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By C. Kingston

Beitrag aus dem GOM-Projekt: 2394 weitere kritische Veröffentlichungen
zur Ergänzung der Dokumentation Textversion 1.2 – 2004, Kapitel 4.

Images of reality and relativity theory / C. Kingston. In: The General science journal. 2009 – 37 S. = http://wbabin.net/physics/kingston3.pdf  

Abstract 
This paper initially explores the image of reality associated with Relativity Theory.

Although the two basic assumptions (speed of light and principle of relativity) that form the basis of Special Relativity Theory appear to be reasonable, they are interpreted and extended by additional assumptions in such a way that the end results are no longer reasonable. Some conclusions arising from these additional assumptions about physical behaviour appear to be inconsistent with some physical experiments. This exploration leads to a different image of reality that is based on the movement of energy (in the form of free energy or matter) in terms of energy velocity components. This image does not require dilation or contraction of either time or space and provides a basis for explanations of ‘relativistic’ physical behaviour that differ from those of Relativity Theory without being inconsistent with the data from related experiments and observations.

Introduction
Special Relativity Theory (SRT) is essentially based on two fundamental assumptions and the Lorentz transformation (LT) equations. The LT equations are used as a basic set of transformation equations in SRT. They have been accepted as valid by many because the equations, or at least part of the equations, seem to be consistent with the experimental data pertaining to certain types of physical behaviour. The concern in this paper is the logical basis for the interpretation of those equations and the variables therein, and the associated chain of assumptions and reasoning that is required to support the image of reality that is developed in SRT. Although SRT itself did not lead directly to a theory of gravity, concepts from SRT were used in the development of General Relativity Theory (GRT). Therefore some problems with basic concepts in SRT are carried over to GRT.

The image associated with SRT presents some unreasonable conclusions about the nature of the physical world. This alone would not be sufficient to reject the theory (reasonable-ness is a subjective evaluation), although it has been sufficient for considerations by others of alternate approaches that result in less unreasonable conclusions. However, some of the basic conclusions of the theory are not consistent with some experimental results concerning the behaviour of light. The behaviour of light and the associated assumptions are explored in the initial sections of this paper. This exploration results in an alternate way of looking at some of the basic assumptions that are intrinsic to SRT about the nature of light and the relationship of relative velocity to the behaviour of light and objects. This leads to an image of reality that corresponds to the physical behaviour that is now associated with SRT but that eliminates the unreasonable conclusions of SRT.

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