alt.sci.physics

"Laurent" wrote in message
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> On Nov 28, 9:31 am, dlzc wrote:
>> Dear Laurent:
>>
>> On Nov 28, 7:00 am, Laurent wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Excellent synopsis up to this point. The "pantheism" bit was a little
>> odd...
>>
>> > CBR (Cosmic Background Radiation) is material, and
>> > Einstein's aether is physical but immaterial. First there
>> > needs to be an aether before we can have anything like
>> > matter, fields, spacetime, or even Wheeler's quantum
>> > foam.
>>
>> Doesn't follow. Energy excites "separateness", powers "material
>> properties" (witness Bose-Einstein condensates). But since no space
>> is empty of all the matter in the Universe (witness self-
>> interference), no aether separate from the Universe is required. I
>> just wish you would preface your personal comments with some
>> indication that you are no longer simply relating facts-in-evidence.
>>
>> David A. Smith
>
> I never said the aether is separated from the universe. I said the
> aether is what unifies the uni-verse. The aether is one, therefore the
> universe is one. The aether is energy, it is where the universe
> emerged from. The aether is the substrate. But it isn't matter, nor is
> it space as conceived in the GTR, yet, it is where properties like the
> speed of propagation and direction of fields are determined.
>
> --
> Laurent





Isn't the time - space fabric another name for the aether? Instead of
gravity wells does it make sense to call those 'wells' compressed aether or
compressed time - space fabric instead? Please feel free to correct me if
I'm out of line.



Grant