Careful Georges, I sense an implosion! And who will end up doing the hoovering? Explorations of the one way speed of light and Zeno of Elia grinding us down to no motion at all might hit some of the epistemological considerations of what a vacuum might be other than as operationally defined. Have we really defined the electron yet? Even in the chemistry I practiced (bring slower-witted and of duller temperament than the physicists), one could consider proton exchange as validly in terms of results as all that electron exchange mularky. One knows what a vacuum is at the bench - you create it from the vacuum taps as a handy way of getting gases out of the way. Considering what is 'still in there' is an irrelevance until we wonder what it might be doing other than as a space without much air for the destructive distillation of coal (or whatever). How, given SR, can we measure the one way speed of light in vacuum, and what might this consideration tell us of what is rather easily postulated in SR? This work has been done at some length. There might be some interest here on how we form the questions on language trapping what directions we might take.
On 25 Dec, 15:53, Georges Metanomski <[email protected]> wrote: > Where is hidden Vacuum? > But in your head. Just have a look. > Georges. > > --- On Fri, 12/25/09, socratus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: socratus <[email protected]> > > Subject: [epistemology 11117] Re: Where is hidden Vacuum? > > To: "Epistemology" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, December 25, 2009, 3:49 PM > > " The problem of the exact > > description of vacuum, in my opinion, > > is the basic problem now before physics. Really, if you > > can’t > > correctly > > describe the vacuum, how it is possible to expect a > > correct > > description > > of something more complex? " > > / Paul Dirac ./ > > ===================== . > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups "Epistemology" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
