Shapiro Delay and the Gravitational Wave Hoax

LIGO's latest "discovery" is implicitly based on the following fraudulent premise:

"In general relativity, photons, neutrinos and gravitational waves propagate on the same null geodesics. Hence the total time of propagation is the light travel time delay plus the Shapiro time-delay due to intervening matter.." https://arxiv.org/pdf/0804.3804.pdf

According to Arthur Eddington, Einstein's general relativity says nothing about the speed of gravitational waves, let alone their Shapiro time-delay:

Arthur Eddington: "The statement that in the relativity theory gravitational waves are propagated with the speed of light has, I believe, been based entirely upon the foregoing investigation; but it will be seen that it is only true in a very conventional sense. If coordinates are chosen so as to satisfy a certain condition which has no very clear geometrical importance, the speed is that of light; if the coordinates are slightly different the speed is altogether different from that of light. The result stands or falls by the choice of coordinates and, so far as can be judged, the coordinates here used were purposely introduced in order to obtain the simplification which results from representing the propagation as occurring with the speed of light. The argument thus follows a vicious circle." The Mathematical Theory of Relativity, pp. 130-131 https://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-.../dp/0521091659

So what is the probability that the gravitational waves (if they exist) travel exactly at the speed of light? Answer: Zero.

What is the probability that the gravitational waves (if they exist) travel at a speed different from the speed of light? Answer: Unity.

That is, if LIGO's fabrication involved different times of arrival, that would have sounded realistic. The claim that the gravitational waves and the optical signal arrived at exactly the same time, which implies that they not only travel at the same speed but also experience the same Shapiro delay, unequivocally proves that LIGO conspirators just faked the gravitational wave signals.

Pentcho Valev

"...S is the velocity of propagation of gravitational forces in free space, which in general relativity theory is frequently assumed to be the velocity of light." W. W. SALISBURY, Velocity of Gravitational Waves, Nature 224, 782 - 783 (22 November 1969) https://www.nature.com/nature/journa.../224782a0.html

There can be no such assumption if science is sane. That is,

"S = 299,792,458 metres per second"

can be either an experimental result SUBSEQUENTLY adopted by the theory, or a theoretical conclusion DEDUCED from some premises. If

"S = 299,792,458 metres per second"

initially appears as an assumption, unjustified by anything in the theory, and is SUBSEQUENTLY confirmed by an experiment, then the respective science is insane and the experiment is fraudulent.

Pentcho Valev