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Re: 2008-04-19: What is Time? - 04-27-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dipayankar View Post
So do we need to redefine the Universal Laws???
Hi Dippy

I suppose it depends on what you means by the 'Universal Laws'. We (mostly) accept that relative theories describe reality as we perceive it, taking into account our relative motion with the things we attempt to measure and predict. This perspective resulted in the rejection of a preferred framework which would provide a static baseline for all things.

Virtually all eminent scientists accept that, somewhere along the line, a wrong step was taken and we are missing something obvious. My perspective is that this 'mistake' was the rejection of the aether when MM did their experiments on the speed of light. If there is a preferred state of rest then we have two perspectives: one where we take account of relative motion (relativity) and another (the God perspective?) which would be perceived by someone at absolute rest and able to observe everything going on around.

I'm not too concerned with the laws themselves as they are generally mathematical equations which enable us to predict the results of certain actions. The underlying paradigm is of much more interest.

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