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Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant?

From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant?
Date	2016-09-22 11:47 +1000
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On 22/09/2016 8:52 AM, Pentcho Valev wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Irlq3TFr8Q Brian Greene: What does
> it mean for the speed of light to be constant?
>
> The speed of light can only be constant if the motion of the observer
> (Gracy in the video) changes the wavelength of the incoming light in
> the following idiotic way:
>
>

This is an obnoxious way of debating a subject. Essentially, the writer 
attempts to persuade the reader to accept a point not by arguing its 
validity, but by indicating that the reader is themselves idiotic if 
they don't accept it.

Such an approach has no place in science.

Sylvia.

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What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-21 15:52 -0700
  Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 17:45 -0700
  Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-22 11:47 +1000
    Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-09-22 02:07 -0700
    Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 09:20 -0500
      Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 12:22 -0700
  Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-22 01:49 -0700
    Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? JanPB <filmart@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 12:24 -0700
    Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-24 08:46 -0700
      Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-24 09:14 -0700
        Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-24 09:44 -0700
          Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-24 10:47 -0700
            Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-24 13:05 -0700
              Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-24 15:27 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-29 09:45 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-29 10:07 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-29 10:42 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-29 13:26 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-29 15:31 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-29 15:50 -0700
                Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-30 12:16 -0700
      Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-30 10:01 -0700
  Re: What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? alsor@interia.pl - 2016-09-23 13:02 -0700
  What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 06:21 -0700
    What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 07:01 -0700
      What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 07:11 -0700
        What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 07:41 -0700
          What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 08:25 -0700
            What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 08:37 -0700
              What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 08:58 -0700
                What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 09:34 -0700
                What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 09:46 -0700
                What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 11:07 -0700
                What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 18:05 -0700
                What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 20:56 -0700
                What does it mean for the speed of light to be constant? "David (Time Lord) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-01 19:24 -0700

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