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Re: Why Antirelativists Worship Einstein's 1905 Second Postulate

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On 2023-08-08 16:46:24 +0000, Laurence Clark Crossen said:

> It is true that many antirelativists are etherists. Yet, it was
> already known circa 1850 that sound waves share the velocity of
> the source, causing the Doppler effect. Then why do we frequently
> hear that the wave theory of light has light independent of the
> source?

In 1850 it was generally thought that light moves in aether as
sound moves in air. If so, then, according to the understanding
at the time, the motion of both light and sound had to be
independent of the motion of the source. Both were also seen
analogous to waves in water surface, which also move independently
of the source.

That motion of water surface waves or sound is independent of the
motion of the source is fairly easy to check experimentally. To
test the same about light is much harder but can be (and has been)
done.

Mikko

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  Re: Why Antirelativists Worship Einstein's 1905 Second Postulate Wallace Awturkhanoff <fuhc@fhacllat.ew> - 2023-08-08 14:33 +0000
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  Re: Why Antirelativists Worship Einstein's 1905 Second Postulate Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-08 09:46 -0700
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  Re: Why Antirelativists Worship Einstein's 1905 Second Postulate Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-08 10:10 -0700
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      Re: Why Antirelativists Worship Einstein's 1905 Second Postulate Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.c.sirius@gmail.com> - 2023-08-08 11:08 -0700
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