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0 pointsrg1113y ago0 comments

I will point out that this comment is factually wrong.

The concept of luminiferous aether was discarded- not because of the discovery of Theory of Relativity, but becauae of the Michelson and Morley Experiment [0].

It is often joked about in High School and college Freshman Physics circles- Michelson received Nobel Prize in Physics [1] for a literally failed experiment.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson–Morley_experiment

[1]: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1907/summary/

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duskwuff3y ago

Calling the M-M experiment a "failed experiment" is a bit misleading. The experiment was successful; the result was definitively negative (no aether). Previous experiments had failed to reach a conclusive result.

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