It is curious how strongly people believe unbreakability of speed of light barrier for the *information*.
1) There is not a single empirical evidence that would require this fundamental speed limit for information, but it is taken as a priori. This does the philosophy of science backwards, where apriorism (i.e. metaphysics) triumphs empiricism (i.e. science). 2) Einstein did not invent relativity but it was Lorentz, so credits goes for the wrong person. 3) E=mc² does not need Einstein's special relativity, but it can be derived in Lorentz's relativity. 4) Unlike Lorentz theory of relativity, special relativity cannot explain orbital motion, because GPS satellites can synchronize the clocks with non moving frame of reference on Earth. I.e. moving satellite can measure their own time dilation in real time in respect of non moving Earth (this is strictly forbidden in the framework of Special Relativity, but necessity for the Lorentz Relativity). 5) In practice relativistic quantum theory does use Lorentz theory of relativity and not Einstein's. When the observers frame of reference is fixed, Lorentz Relativity and Special Relativity are mathematically identical and all our observations are made from fixed frame of reference, therefore it is impossible to empirically distinguish SR from LR. 6) General relativity is also ether theory, where motion is described in absolute terms in respect of ether (i.e. local gravity field). Hence it is more a kin to Lorentz Relativity than Special Relativity. 7) Quantum theory suggests implicitly non local actions. * * * Neutrino finding was itself very improbable observation, because neutrinos cannot exceed light barrier, because they are losing their energy in pair emissions due to bremsstrahlung. Therefore Horace Heffner's exotic hypothesis on neutrino teleporting due to virtual particles was only plausible explanation that I have seen for the speed anomaly. This bremsstrahlung of electron-positron pair has nothing to do with speed of light as a metaphysical barrier, but it is very practical limit for neutrino speeds. It is too bad if it does not succeed replication, because it would open up so many vistas for science fiction literature, because it would be trivial to construct FTL space crafts in the framework of Lorentz Relativity! Neutrino speed anomaly would falsify categorically Special Relativity and would verify Lorentz relativity. However, I will still wait for the MINOS results later on this year. They observed already once violation of speed of light barrier, and I hope that they can do it second time and this time more accurately. —Jouni On 31 March 2012 00:54, Alain Sepeda <alain.sep...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://zeenews.india.com/news/technology/physicist-behind-faster-than-light-test-resigns_767250.html > > I was happy to see how opera neutrino affair was treated, with cautious > open-mindedness. > I did not believe in supraluminic neutrinos, but it deserved to be checked. > > I was thinking, that if F&P were today, things would have been better > > now we know that science management is not different from F&P time, from > climategate time... closed-mind, unscientific. > > afraid about how CERN will react. > > Shame. >
