Aether or whatever

Can someone be so knowledgeable and thorough in his theory to give a simple
explanation of :
What is the need for the imaginary ether ?
What is the great impossibility of Force's ability to act from distance and
therefore the need to invent something like 'ether' or even for that matter
why can't light or radio wave just travel through nothingness ?
What are these multi-dimensions involved in String theory and how they are
not visible while residing in the selfsame 3 dimensions?

The question is :

Will a bullet which is fired with a great velocity will only travel if there
is a medium and when it suddenly faces emptiness will not know what to do
and wait until someone invents ether or comes up with such theory?

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"LEJ Brouwer" wrote in message
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Tom Roberts wrote:
Anyone who has actually performed a COMPUTATION in any viable aether
theory knows that they are all considerably more complicated to use than
is SR.

Two things I would point out here - just because calculations are more
difficult does not mean that the underlying concept is not simpler.
Zwiebach's formulation of string field theory uses the concept of
minimal area surfaces - which is a simple intuitive idea, but actually
calculating the surfaces can be rather difficult.

Also has already been mentioned, there have been several different
meanings attached to the word 'aether' in the past. One implies the
existence of a preferred reference frame with the hope of providing an
alternative explanation for relativity. On the other hand the
'luminiferous aether' is a space-filling medium which is responsible
for the propagation of electromagnetic waves - the latter need not be
an alternative description of SR, and moreover can be compatible with
it (see my last paper). You seem to be ignorant of this fact.

And until someone explains how an aether can induce quantum behavior, no

aether theory will be acceptable to anyone who knows very much about
modern physics. shrug

[This is in agreement with the observation that few aether
advocates know much about the actual experimental record.]

Apparently you are unaware that the aether was not introduced to
explain quantum behaviour, and neither was special relativity. Imagine
saying something like "special relativity will not be acceptable to
anyone who knows very much about modern physics". How many aether
advocates do you actually know by the way? Just those that frequent
sci.physics.relativity?

In any case, it is quite possible that an aether theory may have much
to say about the origins of quantum mechanics - your statement is, as
usual, one of ignorance. Just because YOU have no idea how an aether
may induce quantum behaviour does NOT imply that it is impossible for
an aether model to induce quantum behaviour.




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