I am a new guy on the block and I go under the name Slavek. (its real)
I have been following this thread for a while and I am fairly confused
with the presented concepts.
I have done some thinking about all these problems myself, and among
other things I took a second look at the speed of light. First of all,
when you look at the refraction by the clasical prism, the prism
separates light into the bands. When you accept that the angle of
refraction coresponds to the speed of light in a particular medium, you
have to realise that different wavelengths have differents speeds in a
particular medium.
When you realise that what is called vacuum is also a medium, the speed
of different wavelengs is more likely than not going to be different as
well. If vacuum were not a medium, the light speed could be anything, or
it would be magic. I would not even call it constant, because it recalls
TR. I would rather call it steady.
When you do refraction set up and mark the iluminated area of colour
bands on your screen and insert different colour filters between your
light source and the prism, you will realise that while the colours
change, the band boundaries stay where they were. When you insert the
filters between the prism and the screen, exactly the same thing
happens.
If I am not a complete imbecile, this simple experiment tells us that
one property of light is responsible for the refraction and therefore
speed of light, while another property is responsible for its color.
While the color change does not seem to alter the speed of a particular
band, we can't be quite certain which colour belongs to what energy and
speed, because color can obviously be doctored.
What is really needed is a thorough research into the basic properties
of all particular phenomena and that may give us quite new answers,
especially if the traditional concepts are in any way suspicious or
contradictory.
Bringing time into it is something which I can't subscribe to. The
reason is, that when you bring a clasical mechanical watch into the
proximity of a permanent magnet, it will slow down and even stop. Does
that mean that the time slowed down or stopped? I don't thing so. How
can we say than, that time slows with speed or with increased strength
of gravitational field. As far as I am concerned it is the clock, which
slows down influenced somehow by something which we understand even less
than the magnetic field.
The time factor and curvature of space had been brought into the picture
by the relativity mathematics for the simple reason that the math could
be manipulated easier (may be only) in this manner. That does not
necessarily mean that time and space are manipulable in reality.
When it comes to the curvature of space, the dent in a rubber sheet
under a bearing ball is caused by gravitational output of earth. Well,
so is Mr. Einsten's curvature of space around the earth. Everybody talks
about these man made concepts and very few bother to go after their
causes. Curvature of space and the elasticity of time are terms which
call for faith, but they explain you know what.
I hope I did not do anything unethical. If so, please take it easy on
me, I am new.
Regards Slavek