Talk:Aether theories
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Where the existing aether page sets out a particular historical view of aether theory (with some parts that seem to be stirring up some heated disagreement and claims of subjectivity), I put up this page as a more basic, hopefully neutral listing and jumping-off page to different aether theories.
The list is rather short at the moment. I know that there were loads of these things being suggested and shot down over the centuries, so if you can think of any noteworthy theories not listed here, please add them as a one-or two line bulletted entry, if you need more than that to describe it, give it its own page and leave a bulletted link to that page here. I did think of also doing an "aether theories" category, but at the moment there don't seem to be enough relevant wiki pages to justify it. ErkDemon 01:43, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Makes some real sense
May I suggest you have a look at an interesting concept with respect to a Fixed Frame of Reference in a book entitled "Einstein's Predicament: a new approach to the speed of light" by Clifford Denton, Twoedged Sword Publications 2005.
[edit] Salsb and pseudoscience?
Hello, I ended up here from Related Changes through the Aetherometry article. I noticed Salsb did a sneaky recat - to psuedoscience (sic). I don't want to start another revert war over that category, but really -- no-one seemed to think that it was appropriate for six months, so if no-one else does it in due time, I'll revert that change. The Pseudoscience category is unfortunately being used as a cudgel by some editors on Wikipedia, Salsb among them.Pgio 08:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hating on wikipedia
I thought this was amazing. Apparently, the Aetherometry article (which currently links here) influenced these people to write a book on the ignorant fascism that is wikipedia. It seems they are constituents of the theory, and felt NPOV violated. These paranoids became so enfuriated by their inability to contaminate the encyclopedia, they actually wrote a book about that seems to present wikipedia as some sort of conspiracy. Regardless, it seems the article was portected over all, and you should all be proud. Shaggorama 10:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fuzzy intro
I removed the following text:
- In its original and fundamental form the aether is both the medium of space, and the fundamental building blocks of all material substances. Its properties therefore include all that is observed. In this context there exist no physical process or theory that would be considered as aether-free. In more modern theories this stuff of space are designated as field theories. These dispense with the concept of a medium and assign or designate the properties of the medium as fields which are then considered fundamental.
I'm not sure this is entirely accurate. It would be easier to untangle if references were made to particular versions of the theory. For now, I've replaced it with something shorter that mainly lets the various individual sections speak for themselves. Perhaps a better overview will re-grow from scratch, or someone will fix this one. -- Beland 19:40, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Speculation is Not Proper in an Encylopedia Article
Articles are no place for introducing or speculating on fanciful topics of over-unity/Free-energy or goverment conspiracies. See Wiki's policies on NPOV, use reliable sources, and avoid unverifiable claims - User:LeSagian
I have been enjoying reading material from places like 16pi2.com for a couple of years now. Theres a number of other places where I read about Tesla's stuff and then thought to come to wiki and read whatever interesting articles it has. I can't find them. So... I typed Aether Physics Model and was surprised to find nothing I but don't see any material here relating either. Is there no articles yet for this type of thing? Maybe I am too early. -jrey
