Posting #37 - Einstein's Unfortunate Legacy #1

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"Great spirits have always encountered violent oppositions from mediocre minds." - A. Einstein

Dr. Einstein is credited with being a modern Newton who provided a sea change shift in our understanding of physical reality. He is credited with this accomplishment by virtue of his Special Theory of Relativity (1905) which explained the apparently impossible results of the Michealson-Morley Experiment and providing the equivalence of mass and energy with his equation E=M*C^2. He then provided the General theory of Relativity (1919) which is alleged to explain the nature and behavior of the gravitational field.

If one takes the trouble to read the texts written in the early years of the 20th century one comes to a somewhat different conclusion. The earliest reference found to E=M*C^2 is a derivation by J.J. Thomson in 1888 when Dr. Einstein was in knee pants. (This derivation, which the writer has not examined, relied on the validity of Maxwell's Equations). In 1903 Mr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Larmor respectively came up with a length and time transformations between reference frames which had a relative velocity. When combined with the Lorentz Transformations for Mass, these transformations provided a complete explanation of the results of the Michealson-Morley Experiment in a manner which was completely consistent with the idea of the classical Aether. The result was known as the Lorentz Transformation-Aether Theory (LTAT - 1903). with those concepts as a guide, Dr. Einstein managed to derive Special Relativity from basic principles rather than observation. Except for their perspective, these theories are identical! STR asserts that our absolute velocity cannot be measured and therefore may be ignored in physical theory while LTAT asserts that the aether is basic to reality but our velocity with respect to it cannot be measured due to the effects of the Lorentz Transformations and the fact that information cannot be transmitted at a velocity greater than that of light.

While STR provided a significant computational advantage over LTAT, as a proof of Dr. Einstein's brilliance, STR leaves much to be desired. It is axiomatic that when an intelligent individual(s) provides a solution to a problem, any jackass(es) can make an improvement(s). (This is not intended as a slur on Dr. Einstein. It is provided to point out that STR does not prove his brilliance.) It is also axiomatic that the individual(s) who provide the improvement will invariably be given the credit for the results. That credit is almost never given to the truly intelligent individual(s) (e.g.- Fitzgerald) who actually provided the solution.

Unfortunately the academic community asserted that since the Aether could not be observed IT WAS PROVEN NOT TO EXIST! This assertion is invalid, a proof of non-observability does not constitute a proof of non-existence or constitute a proof that our reality does not depend on its existence. It only proves that the effects of the Aether combine in such a manner as to make its presence unobservable. STR leaves one free to assume that LTAT represents our reality where convenient. The consequences of this faulty conclusion required theoreticians to invent substitutes for the Aether in the form of Dirac’s Negative Energy Space (whatever that might be) and in the idea of that forces which act at a distance were provided by the exchange of "virtual particles". While the concept of "virtual forces" explains these forces mathematically, it fails completely when one examines applies the requirement that it explain the momentum transfer required to produce attractive forces.

Dr. Einstein's finally contribution in the realm of STR was the assertion that the velocity of light was both "constant" (having the same "absolute" value) and "a constant" (having the same "relative" value). This assertion has led to much confusion over the past century, as evidenced by postings in this newsgroup. This confusion results for the fact that the Lorentz Transformation for Velocity is the Lorentz Transformation for Length divided by the Lorentz Transformation for Time. Since this transformation is not unity but is rather the square of the Lorentz Transformation for Length, it is clear that the velocity of light, which is observed to be "a constant" cannot be also be "constant" between velocity reference frames. In an absolute sense it changes exactly as the geometry between moving reference frames requires. The failure of theoreticians to recognize this distinction has led to the rejection of an absolute velocity reference frame and has led to the absurdity evidenced by the concept of "space-time" as a representation of reality. Space-time is actually nothing more than a convenient mathematical construct which has been promoted as representing reality. The motive for this promotion is clearly the attempt to convert what is a reasonable physical reality into a mystery which only the privileged elite can understand.

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