Am I allowed to say this? (1 Viewer)

[mreditor16]

Am I allowed to say this:

"In Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity, Einstein proposed that the speed of light is constant (i.e. everyone will always observe the same speed of light regardless of their frame of reference). As a result, it lead to his further proposal that the aether model is not needed for light and, in fact, the aether doesn’t exist."

I'm especially asking about the bolded part.

thanks!

 

[mreditor16]

Thanks HPF!

BUMP!

 

[Kurosaki]

Imo, the first half of the sentence sounds good, its true that relativity has negated the need for an aether model.

That doesn't however, suggest it's lack of existence. Its a pretty controversial topic and there are scientists today who still believe it may exist, simply because there is no proof to the contrary. The only thing relativity did was make its existence (or lack thereof), unimportant.

I would think to avoid controversial stuff haha

HPF speaks the truth; Einstein's relativity simply made the issue irrelevant.

 

[mreditor16]

okay thanks guys, most appreciated

 

[anomalousdecay]

Yeah pretty sure everywhere says that the existence of an aether is not important and useless as of our knowledge. Saying whether it exists or not is a bit sketchy but its assumed to not exist.

But yeah, for HSC, I think both are alright to say.