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Re: [Phys-l] Does COBE data contradict relativty?



Yes, but so what! A complete sentence that parses isn't physics unless it has consequences. Good luck in finding some!
Regards,
Jack


On Wed, 2 May 2007, Folkerts, Timothy J wrote:

It might be an amusing exercise (which I decline to think about) to see

if one can invent an "aether" theory that explains the dipole
distortion
instead of just doppler shifting. I think Dirac once fooled around
with
such models.


I guess I'm not trying to say that relativity is wrong - specifically
I'm not trying to say that the laws of physics are somehow different in
the CMBR rest frame. However the CMBR frame DOES seem to provide an
unambiguous "absolute" rest frame, which flies in the face of popular,
basic descriptions of relativity which say there is no way to determine
absolute motion.

Tim F

P.S. As for John D's tinfoil-covered experiment, the tinfoil on the
blue-shifted side will be slightly warmer than the tinfoil on the
red-shifted side, so I could STILL tell the "upstream" side even in a
tinfoil covered room.
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