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  ... preposterous crosspost noted; followups significantly reduced ...


Mountain Man wrote:
}  We are not discussing Einstein's intuition,
}  but the aether hypothesis.  Tne point was,
}  not only did AE not rule it out, but he presented
}  arguments why it should be considered.

Adrian Cable <megalith@jimc.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>I am aware that Einstein did not rule it out. 

 This "it" is not a single, well-defined theory. 

 The alleged "ether" that Einstein did not rule out is the 
 g_{\mu \nu} of General Relativity. 

>I am aware that on a
>number of occasions, Einstein suggested the aether hypothesis was
>potentially valid, ...

 On the occasion of 

   Albert Einstein - An address delivered on May 5th, 1920,
   University of Leyden .... [Concerning the Aether Hypothesis]
   http://magna.com.au/~prfbrown/aether_0.html

 it was not "the aether" as it is normally understood.  


 Followups to sci.physics.relativity were considered, but Mountain 
 Man probably does not want to wade through given the more general 
 subjects being discussed elsewhere in this and related threads. 

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