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Michaelson-Morley didn't falsify aether. At the time, their results were interpreted within the aether framework in terms of compression of the aether yielding
by canjobear 4y ago
Michaelson-Morley didn't falsify aether. At the time, their results were interpreted within the aether framework in terms of compression of the aether yielding the Lorentz transformations.
- aeneasmackenzie 4y agoWe still have the aether, we just call it the "electromagnetic field"
- light_hue_1 4y agoWe absolutely do not have an aether! Light does not travel through a medium like ripples in water. The aether makes specific predictions. Like the fact that we're all traveling through it because it is a background medium. These were clearly refuted. Fields are not aethers. Fields do not have a reference frame.