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

On May 11, 8:34 am, mpc755 <mpc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 11, 9:02 am, PD <TheDraperFam...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



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.

And you insist on magic because you think that is what the math tells
you is occurring.

There is no magic. The fact that a phenomenon does not fit into your
preconceived notions of permissible possibilities does not constitute
magic.


A wave, or anything that is massless and is propagating, is a
disturbance.

A massless particle in and of itself cannot be a disturbance in a void
because there is nothing to disturb.

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