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Article #7191Re: Request for Review of a pre-print book titled, "Fundamental Nature of Matter and Fields"
From: PD
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:47
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:47
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On Jun 23, 4:35 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh> wrote: > PD wrote: > > Then you imagine some "physicals" that resist measurement, either > > direct or indirect. > > No, > I merely do not wish to build a wall that might not be there. > Sort of like the sound wall of long ago. > Before the telegraph. > sound was the fastest speed you could communicate sound > to another person > So you yelled your message and it traveled at the speed of sound > > Then the telegraph/telephone was invented and the communication > of sound wall fell. > We started to send sound.. faster than sound could travel.. Your understanding of the history of physics is abysmal. There was NEVER a presumption that the speed of sound was the fastest signal possible. This has been known since caveman days since the gaps between lightning and thunder were noted. Galileo attempted to measure the speed of light and knew from his measurements that it was much, much faster than the speed of sound. You are perhaps recalling, from your stack of Popular Mechanics, that there was once a belief that no *aircraft* could travel faster than the speed of sound, for reasons that had *nothing* to do with the laws of physics. Perhaps you also have this simple-minded idealism that *anything* is possible, once the technology is figured out. This is perfect for science fiction stories written for ten-year-olds, but not for much else. > > The smoke signal still was faster of course but only once the smoke was in > the air > high enough to be seen. > > I simply will not "build" a wall that may not be there. > and until you have proof that "FTL is impossible, > (meaning you have proof of the entire universe and how it works.) > I will keep that wall un-built. > > -- > James M Driscoll Jr > Spaceman
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