> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Using clocks in another frame (the GPS clocks) to synchronize the clocks in >> the rotating frame (on the surface of the earth) just adds confusion, it >> doesn't avoid the problem, which is fundamental. In particular, if you sync >> your (rotating) clocks with an external source, then when you measure light >> speed you find it's anisotropic -- it's faster one way than the other. Why is that NECESSARILY wrong or confused? It seems to that the "reality" of the constancy of speed light is more like a preference than an absolute truth of existence. Harry
