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Originally Posted by dleviwing Bschimer;
The site is a promotion for a book. I am a supporter of the "Aether" concepts but the brief description at this site indicates the author may be going down the wrong path. I think I would check it out at the library before buying it.
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You can read the book on Google Print by searching Google for "secrets of the aether."
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The special theory of relativity forbids us to assume the ether to consist of particles observable through time, but the hypothesis of ether in itself is not in conflict with the special theory of relativity. Only we must be on our guard against ascribing a state of motion to the ether.
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Also, be careful of the underlying assumption. You are approaching SRT from the perspective that it is true and that in order for it to remain true, then certain other assumptions must be avoided. But that is not the way of science. The theory is not presented and then the data made to fit, as you are suggesting.
If it turns out that the Aether can be in motion, as the evidence clearly demonstrates, then we must be prepared to abandon the theories that assume the Aether cannot move.
The Michelson-Morley, Morley-Miller, and Dayton Miller experiments were conducted over a 20 year period, hundreds of thousands of times. The experiments clearly showed that there is an Aether drift, although it was not of the magnitude predicted from the assumption that the Aether was fixed and matter moved through it.
A correct interpretation of all the data shows that matter is encapsulated within the Aether and that Aether moves relative to itself. Matter never moves at all.
We see this same dynamic all throughout the Universe. Water can disolve particulate matter by individually encapsulating each particle. As water flows, the particles move with it. The atmosphere does the same thing with dust and molecules. The Atlantic Ocean is a vast body of water, but within this vast body of water there is a Gulf Stream that flows quickly passed the Sargasso Sea. Similarly, there are currents within the Aether. Dayton Miller clearly proved this and measured the Aether drift at ten thousand kilometers per second relative to the Earth at Mt. Wilson Observatory.
In fact, Einstein was so disturbed by this evidence, that after Dayton Miller died, he exerted great pressure upon Robert Shankland to re-examine the data and suggest it was due to a temperature anomaly. For 20 years Dayton Miller worked and carefully planned his experiments, taking over one hundred thousand measurements, and was highly respected for his ability to carry this out. And after he died, one jealous scientist with lots of influence succeeded in having Miller's work written off as a temperature anomaly.
No, we must not be on guard to deny the existence of a moving Aether. We must be on guard to see the data as it is and not allow our prejudices to keep us in the dark about the truth.