[geocentrism] Re: Aether effects

Martin,
   
  Perhaps the "confusion" was caused by the following comment?
   
  "Objects can travel through it freely without impediment, but the aether 
resists acceleration while conserving constant-velocity rectilinear motion."
   
  Neville.
  

"Martin G. Selbrede" <mselbrede@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  
    On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Martin G. Selbrede wrote:

    Furthermore, celestial objects do not exhibit uniform rectilinear motion, 
rather their velocities are constantly changing.

  
I think I'll address this comment, as it appears to stem from a 
misunderstanding of a point I made. I said that the Markov-type aether resists 
changes in velocity.  I didn't say that such aethers forbid changes in 
velocity. The constant of proportionality that determines this resistance to 
change is well known -- you can see it in the equation F = ma.  The extent to 
which "their velocities are constantly changing" satisfies, and does not defy, 
my contention.  I assumed that I didn't need to explicitly state this anymore 
than I already had when I said that the Newtonian dynamics were preserved. 
"Uniform rectilinear motion" is, in fact, preserved "unless acted on by another 
force," which we can take in the widest possible sense to include collisions, 
gravitation, magnetic force, etc. The point is that the Markov aether does not 
give rise to any kinematic predictions that differ from what we currently 
observe. In other words, it is fully consistent with observation.  There are
 no observations that contradict or undermine it, least of all the circumstance 
that celestial objects don't exhibit uniform rectilinear motion.
  

  Martin S

       
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