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Re: Aether
« Reply #30 on: June 16, 2008, 04:58:35 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #31 on: June 17, 2008, 10:09:17 AM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.
There is no such thing as a vacuum.  Your claim is meaningless.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #32 on: June 17, 2008, 01:44:38 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

Wordsmith, I know that I shouldn't do this, but you may want to take a look at this:
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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.

I stand corrected. Except on the part where aether would alter the way light interacts within it.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #33 on: June 17, 2008, 02:48:52 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

Wordsmith, I know that I shouldn't do this, but you may want to take a look at this:
http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/26/article1/article1.html

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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.

I stand corrected. Except on the part where aether would alter the way light interacts within it.

If there is no such thing as a vacuum, and matter affects the speed of light, how can you defend the claim that the space medium doesn't affect the speed of light?
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Re: Aether
« Reply #34 on: June 17, 2008, 02:56:16 PM »
I've read up on this ultra slow light business and it seems to me that the light doesn't stay light the whole time.

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Re: Aether
« Reply #35 on: June 18, 2008, 01:07:50 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

Wordsmith, I know that I shouldn't do this, but you may want to take a look at this:
http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/26/article1/article1.html

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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.

I stand corrected. Except on the part where aether would alter the way light interacts within it.

If there is no such thing as a vacuum, and matter affects the speed of light, how can you defend the claim that the space medium doesn't affect the speed of light?

However you'd like to misrepresent the facts, you cannot ignore the fact that light comming to us from a point beyond our earth does not behave in a manner consistent with it moving through an aether.
You either completely misunderstand the relevant points because you are unfamiliar with them, or you choose to manipulate your interpretation to continue to deceive others

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Re: Aether
« Reply #36 on: June 18, 2008, 01:14:55 PM »
You think it dodges aether?
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Re: Aether
« Reply #37 on: June 18, 2008, 02:50:26 PM »
You think it dodges aether?

No, it doesn't dodge aether. It cannot dodge aether because aether does not exist.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #38 on: June 18, 2008, 02:51:05 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

Wordsmith, I know that I shouldn't do this, but you may want to take a look at this:
http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/26/article1/article1.html

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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.

I stand corrected. Except on the part where aether would alter the way light interacts within it.

If there is no such thing as a vacuum, and matter affects the speed of light, how can you defend the claim that the space medium doesn't affect the speed of light?

However you'd like to misrepresent the facts, you cannot ignore the fact that light comming to us from a point beyond our earth does not behave in a manner consistent with it moving through an aether.
What facts am I misrepresenting?  It behaves in a manner consistent with it moving through a space medium.

You think it dodges aether?

No, it doesn't dodge aether. It cannot dodge aether because aether does not exist.
So, you think space is a vacuum?  Thats not really a defensible stance, fair warning.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #39 on: June 18, 2008, 02:57:55 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

Wordsmith, I know that I shouldn't do this, but you may want to take a look at this:
http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/26/article1/article1.html

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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.

I stand corrected. Except on the part where aether would alter the way light interacts within it.

If there is no such thing as a vacuum, and matter affects the speed of light, how can you defend the claim that the space medium doesn't affect the speed of light?

However you'd like to misrepresent the facts, you cannot ignore the fact that light comming to us from a point beyond our earth does not behave in a manner consistent with it moving through an aether.
What facts am I misrepresenting?  It behaves in a manner consistent with it moving through a space medium.

You think it dodges aether?

No, it doesn't dodge aether. It cannot dodge aether because aether does not exist.
So, you think space is a vacuum?  Thats not really a defensible stance, fair warning.


From a FE "theorists" point of view, i'm sure it is.

Out here in the real world however ....
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Re: Aether
« Reply #40 on: June 18, 2008, 03:28:49 PM »
light does not slow one itoa in vaccum. it stretches, it refracts, it bends, but it doesn't slow.

Wordsmith, I know that I shouldn't do this, but you may want to take a look at this:
http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/26/article1/article1.html

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In 1998, laser pulses were slowed [1] in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) [2] of sodium to only 17 m/s, more than seven orders of magnitude lower than the speed of light in vacuum.

