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Re: The most ridiculous science mistake in history.

From Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: The most ridiculous science mistake in history.
Date 2024-03-29 15:02 +0100
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On 2024-03-29 13:48:03 +0000, gharnagel said:

>> 
>> On 3/25/24 10:28 AM, Aether Regained wrote:
>>> There are no observable effects of an aether? What then are the 
>>> electromagnetic and gravitational fields, if not observable effects of 
>>> an aether?
>> 
>> They are modeled as fields, completely unrelated to any sort of aether.
> 
> We model reality with a system of mathematics based on calculus where
> delta_x approaches zero, whereas reality is granular - perhaps down to
> the Planck scale, or perhaps not.  Don't you think that field theories
> are an attempt to circumvent the granularity problem that may contain
> the seeds of their own limitations?
> 
>> As I keep saying: you have no hope of "regaining" an aether until you
>> explain how the many quantum effects in electrodynamics are explained by
>> an aether.
> 
> First one must define what one means by an "aether."  AR seems to accept
> that it must not have any measurable elements, so I guess he just wants
> to have a warm feeling about "waves" :-)
> 
>> Quoting ancient texts to support your position is RELIGION, not science.
>> (Writings by Maxwell and Einstein are now ancient texts, because science
>> evolves MUCH faster than religion).
>> 
>> Tom Roberts
> 
> Sure, models aren't reality just like maps are not the territory.  QFT is
> an excellent model (in its domain of applicability) and will probably give
> way to a more inclusive model some day.
> 
> Will our ideas of what constitutes "a law of nature" change, too?  Do you
> believe that E = mc^2 is a law of nature?  How about \gamma mc^2?  How
> about the invariance of c?  Or the invariance of m, for that matter?
> 
> Gary


-- 
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly 
in England until 1987.

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