From: mpc755 on
On Dec 15, 6:57 pm, The Poop-oner <parkers...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can someone post a link to an article or something that explains SR
> clearly?
>
> Everytime I get on here some crazy dude is screaming about how
> einstein is a phony, and I doubt it, but i cant prove him one way or
> the other. So can someone find a userfriendly, sort of "Special
> Relatiity for dummies" thing that I (and i guess the others who
> probably dont understand einsteins stuff) could look at? i tried the
> wikipedia article and a few other sites, but there's alot of math i've
> never seen before.
>
> thanks.

Here is Einstein's train thought experiment in his own words:

http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html

Here is Einstein's own words on aether. It does relate to SR in that
Einstein says the aether must exist.

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html

Here is a very good animation of Einstein's Relativity of Simultaneity
which is fundamental to SR:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM

Einstein's train thought experiment is what I am saying does not
accurately reflect nature, which means SR is incorrect.

And if it appears I am the guy saying Einstein was a phony, that is
incorrect. I am an Einstein fan. If you read what he says in terms of
the aether and it connectedness to matter and you read about how he
knew QM was 'incomplete', the guy really knew what he was talking
about. However, relativity of simultaneity is incorrect.
From: BURT on
On Dec 15, 4:14 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 15, 6:57 pm, The Poop-oner <parkers...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Can someone post a link to an article or something that explains SR
> > clearly?
>
> > Everytime I get on here some crazy dude is screaming about how
> > einstein is a phony, and I doubt it, but i cant prove him one way or
> > the other. So can someone find a userfriendly, sort of "Special
> > Relatiity for dummies" thing that I (and i guess the others who
> > probably dont understand einsteins stuff) could look at? i tried the
> > wikipedia article and a few other sites, but there's alot of math i've
> > never seen before.
>
> > thanks.
>
> Here is Einstein's train thought experiment in his own words:
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html
>
> Here is Einstein's own words on aether. It does relate to SR in that
> Einstein says the aether must exist.
>
> http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html
>
> Here is a very good animation of Einstein's Relativity of Simultaneity
> which is fundamental to SR:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM
>
> Einstein's train thought experiment is what I am saying does not
> accurately reflect nature, which means SR is incorrect.
>
> And if it appears I am the guy saying Einstein was a phony, that is
> incorrect. I am an Einstein fan. If you read what he says in terms of
> the aether and it connectedness to matter and you read about how he
> knew QM was 'incomplete', the guy really knew what he was talking
> about. However, relativity of simultaneity is incorrect.

Light spreads out in space.

Mitch Raemsch
From: The Poop-oner on
On Dec 15, 7:14 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 15, 6:57 pm, The Poop-oner <parkers...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Can someone post a link to an article or something that explains SR
> > clearly?
>
> > Everytime I get on here some crazy dude is screaming about how
> > einstein is a phony, and I doubt it, but i cant prove him one way or
> > the other. So can someone find a userfriendly, sort of "Special
> > Relatiity for dummies" thing that I (and i guess the others who
> > probably dont understand einsteins stuff) could look at? i tried the
> > wikipedia article and a few other sites, but there's alot of math i've
> > never seen before.
>
> > thanks.
>
> Here is Einstein's train thought experiment in his own words:
>
> http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html
>
> Here is Einstein's own words on aether. It does relate to SR in that
> Einstein says the aether must exist.
>
> http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html
>
> Here is a very good animation of Einstein's Relativity of Simultaneity
> which is fundamental to SR:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM
>
> Einstein's train thought experiment is what I am saying does not
> accurately reflect nature, which means SR is incorrect.
>
> And if it appears I am the guy saying Einstein was a phony, that is
> incorrect. I am an Einstein fan. If you read what he says in terms of
> the aether and it connectedness to matter and you read about how he
> knew QM was 'incomplete', the guy really knew what he was talking
> about. However, relativity of simultaneity is incorrect.

I thought ether didn't exist.
From: mpc755 on
On Dec 15, 7:32 pm, The Poop-oner <parkers...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Dec 15, 7:14 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 15, 6:57 pm, The Poop-oner <parkers...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > Can someone post a link to an article or something that explains SR
> > > clearly?
>
> > > Everytime I get on here some crazy dude is screaming about how
> > > einstein is a phony, and I doubt it, but i cant prove him one way or
> > > the other. So can someone find a userfriendly, sort of "Special
> > > Relatiity for dummies" thing that I (and i guess the others who
> > > probably dont understand einsteins stuff) could look at? i tried the
> > > wikipedia article and a few other sites, but there's alot of math i've
> > > never seen before.
>
> > > thanks.
>
> > Here is Einstein's train thought experiment in his own words:
>
> >http://www.bartleby.com/173/9.html
>
> > Here is Einstein's own words on aether. It does relate to SR in that
> > Einstein says the aether must exist.
>
> >http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html
>
> > Here is a very good animation of Einstein's Relativity of Simultaneity
> > which is fundamental to SR:
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteiuxyqtoM
>
> > Einstein's train thought experiment is what I am saying does not
> > accurately reflect nature, which means SR is incorrect.
>
> > And if it appears I am the guy saying Einstein was a phony, that is
> > incorrect. I am an Einstein fan. If you read what he says in terms of
> > the aether and it connectedness to matter and you read about how he
> > knew QM was 'incomplete', the guy really knew what he was talking
> > about. However, relativity of simultaneity is incorrect.
>
> I thought ether didn't exist.