I stand corrected. Except on the part where aether would alter the way light interacts within it.

If there is no such thing as a vacuum, and matter affects the speed of light, how can you defend the claim that the space medium doesn't affect the speed of light?

However you'd like to misrepresent the facts, you cannot ignore the fact that light comming to us from a point beyond our earth does not behave in a manner consistent with it moving through an aether.
What facts am I misrepresenting?  It behaves in a manner consistent with it moving through a space medium.

You think it dodges aether?

No, it doesn't dodge aether. It cannot dodge aether because aether does not exist.
So, you think space is a vacuum?  Thats not really a defensible stance, fair warning.


From a FE "theorists" point of view, i'm sure it is.

Out here in the real world however ....
Flat earthers don't hold space to be a vacuum and neither do round earthers...
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Re: Aether
« Reply #41 on: June 18, 2008, 03:36:08 PM »
Indeed, it is not a "total" vaccum, but close counts. i'd say 3-5 atoms per cubic centimeter is the closest you'll ever get.

Space is a vaccum.

"Outer space has very low density and pressure, and is the closest physical approximation of a perfect vacuum. It has effectively no friction, allowing stars, planets and moons to move freely along ideal gravitational trajectories."
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« Reply #42 on: June 18, 2008, 03:37:58 PM »
Is basically a vacuum like basically straight? Oh dear oh dear
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Re: Aether
« Reply #43 on: June 18, 2008, 04:04:02 PM »
Indeed, it is not a "total" vaccum, but close counts. i'd say 3-5 atoms per cubic centimeter is the closest you'll ever get.

Space is a vaccum.

"Outer space has very low density and pressure, and is the closest physical approximation of a perfect vacuum. It has effectively no friction, allowing stars, planets and moons to move freely along ideal gravitational trajectories."

"Space being not a perfect vacuum, its different regions are defined by the various atmospheres and "winds" that dominate within them, and extend to the point at which those winds give way to those beyond."
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« Reply #44 on: June 19, 2008, 02:26:51 PM »
Close counts here.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #45 on: June 19, 2008, 03:11:10 PM »
There has to be something in a complete vacuum or subatomic virtual particles couldn't spontaneously appear. Hence vacuum energy or aether. And vacuum energy must effect light.
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« Reply #46 on: June 19, 2008, 03:21:29 PM »
Explain why subatomic particles couldn't appear.
Here's an explanation for ya. Lurk moar. Every single point you brought up has been posted, reposted, debated and debunked. There is a search function on this forum, and it is very easy to use.

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« Reply #47 on: June 19, 2008, 03:24:16 PM »
You don't believe in the principle of conservation of energy?
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Re: Aether
« Reply #48 on: June 19, 2008, 03:42:09 PM »
There has to be something in a complete vacuum or subatomic virtual particles couldn't spontaneously appear. Hence vacuum energy or aether. And vacuum energy must effect light.

Too bad it doesn't in any measurable way. Gravity sure does tho ....
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« Reply #49 on: June 19, 2008, 03:49:21 PM »
You don't believe in the principle of conservation of energy?

Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the Uncertainty Principle permit violations of the conservation of energy on extremely small time scales, allowing particles to pop into and out of existence?
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Re: Aether
« Reply #50 on: June 19, 2008, 07:51:40 PM »
You can almost hear a pin drop ...

But alas, dis iz da internetz ...

C'mon FErs, think harder!
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« Reply #51 on: June 19, 2008, 08:48:26 PM »
Sure, by using magic or vacuum energy. Which effects light.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #52 on: June 20, 2008, 12:44:58 PM »
There has to be something in a complete vacuum or subatomic virtual particles couldn't spontaneously appear. Hence vacuum energy or aether. And vacuum energy must effect light.

Too bad it doesn't in any measurable way. Gravity sure does tho ....
How is the Casimir effect not measurable? How is the background temperature of space not measurable?  How are photons not observable? How is the lamb shift not observable?  How is zero-point energy not measurable, when it has been measured in laboratories?  How is space dust not measurable or space winds?

More importantly, we cannot know if it affects it in a meaningful way because we are not a third party observer.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #53 on: June 20, 2008, 12:52:13 PM »
You can almost hear a pin drop ...

