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Old June 7th 11, 08:55 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.math
Pentcho Valev
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Default FQXi AGAINST EINSTEIN'S SPECIAL RELATIVITY

http://www.fqxi.org/community/articles/display/129
"Now Horava, at the University of California, Berkeley, claims to have
found a solution that is both simple and - in physics terms, at least
- sacrilegious. To make the two theories gel, he argues, you need to
throw out Einstein's tenet that time is always relative, never
absolute. Horava's controversial idea is based on the fact that the
description of space and time in the quantum and relativistic worlds
are in conflict. Quantum theory harks back to the Newtonian concept
that time is absolute - an impassive backdrop against which events
take place. In contrast, general relativity tells us that space and
time are fundamentally intertwined; two events can only be marked
relative to one another, and not relative to an absolute background
clock. Einstein's subjective notion of time is well accepted and is
the hallmark of Lorentz invariance, the property that lies at the
heart of general relativity. "Lorentz invariance is not actually
fundamental to a theory of quantum gravity," says Horava. "But the
problem so far has been that many cosmologists are wedded to the
concept."

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/...705.4507v1.pdf
Joao Magueijo and John W. Moffat: "The question is then: If Lorentz
invariance is broken, what happens to the speed of light? Given that
Lorentz invariance follows from two postulates -- (1) relativity of
observers in inertial frames of reference and (2) constancy of the
speed of light--it is clear that either or both of those principles
must be violated."

Eternal silence in Einsteiniana's schizophrenic world:

http://www.liferesearchuniversal.com/1984-17
George Orwell: "Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as
though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It
includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive
logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are
inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of
thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction.
Crimestop, in short, means protective stupidity."

Pentcho Valev