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sam van's avatar

I am still trying to wrap my head around the aether.

Is it like a gas covering the ground, and gets 'less' higher up?

is it like a roaming invisible mass, that is at times more and then less, at various locations?

Is is a conduit for energy transfer? like lightning?

How did the MM prove non-movement? Yes, the parallel readings should have been different than the perpendicular. But the predicted of 30km/s was higher than the actual 8km/s. What actually was moving then? if the Earth is stationary. What was moving at 8km/s? In relation to what?

Yes, an aether is required as a medium for waves to propagate. Is the medium more/less at different locations on the earth? If yes, then that means waves propagate more/less when there is more/less aether present.

I would like a more detailed explanation of the MM experiment as how it 'proves' the aether.

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21st Century Serf's avatar

A fascinating critique of what is presented to us as "settled science". As a non-scientist, I appreciate this breakdown of the competing interpretations of presence of waves, aether etc..

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