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Dear Pentcho Valev:

On Sep 10, 6:58 am, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
...
> How about this:
>
> http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/pdf/files/975547d7-2d00-433a-b7e3-4a...
> Albert Einstein: "I consider it entirely possible that
> physics cannot be based upon the field concept,
> that is on continuous structures.  Then nothing will
> remain of my whole castle in the air, including the
> theory of gravitation, but also nothing of the rest of
> contemporary physics."
>
> Is it a confession?

It is an acknowledgement of a basic scientific fact.  And note that
Einstein also puts Newton and Newtonian gravitation in the same place.

> Just think: As far as the speed of light is
> concerned, the field concept of light (light as
> continuous structures) is incorrect;

Not "incorrect".  Is "castle in the air".

> the speed of light is c'=c+v (c is the speed
> of photons relative to the light source and v
> is the relative speed of the light source and
> the observer) as predicted by Newton's
> corpuscular theory of light (light as
> discontinuous structures).

No anisotropy detected, using the Moon as a shutter, and sources with
a z of 4 or more as the moving light source.  Nature rules, and
corpuscles need refinement.

> And Einstein tells you:

And you.

> nothing remains of his castle in the air, nothing
> of the rest of contemporary physics,

Including Newton.

> and the number of bellicose zombies repeating
> that relativity "agrees with experiment so far"
> simply does not matter. Isn't that impressive?

It is amazing to me that you spend so much time dancing around the
periphery, finding quotes that you can misunderstand / misrepresent,
and never actually get bit by the "bug" of *learning Science*.

There is so much beauty happening *now*, right next door, and you
concentrate on what someone said, what was done yesterday.

David A. Smith