'Ether and the Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein'
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html

"According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is
unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation
of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space
and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time
intervals in the physical sense."
From: mpc755 on
On Dec 15, 6:26 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 15, 5:35 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 15, 2:23 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Dec 15, 2:51 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Dec 15, 1:43 pm, moro...(a)world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> writes:
> > > > > >On Dec 15, 11:41=A0am, moro...(a)world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
> > > > > >wrote:
>
> > > > > >> Your animation is a perfectly accurate representation...
> > > > > >> ...
> > > > > >> ...
> > > > > >> ...of how the thunderclaps propagate when M sees A and B simultaneously
> > > > > >> struck by lightning.
> > > > > >And M' sees A' and B' simultaneously struck by lightning?
>
> > > > > Nope. Your diagram works for how the _sound_ of the thunder would
> > > > > propagate.  Just like if I was in the front of a nearly supersonic
> > > > > jet and someone in the back spoke to me, I could measure the speed of
> > > > > sound in the jet as normal (relative to the jet) but someone on the
> > > > > ground could measure the sound speed (relative to the ground) as
> > > > > nearly twice normal.
>
> > > > > Light doesn't behave like that.  As others have mentioned many times,
> > > > > your diagram doesn't match the observed behavior of light, so it is
> > > > > automatically wrong.  It is irrelevant whether SR is correct, or has
> > > > > even been formulated.  Your diagram would have been just as wrong in 1850,
> > > > > before Einstein was even born, and SR never derived yet.
>
> > > > MPC is under the impression that a model can only be shown wrong by
> > > > pointing out where the logical error is. He is under the impression
> > > > that if a model is internally consistent, then it must be right. The
> > > > idea that a model can be internally consistent but still not describe
> > > > a natural phenomenon accurately is something he doesn't comprehend.
>
> > > If my animation only showed A', B' and M' and the light from the
> > > lightning strikes at A' and B' reach M' simultaneously, would the
> > > animation accurately reflect what occurs in the train frame of
> > > reference?
>
> > No.
>
> Of course it does. It shows the light from the lightning strike from
> A' and B' reaching M' simultaneously. What are you implying, that it
> is impossible for the light from the lightnings strikes to reach M'
> simultaneously?
>
>
>
>
>
> > > If my animation only showed A, B and M and the light from the
> > > lightning strikes at A and B reach M simultaneously, would the
> > > animation accurately reflect what occurs in the embankment frame of
> > > reference?
>
> > Yes.
>
> > > The answer to both of the above is yes.
>
> > No.
>
> > You are apparently having difficulty with either what is actually
> > observed in experiment, or what the set up of the train and embankment
> > scenario is.
>
> I am talking about my animation. In my animation there are two
> separate frames of reference.
>
>
>
> > > If you have the frames of reference moving relative to one another in
> > > their own regions of three dimensional space, SR falls on its face.
>
> > Frames of reference don't live in confined regions of 3-dimensional
> > space. They overlap completely. All of 3-dimensional space lives in
> > every frame of reference.
>
> The reason the frames of reference are separated in three dimensional
> space in my animation is to make it easier to comprehend the aether
> being at rest relative to each frame of reference.
>
> I know this is pointless in discussing with you, but for others who
> may be open minded, the point of the animation is to show the aether
> being at rest relative to each frame of reference and how light
> travels at 'c' relative to the aether.
>
> Once this concept is understood, by those how have an open mind, then
> I can move on to discussing Einstein's train thought experiment and
> how measuring to the marks left by the lightning strikes is arbitrary.
>
> > Perhaps you didn't understand what a frame of reference is?
>
> What is occurring is you don't really pay much attention to these
> threads. Just look at your first response in this thread when I made
> the joke about the 'President of physics'. You hadn't even looked at
> the webcartoon but already had responses.
>
> For anyone else how has an open mind, here is the deal. In my
> animation there are two distinct and separate frames of reference. The
> aether is at rest in each frame of reference. That is why the light is
> able to travel from A and B to M and from A' and B' to M' and for all
> of the light from the four lightning strikes to reach M and M'
> simultaneously. Because the light is traveling at 'c' relative to the
> aether. This is NOT emission/emitter theory.
>
> The next step, if I was able to ever get there by having a
> conversation with anyone, would be to describe how Einstein's train
> thought experiment is inaccurate. In Einstein's train thought
> experiment, the train frame of reference and the embankment frame of
> reference both occupy the same three dimensional space. The aether
> cannot be at rest relative to the train AND at rest relative to the
> embankment. This means having M measure to A and B and having M'
> measure to A' and B' is fundamentally flawed. Measuring to the marks
> made by the lightning strikes is an approximation of where the light
> travels from. In order to know exactly where the light travels from in
> three dimensional space, you have to know how the light travels from
> the lightning strike relative to the aether.

In other words, in Einstein's train thought experiment, if the aether
is at rest relative to the embankment, measuring to the marks on the
train at A' and B' is incorrect. If the aether is at rest relative to
the embankment, the light travels from A and B to M and the light
travels from B to M and from A to M.

In Einstein's train thought experiment, if the aether is at rest
relative to the train, then the marks on the embankment at A and B are
meaningless. The light travels from A' to M and the light travels from
A' and B' to M' and the light travels from B' to M.