X-Message-Number: 19130 From: "Joseph W. Morgan" <> Subject: Speed of Light Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 06:48:54 -0700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1FFCA.689BC440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In Cryonet 19124, George Smith stated: "But WHICH speed of light, to begin with? Since this "absolute" required a democratic vote to assign it a number and that the actual measurements of the speed of light vary, there are some serious issues with this belief. Despite its current popularity there are evidently some very real problems surfacing with relativity theory (and, no, I tend to confuse which is which, "special" versus general")." The idea that a democratic vote was taken to assign the speed of light a number is absurd and indicates a lack of understanding of both physics and the scientific method. The speed of light in vacuum (c = 3*10^8 m/sec) is a constant of fundamental importance in physics. The speed of light is measured. The results do not vary within experimental error. It can also be derived from other physical relationships. The theoretical predictions and the experimental measurements match. There are no "serious issues" involved regarding the speed of light. It is proven both theoretically and experimentally. Joseph W. Morgan ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C1FFCA.689BC440 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19130