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Article #5823Re: SHOCK AND HORROR IN EINSTEIN ZOMBIE WORLD
From: Sam Wormley
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:33
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:33
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Dr. Henri Wilson wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:33:39 -0800 (PST), Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/smolin03/smolin03_print.html >> Lee Smolin: "But there is another possibility. This is that the >> principle of relativity is preserved, but Einstein's special theory of >> relativity requires modification so as to allow photons to have a >> speed that depends on energy. The most shocking thing I have learned >> in the last year is that this is a real possibility. A photon can have >> an energy-dependent speed without violating the principle of >> relativity!" > > I suggested that the speed of light wrt its source might be energy dependent a > few weeks ago. > The relativists laughed. > Has this been observed? No!
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