On Sep 16, 12:28*am, John Smith wrote:
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do. Certainly we are a long way from saying that this is an ether or
medium that supports the transmission of TEM waves.

So, let's call it "whipped bananas" and let it go at that ...
traditionally, it has been called the ether or aether ... I just tend to
follow the tradition of the men who first defined it ...

Regards,
JS

Why must there be an "it" through which TEM waves proagate? Why cannot
they propagate through nothingness? Not all volumes of space are
necessarily occupied by any form of matter.