Re: where exactly is local?

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From: bonatello
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:33

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On Feb 7, 12:08 pm, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 12:44 pm, concatenate <d56...@toke.com> wrote in
> sci.physics.relativity:
>
> > if from here to the edge of universe is non-local,
>
> > then i cant see why from here to my nearest bus station should be
> > local
>
> > and also, where is non-local in quantum physics,
>
> > what is going on, are they religious terms?
>
> Yes. According to Einsteiniana, "local" means "free-falling in a
> gravitational field". As you can see, the term is more than irrelevant
> but still it perfectly camouflages the fact that the speed of light is
> VARIABLE in a gravitational field - the most dangerous fact for
> Einsteiniana. If you somehow refer to this variability, then Tom
> Roberts helped by a zombie - often Dirk Moortel - immediately
> introduces a red herring, something like this: "Yes the speed of light
> is not constant GLOBALLY but it is constant LOCALLY and you don't
> understand the difference between GLOBALLY an LOCALLY do you." And
> since normal people see no semantic relation between "locally" and
> "free-falling in a gravitational field", they remain frustrated and
> Tom Roberts and zombie Dirk Moortel win.
>
> Pentcho Valev
> pva...@yahoo.com

right, but how do you think it works, i dont understand

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