

-- 
"Don't try to teach a pig how to sing.  You'll waste your time and annoy 
the pig."

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