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joey_m
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The null result of the Michelson-Morley experiment led Lorentz to believe that the ether can never be detected because it distorts things in the direction that they move with respect to it. But from what I've read, Michelson himself explained the result by saying that the ether must somehow be "dragged along" by the movements of the earth. Although this explanation seems rather simplistic, perhaps there is some deeper truth to it (such as, the gravitational fields and the light propagation medium/ether are "connected" at the most fundamental level).
Isn't this explanation at least as sensible as one that says that space and time are relative? (I'm still not sure what the heck that's supposed to mean!)
Isn't this explanation at least as sensible as one that says that space and time are relative? (I'm still not sure what the heck that's supposed to mean!)