"Robert J. Kolker" wrote in message
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| Benj wrote:
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| Oh great. Two kooks arguing "religion"!
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| Hey Bob, Once again, Saying that Aether has never been observed is a
| lie. Empty space has PROPERTIES therefore, aether has been observed!
| How about you keep your religion in church? The failure was not to
| observe Aether but rather a failure to observe Aether Drift! Quite a
| different matter.
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| Aether, according to Maxwell is super stiff space filling goo that is so
| rare it does not slow planets down in their orbits. Maxwell did not
| believe space was aether. Neither did Michelson nor Morley.


Don't bring Morley into it, he was a chemist who assisted his friend
Albert Michelson.
Michelson DID believe aether was space but changed his mind from
certain to uncertain.


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| Aether is an unnecessary and useless concept.

Correct, and out go its properties as well.


| Which is why it has been
| largely dropped from physics.

The crank properties haven't been dropped though. Permittivity
and permeability of "free space" (aether) is still around, screwing
everything up.

| It has suffered the same fate as
| phlogiston, caloric, electric fluid and vital essence.
|
| Bob Kolker
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