But alas, dis iz da internetz ...

C'mon FErs, think harder!

I don't visit this site 5 times a day, everyday.  I have a life and things to do.
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« Reply #54 on: June 20, 2008, 01:56:54 PM »
I don't visit this site 5 times a day, everyday.  I have a life and things to do.
... and a paper to write! He is still waiting to have a while to write a paper on aether, but the weeks have turned to months and we are all still waiting!

Apart from the speculation that there is something in what we call a vacuum, there is still no theory where this something has any measurable effect on anything. If you say vacuum has permeability and permitivity or you say it is aether the one who has permeability and permitivity, nobody has made an experiment that discerns one from the other.

The aether eddies that username thinks might keep the satellites hovering over Earth could be easily tested and integrated into the other physical theories you will find in textbooks, but, what a shock, username cannot come up with anything.

From now on, I declare that vacuum is really filled with "upmyss" and that every effort to understand its properties has been thwarted by the Conspiracy. Anything that has to stay up is held up by "upmyss". Every refraction, diffraction or reflection or mirage that makes us think the Earth is round is caused by "upmyss".

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Re: Aether
« Reply #55 on: June 20, 2008, 02:17:36 PM »
Being a prick doesn't make you smarter than anyone. It just makes you a prick.
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« Reply #56 on: June 20, 2008, 02:56:44 PM »
Why justify an illegitimate attack with a legitimate response?

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Re: Aether
« Reply #57 on: June 20, 2008, 03:45:55 PM »
There has to be something in a complete vacuum or subatomic virtual particles couldn't spontaneously appear. Hence vacuum energy or aether. And vacuum energy must effect light.

Too bad it doesn't in any measurable way. Gravity sure does tho ....
How is the Casimir effect not measurable? How is the background temperature of space not measurable?  How are photons not observable? How is the lamb shift not observable?  How is zero-point energy not measurable, when it has been measured in laboratories?  How is space dust not measurable or space winds?

More importantly, we cannot know if it affects it in a meaningful way because we are not a third party observer.

I'm curious. You invoke physics that you'd like to have support your theory, despite the fact that that same book of physics also patently  rules out FE "theory" when it no longer serves your purpose.

How convenient.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #58 on: June 20, 2008, 03:49:07 PM »
I don't visit this site 5 times a day, everyday.  I have a life and things to do.
... and a paper to write! He is still waiting to have a while to write a paper on aether, but the weeks have turned to months and we are all still waiting!

Apart from the speculation that there is something in what we call a vacuum, there is still no theory where this something has any measurable effect on anything. If you say vacuum has permeability and permitivity or you say it is aether the one who has permeability and permitivity, nobody has made an experiment that discerns one from the other.

The aether eddies that username thinks might keep the satellites hovering over Earth could be easily tested and integrated into the other physical theories you will find in textbooks, but, what a shock, username cannot come up with anything.

From now on, I declare that vacuum is really filled with "upmyss" and that every effort to understand its properties has been thwarted by the Conspiracy. Anything that has to stay up is held up by "upmyss". Every refraction, diffraction or reflection or mirage that makes us think the Earth is round is caused by "upmyss".

I don't waste my time with you anymore, sorry.
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Re: Aether
« Reply #59 on: June 20, 2008, 03:50:06 PM »
There has to be something in a complete vacuum or subatomic virtual particles couldn't spontaneously appear. Hence vacuum energy or aether. And vacuum energy must effect light.

Too bad it doesn't in any measurable way. Gravity sure does tho ....
How is the Casimir effect not measurable? How is the background temperature of space not measurable?  How are photons not observable? How is the lamb shift not observable?  How is zero-point energy not measurable, when it has been measured in laboratories?  How is space dust not measurable or space winds?

More importantly, we cannot know if it affects it in a meaningful way because we are not a third party observer.

I'm curious. You invoke physics that you'd like to have support your theory, despite the fact that that same book of physics also patently  rules out FE "theory" when it no longer serves your purpose.

How convenient.
Give an example of one of the effects I mentioned ruling out a flat earth; be specific in why please.

Also, how are the above listed effects not measurable?
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