John Smith wrote:
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It amazes me that so many are so ignorant to the matter, and that sheer
logic alone can prove ethers existence.
Strike a tuning fork and you hear the sound of the fork vibrating in
your ears. This is because earths atmosphere serves as a medium for the
propagation of the sound waves. In space, you hear no sound ...
Toss a stone in a pond and you see waves, that is because water serves
as a medium to propagate the waves.
Now, you and I both know radio signals DO traverse space. And, if there
is no medium which propagates the "radio waves", then we need to rewrite
some books here. Especially covering how to build antennas capable of
receiving "radio protons."
In 1915 Einstein began denying the ether, in a lecture in 1929 he
reneged and stated the ether exists. Most catch the 1915+ lectures and
miss the 1929 lecture. Indeed, material on that lecture has been ignored.
The ether exists, only idiots would deny that ...
Regards,
JS