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Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> writes: >On 23/12/2018 15:13, Tom Roberts wrote: >> On 12/22/18 9:18 PM, Keith Stein wrote: >>> The medium which transmits light does have mass Thomas, it's >>> just ordinary matter of finite density, >> >> NONSENSE! Ordinary matter does NOT "transmit light", because it is made >> of atoms, and "something" must "transmit light" between them. Of course >> in modern physics there is no "medium which transmits light", because >> light consists of photons (which propagate through the vacuum between >> atoms). >> >> Note that today the word "medium" in this context does >> refer to ordinary matter -- it RETARDS light, not >> "transmits" it. >> >> You REALLY need to LEARN about the subject before attempting to write >> about it. Essentially everything you say is nonsense, because you refuse >> to STUDY. Just making stuff up and pretending it is true is HOPELESS, >> even when based on ancient texts. >> >> Tom Roberts >The truth is Mr.Roberts, that it is YOU who does not UNDERSTAND, > about MACROSCOPIC THEORY. >MAXWELL'S ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY is a MACROSCOPIC theory, which means >that it treats everything, be it solid,liquid,or gas, as CONTINUOUS. A simplification is the continuous version of Maxwell's Theory. Much simpler to treat the dielectric in a capacitor as a continuous substance than a bunch of individual atoms... >>There are no atoms in "MACROSCOPIC" theory. >One could say that "NO ATOMS" is > what "MACROSCOPIC" means eh! Which is why the macroscopic version isn't valid for a very sparse vacuum, where the distance between atoms is large compared to wavelength. In such a case, the light really does travel through a perfect vacuum between encounters with the odd gas molecule. >The "density" at every point throughout ALL SPACE, >will have a FINITE,non zero ,value, And a finite, zero value between atoms, for light with short enough wavelength. Tom's point was that a physical medium such as interstellar gas just gets in the way of the light, slowing it slightly. You want to argue that interstellar gas is continuous for radio waves? Fine, an excellent model. You want to argue that interstellar gas is continuous for X-rays? Sorry, not valid.
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