clipka wrote:
> Not really. If light slows down or speeds up as it approaches the earth 
> (due to the "aether" exhibiting "local movement"), how could you 
> possibly tell the difference?

They'd change apparent angles, methinks. I'm sure there's something clever 
that could be figured out. :-)

> Now that's a puzzler to me: Isn't the electron known to have two 
> "brothers" (muon and tauon) that differ from it only in mass?

Dunno. Probably.

> in which the propagation speed of 
> disturbances must obviously be independent of the particular particle 
> that caused them.

Don't ask me. I just know what the formula says. Or knew. IIRC.

I think the charge is based on probabilities of interactions between photons 
and electrons. (I.e., the definition of "charge" is "how much the particle 
interacts with the photon" or some such.)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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