If new evidence was found in the theory of relativity and it contradicted a theory could the theory be rejected?

Answer 1

yes. hardly anyone understands it anyway. it would probably make life a lot simpler. One of the major problems with special relativity is that it depends on the speed of light to determine the standard for all velocities when in fact any velocity can be used as a standard. Every velocity has its own "TIME FACTOR." In other words every object in constant motion has it's conversion factor which is derived from an equation. For example: an objects average velocity is determine by dividing the TOTAL DISTANCE by the TOTAL TIME (duration) it took to travel from point A to Point B assuming that it was motion in a straight line and not in curvatures and hills and waves. Thus we have: total distance = total time. This equation can be reduced to lowest terms in two ways: in terms of DISTANCE or in terms of TIME: DISTANCE/DISTANCE = TIME/DISTANCE... OR ...DISTANCE/TIME = TIME/TIME. The ratio of DISTANCE/TIME YIELDS A "VELOCITY" and the ratio OF TIME/DISTANCE yields what I consider to be the velocity's " TIME FACTOR." An example of a velocity's "time factor" for a velocity of say, 240,000km/sec., would be the inverse: 1sec./240,000km which is equal to a very small decimal and it would expressed in terms of time per distance. To find the "time" it takes an object to get from point A to point B (straight line), the total distance is divided by the velocity: Total Distance traveled/Velocity or d/d/t = dt/d = t. This yields the Total Time (duration). NOTE: in the equations, dt/t, is the same as multiplying by the "velcocity time factor" which is the inverse 1/d. I believe that Einstein was referring to this "time factor" when he mentioned "TIME T " corresponding to the speed of light and "TIME T' " corresponding to a lower velocity.