Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that we need to be more careful about rejecting theories that simply sound like that of the luminiferous aether on the

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that we need to be more careful about rejecting theories that simply sound like that of the luminiferous aether on the surface. FYI aethers can be explained mathematically nowadays. See: http://www.quora.com/Physics/Besides-maturity-of-model-what-are-the-differences-between-the-Higgs-field-and-aether/answer/Jay-Wacker http://www.quora.com/Physics/Besides-maturity-of-model-what-...