Was Einstein Wrong to Ignore Ernst Mach? - Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan, #253

Dr. C.S. Unnikrishnan is a professor at the School of Quantum
Technology at the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology.
Unnikrishnan is also a key member of the LIGO-India project and a
member of the global LIGO Scientific Collaboration. His work has
led him to some revolutionary conclusions about the nature of
gravity, light, and the missing medium for these invisible
actions. Our conversation gets into the details of his Machian
approach to understanding the cosmos, which his calls "cosmic
gravity." We discuss Henri Bergson's criticism of relativity,
Einstein's transformation into quantum mascot, and issues with
simultaneity in cosmic physics. Tell us your thoughts in the
comments! Paper discussed in this podcast:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1466/1/012007
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Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB 00:00 Go! 00:04:57 Revisiting
old experiments to learn something new 00:13:23 A lack of
absolute reference points 00:25:05 Reevaluating Einstein a
Century On 00:35:22 Testing the constancy of the speed of light
00:43:25 Why is breaking physics preferred to an undetectable
aether? 00:54:36 Evidence of light speed changes 01:04:39 Could
Michaelson & Morley have given a different result? 01:21:16
Why was Michaelson's 1925 detection of the aether ignored?
01:25:38 Henri Bergson, Einstein, and Simultaneity 01:33:17
Simultaneity that is experienced 01:42:19 Mathematical elegance
in conflict with reality 01:48:59 Is revisiting the constancy of
light speed possible? 01:56:08 The solutions offered by a Machian
paradigm 02:03:59 One universal frame intro 02:09:10 Are there
two theories about light possible, or can only one prevail?
02:20:54 Is there an alternative to fields? 02:29:36 Closing
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