Re: Sometimes I wonder, if Physicists actually *want* to know how it works

On May 9, 5:55 pm, mpc755 <mpc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 9, 9:41 am, PD <TheDraperFam...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On May 8, 11:06 pm, mpc755 <mpc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 8, 12:39 pm, PD <TheDraperFam...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Because waves require a medium in order to propagate.

No, they do NOT.
What waves need to propagate is this and ONLY this:
That the laws that govern the physical entities involved take the form
of a differential equation known as the wave equation.

Yes, waves do require a medium in order to propagate.

A wave cannot propagate through a void.

More with the equations.

*How* does a wave propagate through a void?

Einstein:

"According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is
unthinkable"

Well, I realize we are at an impasse. I've told you that the
*sufficient* cause for propagation of waves is that the laws that
govern those entities take the mathematical form of a wave equation.
You say that you refuse to believe that. There is nothing I can do to
make you believe something you explicitly refuse to believe. I'm just
letting you know what it is that physicists understand to be the case,
whether you believe it or not.

By definition, anything that is massless requires a medium in order to
propagate.

I don't know where you are finding your definitions. Your own personal
assumptions do not constitute definitions. They simply reflect your
insistence that nature respect your pigeonholing, whether that is
warranted or not.
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