tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663998076511109850.post4731550814148621968..comments2011-09-27T08:49:38.926-07:00Marcfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557608193924044365noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663998076511109850.post-21009502355488779002011-09-27T08:49:38.926-07:002011-09-27T08:49:38.926-07:00yes. That is what I write in a older blog entry. Essentially an aether in a media is 'compressed' and a compressed elastic media has slightly higher speed of wave propagation. The difference between 1987a and opera is that opera runs through the earth crust while 1987a is through vacuum. You should see an effect then.Marcfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557608193924044365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663998076511109850.post-15087977682318013632011-09-27T08:45:41.674-07:002011-09-27T08:45:41.674-07:00Thanks Marcf. One following up. Is it your view that the ostensible identification of "FTL neutrinos" or whatever it turns out to be, could be an "effect" of aether?Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14967048073831044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663998076511109850.post-2967741775421780752011-09-27T08:18:08.270-07:002011-09-27T08:18:08.270-07:00well, the history of physics is littered with the aether. Michelson Morley type of experiments invalidated the old aether theories by failing to detect an effect. And then the SR juggernaut came around and eventually rallied a lot of people. The way this happened, historically, for me is in fact a study in sociological forces in physics. See the, hmmm, opacity of the SR framework worked in its favor. The math, lorentz transform etc is intimidating and what pro is going to be caught saying "I don't understand". I certainly felt like a little kid at my "I don't understand". Now I understand it and simply reject it. But to your point, aether was invalidated by the MMX type of experiments. There are aether theories that in fact would take into account the MMX null result but say out loud that you are interested in those and people look at you funny. Except this guy Sean (professor at cal-tech, who openly embraces 'aether theories that break lorentz invariance' but I am not sure what it means).Marcfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557608193924044365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-663998076511109850.post-20634471869219768482011-09-27T08:11:19.305-07:002011-09-27T08:11:19.305-07:00Just out of curiosity, have aether theories been tested with even one observer. And, if the answer is yes, then why don't more scientists accept it as a viable alternative. Pure sociological reasons? I have no horse in this race; I'm just curious.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14967048073831044906noreply@blogger.com