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Vorde, Soothsayer, While I'd like to think about your comments before replying, I want to quickly say thank you for responding. I appreciate it. Mark Goldman

I have never understood why this experiment is so generally cited as demonstrating the non-existence of "ether." (To be clear here, I am not suggesting that ether exists, I am just frustrated that I cannot seem to appreciate this landmark experiment.) My understanding of the experiment is that...

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Thank you very much. If you don't mind, let me try to restate what you said to see if I have it right: Jim, from his frame of reference actually sees what Greene (in a footnote to the example) calls "...a kind of relativistic optical illusion in which the moving object will appear both...

I apologize for asking what is no doubt a very basic question. I had thought I understood the example, but re reading the book I realize I did not and can't seem to get to a satisfactory explanation on my own. Greene's example is from pages 46-47 First Vintage Books Edition March 2000...