On Sep 19, 8:59*am, Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
... the ether that was banished from normal
scientific thought by Einstein in 1905 after publishing the Special
Theory.

Please correct your incorrect concepts.

Continuing the quote from Einstein: "The special theory
of relativity forbids us to assume the ether to consist
of particles that can be tracked through time, but the
hypothesis of the ether in itself is not in conflict with
the special theory of relativity."

http://www.nd.edu/~dhoward1/Revisiti...-Bohr%20Dialog...
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73, Cecil *http://www.w5dxp.com

No correction needed. This ether, i.e. the one which in your words
which the special theory of relativity forbids us to assume that it
consists of particles that can be tracked through time, is forbidden
by relativity. This is obviously the ether that was effectively
"banished" when Special Relativity came out in 1905 due to time
dilation effects when applying the Lorentz transformation. That was
not to say that another type of ether could not exist. I was very very
precise about that in my post. I know that Einstein later on did not
try to dispute that a different type of ether could exist. My point
was that Einstein himself did NOT hypothesize, postulate or theorize
that such an ether DID exist. Kostro seems to think Einstein did
theorize a new ether and that is wrong. That is where you and Jimminy
Cricket Smith are going off track. Suggest you re-read it.