[TheForge] Michelson's and Morley's experiment

[Andy Vida]

Mark Williams wrote:

> I read slowly.

	Me too.  I think it took me 6 months to finish Atlas Shrugged,
	and I was really taken by it.

> I refer you to the text book by Paul Tipler "Physics" On
> pages 1103 through 1106,

	You must be joking!  That was my basic physics text when I 
	was at UC Davis.  Big yellow binding?  At least mine was.
	Still have it, too.

> 1. Absolute, uniform motion cannot be detected.
> 2. The speed of light is independent of the motion of the source.
> 
> To my knowledge, no experiment has ever been done that successfully
> disproves Einstein's theory. Postulate #1 requires a null result from the
> M&M experiment.

	I agree it has not been disproven and that it may in fact 
	be the gospel truth.  We just haven't proven THAT either,
	though certain measured observations appear to support it.
	To be frank, I would be surprised if there was no way to
	defeat C as ULV for travel to and fro.  But if it really 
	is, then perhaps we're not supposed to wander past our
	little corner of the galaxy.  But if that is so, why are
	we endowed with such a strong curiosity and desire to do
	so, unless we've accidentally turned outward that which
	was intended to be turned inward...  nah, I don't believe
	in such accidents.  Einstein said he didn't believe that
	God played dice with the universe.  That I can appreciate.
	I'm not sure I believe in mistakes on such grand levels,
	but then again, who can really know for certain?  Try as
	I have, my proctological exams of the Great Engineer have
	yet to succeed.  If I leave this life really understanding
	just ONE thing, and I don't care what that thing might be,
	I will consider myself to have accomplished something
	significant.

	Hi to MB.

	-Andy