Re: Experiments Confirming Two Incompatible Theories

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From: PD
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:52

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On Dec 22, 3:39 am, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The Michelson-Morley experiment confirms Newton's emission theory of
> light if:
>
> 1) the speed of light DOES depend on the speed of the light source.
>
> 2) a long train CANNOT be trapped inside a short tunnel, a 80m long
> pole CANNOT be trapped inside a 40m long barn and a bug CANNOT be both
> dead and alive.
>
> The Michelson-Morley experiment confirms Einstein's special relativity
> if:
>
> 1) the speed of light DOES NOT depend on the speed of the light
> source.
>
> 2) a long train CAN be trapped inside a short tunnel, a 80m long pole
> CAN be trapped inside a 40m long barn and a bug CAN be both dead and
> alive:
>

It is not uncommon for two incompatible theories to account for the
same results in a certain experiment.
What science does is look for experiments where the theories make
DIFFERENT predictions and then use that experiment to determine which
one is right.

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