Reflections on relativity?....Rejections of relativity!

Welcome. This is a reasoned response to the relativity section at mathpages.com, a site promoted as the on-line and authoritative reference for all seeking explanations of mainstream relativity and its math support.

Mathpages is in fact our favorite comedy site on the Web, a truly modern fantasy, full of contradictions. Presented as mathematical support for relativity, it actually brings the errors into focus, a comedia errata. It is puzzling why it is cited to support any type of science, as the site is saturated with logical and mathematical errors, an unintended satire of modern thought. If grounded firmly in logic and mathematics, no one need be troubled by the intimidation of special relativity flak launched therein.

Does lack of response to the mathpages outrages signal descent into agnosticism and to nihilism beyond? God help us all.

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Googol Axiom

From Popper's consistency criterion we find that as soon as a contradiction is found, we should
 a) abandon the theory
 or
 b) eliminate the contradiction(s)
Why the quick reaction?  Accepting contradictions allows any theory to be proven true, which implies that
nothing can be proven true!

For example, to the consistent logical system of arithmetic, we introduce a super tiny conflict, unlikely to arise in any scientific calculation:
Googol axiom:   googol = googol + 1/googol  
where googol = 10^100
1 and (100 zeros) =  1 and (100 zeros) .  (99 zeroes) and 1
If we -
Subtract    a googol  :     0 = 1/googol    
Multiply by a googol  :     0 = 1
Add to itself n times :     0 = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,....
The valid and consistent system of arithmetic is thus reduced to nonsense by insertion of a tiny contradiction, the googol axiom.
Moral: there is no tiny or ignorable contradiction.
The physics establishment claims - Relativity predicts the correct results of all its experiments.
This is true.  Relativity also predicts the wrong results for the same experiments, the hallmark of inconsistency.
Relativity exhibits many contradictions/inconsistencies.
Consider - from the SRT 1905 paper:
1. The laws by which the states of physical systems undergo change are not
affected, whether these changes of state be referred to the one or the other of
two systems of co-ordinates in uniform translatory motion.
So -   if a,b,c are 3 different  inertial frames and a is stationary,
Then take Va = 0 and take Vb,a= v1  and  Vc,a = v2, where v1 <> v2
Then   Vb,a <> Vc,a

2. Any ray of light moves in the “stationary” system of co-ordinates with
the determined velocity c, whether the ray be emitted by a stationary or by a
moving body.
So - Vb,a  = c    and Vc,a = c 
Then  Vb,a  = Vc,a

3.   SRT premise 1 contradicts SRT premise 2 ; SRT is inconsistent

The problem is that discussion continues with SRT already proven to be inconsistent, without demanding that the conflict be resolved immediately!

MS physics will claim that SR gives the ‘right’ answers to all its tests…… Of course it will…..
AN INCONSISTENT THEORY CAN PROVE ANY CLAIM IS TRUE … OR FALSE.

Another MS position is that the conflicts are small and outweighed by the empirical success of SRT.
A SMALL OR IGNORABLE CONTRADICTION DOES NOT EXIST!

This contradiction in consistency must be resolved before any further consideration of SR, as the googol axiom shows.
If not, anything will be believed, like:
 There is an aether and there is not.
 The traveling twins contradiction: 
A is younger than B and B is younger than A.

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