Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Speed of Light Is the Same With Regard to All Frames of Reference
The speed of light is the same with regard to all frames of reference. Einstein was reacting to experiments that had confirmed that too, right? That amounts to saying he had good reason for wanting to preference Newtonian mechanics over Maxwell's equations. The consistency has to cash out in some way, or it does," says Hawking.
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