"The Brilliance of Our Teachers"

A recent newspaper question and answer column raised an
interesting subject. The query noted that, for a science course at a local
school, there were two instructors. One of those instructors explained the
concepts clearly and his students did well on standardized tests. The other
instructor's teachings were scattered and his students performed poorly. The
students, however, believed that the second instructor was brilliant and
thought
that his explanations are simply over their heads. The query went on to ask
why
such a misperception occurred.

The answer given was that both groups were easily misled into
believing that mysterious people are highly intelligent. When those
listeners
heard material they didn't grasp, they assumed that the fault was theirs and
not
the teachers. And, since the listeners considered themselves fairly
intelligent,
it was obvious that the teacher must be brilliant!

Judging from the material posted in these Newsgroups, the
effect would seem to be quite pronounced. It is quite plain that the posters
ardently believe in the validity of what they have been taught. It is also
quite
obvious that they are aware, if only sublimely, of the inconsistencies and
contradictions within that teaching. If that were not the case, the subject
matter would be straightforward by now, the understanding of modern physics
would not be so muddled, and the postings would not suggest such a high
level of
misunderstanding.

The truth of the matter is that the subjects, relativity in
particular, seem mysterious and contradictory for one basic reason. The
teachers
of the subject do not themselves understand it. Because they don't
understand
the subject they hide behind sophisticated, often unnecessary and sometimes
self
contradictory mathematical explanations to prevent that lack of
understanding
from being apparent. In order to achieve this goal they have made Physics
into
the only Science where MECHANISM is not considered. This is illustrated by a
quotation from Dr. Hawking who exclaimed, in an interview, that he was only
interested in mathematics and observation and in the correlation of the two
approaches. He didn't care about "reality" (for which we may read mechanism)
because he didn't know what reality was. This is unfortunate because the
present
practice of ignoring mechanism, and overlooking the fact that nothing is
known
until observation, mathematics and understanding of mechanism are in
agreement.
Without such an agreement an understanding of the process(es) involved is
not
assured. It is only when all three requirements have been met that we can
have
any hope of knowing "who is doing what to whom".

Even more important, without including mechanism in our
understanding matrix, we eliminate a vital check on validity. The
mathematics of
many processes extends to regions which are physically unrealizable. Without
considering mechanism these "empty" regions will not be recognized. An
example
of the effect is the idea that "virtual photons" can explain forces which
act at
a distance. "Virtual photons" can easily explain repulsive forces acting
between
material particles, but they can not be used to explain attractive forces.
The
same is true of "gravitons". They cannot produce the attractive force of
gravity! "Virtual particles" can only produce repulsive forces. An
understanding
"mechanism" reveals this deficiency quite clearly.

To put the relativity concepts into perspective, the current
orthodoxy accepts the validity of the idea that there are no absolutes.
Length
is what yardsticks measure and time is what clocks measure. What is
conveniently
overlooked is that the forces existing between the atoms in a yardstick and
the
hairspring of a clock escapement (or their conceptual equivalents in actual
test
equipment) must be electromagnetic in nature. Not only is electromagnetism
the
only known candidate for these forces, the need for them follows if the
questionable idea of modern physics that interatomic forces are produced by
the
exchange of "virtual photons" is not to collapse instantaneously. In
addition,
the speed of a clock is affected by the mass of its balance wheel (or
equivalent) as given by M=E/C^2 and the stiffness of the forces between the
nuclei of the "hairspring" (or equivalent). Since all of the preceding are
functions of the velocity of light in the local reference frame, it is
rather
foolish to make the assertion that length is what yardsticks measure and
time is
what clocks measure without taking into account the effect that possible
changes
in the actual velocity of light might have on them. Such changes may be
concealed by relativistically induced changes in the atomic spacings,
stiffnesses and inertial masses of our instruments When one does take these
considerations into account, the Principle of Relativity and the invariance
of
the local velocity of light follow at once for the simple reason that matter
must be using the local "en vacuo" velocity of light to control its
parameters.
A physicist who does not recognize this instinctively is clearly in the
wrong
line of work. (I understand Wal-Mart is hiring.). One does not need to
resort to
the sophisticated and to a large degree defective teachings of an arrogant
intellectual elite Once the basics are recognized, the understanding of the
process involved do not require advanced mathematics, they are within the
capabilities of a bright high school physics student.

The source material for this posting may be found in
http://einsteinhoax.com/hoax.htm ("The Einstein Hoax" {1997});
http://einsteinhoax.com/gravity.htm; ("Gravity" {1987}); and
http://einsteinhoax.com/relcor.htm ("Corrections to Special Relativity"
{1997}). EVERYTHING WHICH WE ACCEPT AS TRUE MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH
EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE ACCEPTED AS TRUE, IT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL
OBSERVATIONS, AND IT MUST BE MATHEMATICALLY VIABLE. PRESENT TEACHINGS DO NOT
ALWAYS MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. THE WORLD IS ENTITLED TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF
WORKMANSHIP FROM THOSE IT HAS GRANTED WORLD CLASS STATUS.

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