| Re: Is there an absolute Principle? Quote:
Originally Posted by north actually been there done that.
such as the argument that Rutherford " prove " this warping of space because of his observations in Africa eclipse( I think ) but any way I disagree.
for they did not consider that the Sun had an atmosphere , that this was the reason that the light from a star was bent from behind the Sun.
or atmospheric optics
Einstein did not prove ( nor has anybody else ) that space, alone has any substance .
you curve the matter IN space , not space its self | __________________
Dear North:
Please bear with me on this. Are you saying that the expedition of 1919 didn't take into account any refraction effect and that's the reason they obtained the results they obtained. (The 'curvature of space-time')?
__________________ (George Berkeley, 1710) ... lay the beginning in a distinct explication of what is meant by thing, reality, existence: for in vain shall we dispute concerning the real existence of things, or pretend to any knowledge thereof, so long as we have not fixed the meaning of those words. "All things come out of the one and the one out of all things." - Heraclitus "Reality is an illusion - albeit a persistent one." - Einstein "Particles give me a headache." - Ibid |