[TheForge] YAK relativity- WAY OT, or not...

[Andy Vida]

DillonCo wrote:
> 
> > Heres one that will really mess with your noggin...
> >
> > http://www.mountainman.com.au/aether.html
> 
> Ah yes, the [a]ether theories.  I personally believe them

	I cannot say I believe them, but I don't dismiss them
	either.  My tendency, though is towards believing them,
	though I cannot say why.  It seems untuitively correct,
	but I have also learned that where the physics of the
	very large and very small are concerned, intuitions may
	not be correct.  That, or our assumptions may be 
	incorrect, and I have seen enough of that to not believe
	firmly in anything. =8^o

	How's about this one:

III. RELATED RECENT PAPER
"ON THE VARIATION OF VACUUM PERMITTIVITY IN FRIEDMANN UNIVERSES" 

William Q. Sumner (wsumner@cerf.net) 
Box 588, 
Kittitas, WA 98934 

ABSTRACT 

Vacuum permittivity, the measure of strength of electric fields in a
vacuum, is a function of the spacetime geometry of Einstein's general 
relativity. This dependence on geometry was noted over 40 years ago by 
C. Moeller (1952) and has remarkable consequences. Variation in vacuum 
permittivity breaks the equivalence of physical measurements and 
mathematical coordinates postulated by Einstein. Physical lengths, 
as measured by a rigid rod, and physical times, as measured by an 
atomic clock, are not equivalent to the mathematical lengths and times 
of general relativity. This changes some concepts of space and time, 
invalidates stronger interpretations of the principle of equivalence, 
and requires that care be exercised in interpreting the speed of light. 
The laws of physics must be carefully used to understand the essential 
relationships between mathematical spacetime and physical measurements. 

For Friedmann universes, vacuum permittivity is directly proportional 
to the Friedmann radius and is therefore a function of time. As the 
size of the universe evolves, the changing strength of the electrical 
force between charges shifts atomic energy levels, changing the 
wavelengths of emitted light. This shift in photon emission due to the 
evolution of electrical attraction in the atom is twice as large as 
evolutionary photon shift. Considered together, atomic and photon 
evolution reverse the interpretation of Hubble redshift to imply that 
the Friedmann universe is presently collapsing. 

The Astrophysical Journal, 429: 429-491, 1994 July 10; 
Received 1993 March 31: accepted 1994 January 14.


	I've have a long held discomfort with use of redshift for 
	determining rates of recession precisely because it ASSUMES 
	that redshift means recession.  Given the above, it could 
	mean precisely the opposite.  I personally believe God isn't
	so eager for that proctological exam we keep trying to 
	administer.  The sphincter is clamped shut and I think it
	will stay that way, ultimately.

	It's all too mysterious, but that's what makes it all
	worthwhile.  How boring would it all be were we to know
	all the dirty little secrets?