>From common sense (which will never do), I have trouble with light not needing acceleration to be at its speed in vacuum.
On Apr 12, 5:59 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Occam's Razor and the Special Theory of Relativity. > 1. > In 1905 Einstein wrote the paper: > “ On the Electrodynamics of moving Bodies.” ( SRT). > He wrote about moving of ‘Electrodynamics Bodies’ (!) > It means he wrote about particles like quantum of light, electron. (!) > And this movement is going in a negative 4D continuum. > 2. > One postulate of SRT says: the speed of quantum > of light in a vacuum is a constant ( c=1). > 3 > Another postulate of SRT says that motion, every motion (!), > (even including the motion of quantum of light ) is relative. (!) > 4. > One postulate of SRT says the speed of quantum > of light is going in a vacuum. > Minkowski, trying to understand Einstein’s idea, decided to take > time as a fourth coordinate and created his negative spacetime > 4D continuum. > What is negative 4D spacetime continuum really? > Really the negative spacetime 4D continuum is vacuum. > Why? > Because only vacuum has negative parameter ( negative temperature ) > and only in vacuum the space and time tied together in unrequited > continuum. > ===. > My conclusion. > Einstein’s SRT explains the behavior of light quanta in vacuum. > =====. > Best wishes. > Israel Sadovnik. Socratus > =========================.. > P.S. > "Einstein's special theory of relativity is based on two postulates: > One is the relativity of motion, and the second is the constancy > and universality of the speed of light. > Could the first postulate be true and the other false? > If that was not possible, Einstein would not have had to make two > postulates. But I don't think many people realized until recently > that you could have a consistent theory in which you changed only > the second postulate." > / Lee Smolin, The Trouble With Physics, p. 226. / > > ===. -- 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.
