http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/03/ei...arted-rot.html
Motl: "Einstein may have started the rot"...what string theory is
doing is nothing else than continuing in Einstein's program of
theoretical physics, while avoiding all of his known imperfections."

Motl means Einstein's crucial imperfection: the false principle of
constancy of the speed of light introduced in 1905. Motl has already
read this: http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers...UP_TimesNR.pdf
"What Can We Learn about the Ontology of Space and Time from the
Theory of Relativity?", John D. Norton: "In general relativity there
is no comparable sense of the constancy of the speed of light. The
constancy of the speed of light is a consequence of the perfect
homogeneity of spacetime presumed in special relativity. There is a
special velocity at each event; homogeneity forces it to be the same
velocity everywhere. We lose that homogeneity in the transition to
general relativity and with it we lose the constancy of the speed of
light. Such was Einstein's conclusion at the earliest moments of his
preparation for general relativity. ALREADY IN 1907, A MERE TWO YEARS
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE SPECIAL THEORY, HE HAD CONCLUDED THAT THE
SPEED OF LIGHT IS VARIABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD;
indeed, he concluded, the variable speed of light can be used as a
gravitational potential."

Sometimes it seems to Motl that the fact that THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS
VARIABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD does not refute
Einstein's false principle of constancy of the speed of light
introduced in 1905. In such cases Motl does not try to avoid the false
principle. This happens because Motl has read Chapter 22 in Einstein's
"Relativity" and does not know how to stop worshipping Einstein. Motl
knows how to sing:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...0&q=lubos+motl

Pentcho Valev

On Apr 11, 9:38?am, "Pentcho Valev" wrote:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/03/ei...arted-rot.html
Motl: "Einstein may have started the rot"...what string theory is
doing is nothing else than continuing in Einstein's program of
theoretical physics, while avoiding all of his known imperfections."

Motl means Einstein's crucial imperfection: the false principle of
constancy of the speed of light introduced in 1905. Motl has already
read this:http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers...UP_TimesNR.pdf
"What Can We Learn about the Ontology of Space and Time from the
Theory of Relativity?", John D. Norton: "In general relativity there
is no comparable sense of the constancy of the speed of light. The
constancy of the speed of light is a consequence of the perfect
homogeneity of spacetime presumed in special relativity. There is a
special velocity at each event; homogeneity forces it to be the same
velocity everywhere. We lose that homogeneity in the transition to
general relativity and with it we lose the constancy of the speed of
light. Such was Einstein's conclusion at the earliest moments of his
preparation for general relativity. ALREADY IN 1907, A MERE TWO YEARS
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE SPECIAL THEORY, HE HAD CONCLUDED THAT THE
SPEED OF LIGHT IS VARIABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD;
indeed, he concluded, the variable speed of light can be used as a
gravitational potential."

Sometimes it seems to Motl that the fact that THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS
VARIABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD does not refute
Einstein's false principle of constancy of the speed of light
introduced in 1905. In such cases Motl does not try to avoid the false
principle. This happens because Motl has read Chapter 22 in Einstein's
"Relativity" and does not know how to stop worshipping Einstein. Motl
knows how to sing:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...0&q=lubos+motl

Pentcho Valev

On Apr 11, 9:38?am, "Pentcho Valev" wrote:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/03/ei...arted-rot.html
Motl: "Einstein may have started the rot"...what string theory is
doing is nothing else than continuing in Einstein's program of
theoretical physics, while avoiding all of his known imperfections."

Motl means Einstein's crucial imperfection: the false principle of
constancy of the speed of light introduced in 1905. Motl has already
read this:http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers...UP_TimesNR.pdf
"What Can We Learn about the Ontology of Space and Time from the
Theory of Relativity?", John D. Norton: "In general relativity there
is no comparable sense of the constancy of the speed of light. The
constancy of the speed of light is a consequence of the perfect
homogeneity of spacetime presumed in special relativity. There is a
special velocity at each event; homogeneity forces it to be the same
velocity everywhere. We lose that homogeneity in the transition to
general relativity and with it we lose the constancy of the speed of
light. Such was Einstein's conclusion at the earliest moments of his
preparation for general relativity. ALREADY IN 1907, A MERE TWO YEARS
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE SPECIAL THEORY, HE HAD CONCLUDED THAT THE
SPEED OF LIGHT IS VARIABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD;
indeed, he concluded, the variable speed of light can be used as a
gravitational potential."

Sometimes it seems to Motl that the fact that THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS
VARIABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD does not refute
Einstein's false principle of constancy of the speed of light
introduced in 1905. In such cases Motl does not try to avoid the false
principle. This happens because Motl has read Chapter 22 in Einstein's
"Relativity" and does not know how to stop worshipping Einstein. Motl
knows how to sing:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...0&q=lubos+motl

Pentcho Valev