EINSTEIN'S RELATIVITY CLASHES WITH REASON

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http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/einstein-s-theory-of-relativity-clashes-with-common-sense-1.1972774
"Einstein's theory of relativity clashes with common sense (...) Albert Einstein's starting point for his theory was his insistence that the laws of physics must be the same for observers at rest or travelling at constant speed. Applying this seemingly reasonable principle to the phenomenon of electromagnetism, he arrived at a much less reasonable postulate: namely, that the speed of light in a vacuum (the speed at which an electromagnetic wave travels) must be the same for all, irrespective of the motion of source or observer. (...) My own view is that relativity scepticism presents an interesting case of a "clean" mistrust of science. After all, the predictions of relativity are not in conflict with religious dogma, political worldviews or vested interests (unlike evolution, climate science or tobacco science). I suspect that the scepticism stems from the fact that relativity makes predictions that are apparently in conflict with our everyday "common sense" experience of the world."

Relativity scepticism stems from the fact that relativity makes predictions that are in conflict WITH REASON, not with our common sense experience of the world. The "much less reasonable postulate" is actually idiotic. Consider a light source emitting a series of short pulses the distance between which is d (e.g. d = 300000 km). A stationary observer/receiver measures the frequency of the pulses to be f=c/d:

http://www.einstein-online.info/images/spotlights/doppler/doppler_static.gif

The observer starts moving with (small) speed v towards the source - the measured frequency shifts from f=c/d to f'=(c+v)/d:

http://www.einstein-online.info/images/spotlights/doppler/doppler_detector_blue.gif

Why does the frequency shift from f=c/d to f'=(c+v)/d ?

Reasonable answer (given by both Newton's emission theory of light and Maxwell's 19th century electromagnetic theory; valid for all kinds of waves and fatal for Einstein's relativity): Because the speed of the pulses relative to the observer shifts from c to c'=c+v.

Idiotic ad hoc answer (devised to save Einstein's relativity; so obviously idiotic that Einsteinians never state it explicitly): Because something happens to the observer so that what was previously d to him now appears to be d'=cd/(c+v).

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It follows from Einstein's 1905 false constant-speed-of-light postulate that unlimitedly long objects can be trapped inside unlimitedly short containers:

http://www.einsteins-theory-of-relativity-4engineers.com/images/Ladder_paradox_garage_irf1.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQHPAeiiQ3w
"How fast does a 7 m long buick need to go to fit in a 2 m deep closet?"

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/barn_pole.html
"These are the props. You own a barn, 40m long, with automatic doors at either end, that can be opened and closed simultaneously by a switch. You also have a pole, 80m long, which of course won't fit in the barn. (...) If it does not explode under the strain and it is sufficiently elastic it will come to rest and start to spring back to its natural shape but since it is too big for the barn the other end is now going to crash into the back door and the rod will be trapped IN A COMPRESSED STATE inside the barn."

http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/Revolutions
Stéphane Durand: "Ainsi, une fusée de 100 m passant à toute vitesse dans un tunnel de 60 m pourrait être entièrement contenue dans ce tunnel pendant une fraction de seconde, durant laquelle il serait possible de fermer des portes aux deux bouts! La fusée est donc réellement plus courte. Pourtant, il n'y a PAS DE COMPRESSION matérielle ou physique de l'engin."

Needless to say, no sane person would accept the idiotic consequence of the false postulate. Einsteinians are either insane or hypocrites.

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