On Feb 27, 8:14 am, Uncle Al wrote:
galathaea wrote:

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i began to think that models of space should know only
distance between two existents

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A relativistic universe has four distinct distances: luminosity
(inverse square), angular diameter, parallax, and proper motion. No
two of them need agree to maintain consistency.

GPS works.

gps works because it is so easy
to develop a pointwise relativistic model of distances

all of the above measures
except for proper motion
are easy to develop in the dynamics

angular measures are all embedded
in the differential structure of the theory
as derived notions

their behavior does not change
from the standard model
which is why i claim lack of testable predictions

proper motion is the pointwise distance
used in the galathaean models i have derived
( though i did try once to enforce
an operational definition of relativistic distance
with the result of ugly formulas that i never could simplify )

Idiot.

yes
i am

i notice _my_ theory is to abandon angles as a fundament of space
and "your" theory is to push angles into the torsion at points

so my theory is distinctly anti-al!

do you mind if i use this in the advertisements?

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