Pete wrote:
Koobee Wublee wrote:

Try reading this. http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/0204044

Your historical account on the development of GR is very incomplete and
misleading.

As you can see from this comment from Koobee about the paper I referenced is
way out of wack. If one had read the paper one would first read the title of
the paper "Einstein's gravitational field". Take note of the term "Einstein"
in the title. The paper had a single purpose - Provide the definition of
"gravitional field as viewed by Einstein." It had nothing to do with the
development of GR. It is a statement of a definition with hisorical account
of the term "gravitational field" as Einstein used the term, from 1907 to
1916. If one had read the abstract of the paper then one can readily see
that there was zero intention of giving an historical account of the
development of GR. That never even crossed my mind when I wrote that paper.

The historic account is also very important in understand where GR
comes and thus the question of interpreting gravitation as fields in
space or curvature in spacetime. Since there is no connection between
the field equations and Einstein's work based on Einstein Equivalence
Principle, you must then examine how the field equations come from in
the first place. The whole thing was entirely orchestrated by Hilbert
himself. Thus, the following interpretations to gravitation are the
same just different in choice of wording.

** Gravitation as fields manifested by the "imprints" in the
Aether

** Gravitation as curvature in spacetime

It is like arguing a glass is half full or half empty. Between fields
in space or curvature in spacetime, Einstein actually meant the same
thing.

It therefore appears doubtfull to me that Koobee wasn't reading the paper
for what it was, only for what he thought it was. The tone in his writing is
rather demeaning which demonstrates to me a rather arrrogant person. Do you
find this to be true as well?

In another word, truth hurts. I appear to be arrogant than you are
that is because you don't know and understand as much as I do. As
Dr. Roberts has ingeniously pointed out. Study and learn.