Readers
are familiar with the durable marriage between the Big Bang Theory and
relativity. Without Einstein’s massless light particle and its perpetual motion
the universal expansion interpretation and the BBT would be toast. Anyone who
objects to the absurdity must be denigrated and any suggestions for change must
be rejected out of hand.
In
what eventually will be a classical opinion piece, the editor of Physics Today, published by the American
Physical Society, summed up the situation:
The editor mentions
letters from those “who believe they’ve arrived at some startling new insight heretofore
unknown to the professional physics community, often about how the work of Albert
Einstein was all wrong.”
And goes on to restate a familiar
defense of the great man:
“If some error were to come
to light in, say, the theory of general relativity, the discovery would almost
certainly be based on a similarly sophisticated level of understanding. The
theory has withstood all the tests experimenters have thrown at it. What’s
more, every measurement by GPS device requires a general relativistic
correction to account for the slightly different speeds of clocks on satellites
and on Earth’s surface. If it somehow turned out that the theory was
nevertheless flawed, and the accuracy of GPS was all just a coincidence, that
would be a big deal.”
Astute readers know that much
of relativity (except for the E=mc2 equation borrowed
from Maxwell) involves Einsteinisms (predictions right for the wrong reasons). GPS
does not use General Relativity Theory.[1]
It does require a correction for altitude. In Aether Deceleration Theory I explain
the altitude effect as a result of increasing aether pressure and decreasing
aether density with distance from Earth.[2]
Like the atmosphere, entrained, decelerated aether forms a halo around Earth.
This is the physical reason for what is claimed to be curved empty space in relativity.
Not only is the increase in aether pressure responsible for gravitation, but it
also causes clocks to run faster.[3]
Again, in General Relativity Theory, these effects were claimed by Einstein to
be a result of curved empty space and time dilation. Because light velocity is
a function of aetherial pressure, the waves from any source are stretched out
slightly. Each detection of the resulting so-called “gravitational redshift” is
claimed as a confirmation of relativity and the magical “space-time curvature”
and “time dilation.” Einstein was right—but for the wrong reason.
Readers also know there are
over 9,000 dissidents opposed to various claims of relativity and its
birthright, the Big Bang Theory.[4]
I know of no other discipline having such great opposition from so many angles.
True, most of the suggested reforms are no better than relativity itself. It
would be overwhelming for the editor of a news magazine like Physics Today to choose among them. It
is much easier to assume “Einstein is always right.” Any mention of him in a
less than favorable light gets the circular file.
[1] Hatch, Ronald R.,
1995, Relativity and GPS, 3rd Natural Philosophy Alliance Conference: Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, p. 1-26
[https://go.glennborchardt.com/Hatch-GPS].
[2] Borchardt, Glenn,
2017, Infinite Universe Theory: Berkeley, California, Progressive Science
Institute, p. 242 [http://go.glennborchardt.com/IUTebook].
[4] de Climont, Jean,
2018, The worldwide list of alternative theories and critics
[http://go.glennborchardt.com/declimont16dissidentlist].