[Physics] gravity is NOT a force

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Tufail, here is some speculation.Light, on its way to planet Earth from any star, travels at speed c relative to the medium it is in. Let's call empty space a medium because it is not really empty. The light leaves the star at c and travels outward. For the first part of its journey it is in the medium surrounding the star it has just left, so it travels at c WRT that star for let us say one light year. It then enters inter stellar space, where there are atoms and molecules, and takes up a speed c WRT that medium. As it passes near other stars on its way to us, its speed changes to c WRT each of those stars. It finally arrives at Earth, where its speed is c WRT Earth. The illusion is made that the speed of light is relative to the observer, as each observer, wherever he is, sees the light at c (plus or minus his own speed). His own speed is so minute compared to light speed, that when he measures the speed of light, he will find it to be c.It arrives on Earth, changing its speed to c WRT Earth, or to be more precise c/n, where n in our atmosphere is   1.00029 . Again, to any observer, that speed is so close to c to be indistinguishable from it.An alternative to the medium would be the gravitational field of any star or matter in space through which that light passes, so the speed of light is c WRT the local gravitational field. I have heard of both theories.Tom Hollings


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From: tufail.abbas at gmail.com

Date: 10/06/2017 10:32

To: "Stavros Tassos"<s.tassos at yahoo.com>, "General Physics and Natural Philosophy discussion list"<physics at tuks.nl>

Subj: Re: [Physics] gravity is NOT a force



Dear All 
I also agree in principle to the following statements from  Stavros Message, based upon reading his paper Z-Infinity. 
1. Space-time is everything.2. Empty space does not exist as a physical entity.3. Space and time exist as physical entities.4. Space-time has a cyclic and a unidirectional component.
5. Space-time is a waving continuum and is curved because of its waving nature.
6. Space-time is absolutely elastic at speed < c, and absolutely rigid for any speed >= c.
Physicist  Matt Strassler made a very important statement as follows, regarding  Higgs Fields and Space-time at https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/the-higgs-particle/the-higgs-faq-2-0/
“No matter how you are moving, you are not moving relative to the Higgs field. That sounds bizarre, but remember something else bizarre: that no matter how you are moving, light is moving about relative to you at the same speed, namely 300,000 meters per second. Our intuition for space and time is not correct — that’s what Einstein figured out — and it is possible for there to be fields that are at rest with respect to all observers!”

What are your thoughts on the above.
Regards
Tufail Abbas







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