Posting #30:- "Relativity and Reasonableness Tests"
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent oppositions from
mediocre minds." - A. Einstein
Many postings to Newsgroups are from posters who have
difficulty with the assertions of relativists that when tow velocities are added
the resultant velocity is not the algebraic sum oof the two velocities. The
conclusion is inconsistent with the reasonableness test that they are applying
to the process. In their difficulty they are not wrong! What is not expressed is
that the two velocities which are added are not measured with the same
yardstick. Physicists failure to point out this distinction would seem to be
either irresponsible behavior, a revelation of their ignorance. For the layman,
there is one test that may be used to determine if one who claims to be expert
truly is expert. IF ONE IS TRULY EXPSERT IN A SUBJECT HE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN
IT TO AN INTELLIGENT LAYMAN. Relativists currently fail this test and hide
behind the argument that the subject can only be understood in terms of
mathematics.
If one examines the "yardsticks" and the "clocks" we use for
the measurement of length and time needed to determine velocity, we find that
the length of the "yardsticks" and the speed of the “clocks”" are controlled by
the velocity of light. This occurs because matter uses that velocity to control
its properties (size, stiffness, and mass). As a result, a measurement of the
velocity of light must is always made in terms of the velocity of light. As a
result, the velocity of light is always measured to have the same value (when
measured with local unit of measurement) in every reference frame.
Two intelligent men, Fitzgerald and Larmor, recognized this
effect when they provided the explanation (Lorentz Transformation Aether Theory,
LTAT) of the failure of the Michaelson-Morley Experiment to find our absolute
velocity through space. Two years later Dr. Einstein derived this result
theoretically and produced the Special Theory of Relativity - STR. (Once an
intelligent man provides a solution, it does not take brilliance for others to
improve on that solution. Examination shows that both of these theories are
identical with LTAT being a special Case solution of STR. Under LTAT our
absolute velocity though space exists but we cannot find it and under STR,
because we cannot observe our absolute velocity, all considerations of an
absolute reference should be abolished. This latter conclusion was falsely taken
by many to mean that the possibility of an absolute reference frame was
disproved. BECAUSE ONE CANNOT OBSERVE SOMETHING IS NOT PROOF THAT IT DOESN'T
EXIST!
The intuitive resolution of the problem of adding two
relativistic velocities is readily achieved by considering three reference
frames, A, B, and C, which are moving collinearly at different velocities. (See Figure below). If we
measure the velocity of B relative to A while in reference frame A and the
velocity of C relative to B while in reference frame B and add the two
velocities, the sum of these velocities will be greater than the observed
velocity of C as measured in A. Impossible? Not when one recognize that the
velocity of C with respect to B was measured in a different reference frame (B)
than was used for the measurement of the velocities of B and C with respect to A
(A). The fact that a different reference frame was used for the two sets of
observations means that they were made with "clocks" that differ in their speed
and "yardsticks" that differ in length. Once one accepts the need to distinguish
between the concepts of "invariance" and "constancy" the confusion vanishes.
Relativity theory teaches that physical quantities are invariant between
reference frames. This means that, when measured locally, all physical
parameters yield the same values. Any change which may occur is masked by a
change in the calibration of the measuring instruments. To be constant, however,
a quantity must be unchanged in the absolute sense. This means that the observed
measurement must be corrected by the appropriate relativistic term to determine
what is actually occurring. It should be noted that converting observations to
"constant" observations shows clearly the source of inertial effects and of
gravitation, as shown in other postings.
It is unclear whether the mystery behind Relativity results from a destruction of basic intelligence during the process of advanced education is more sinister. Has the academic community chosen to take a rather simple phenomena and make it into a mystery which only the elite may understand?
The source material for this posting may be found in "The Einstein Hoax" (1997) ; "Gravity" (1987) ; and "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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