Special relativity
Metryq wrote:You're missing the actual paradox of the "twins paradox."
If you have 2 observers going different speeds, each event
is observed on a different moment in time.
To "correct" this special relativity claims that the same event occurred at different times
for different observers.
What I would say, is that the clocks that these observers use are not in sync.
Special relativity and general relativity are simply tools for correction, not magical laws
that govern space and time.
The special relativity correction becomes clear when we look at:
Aberration of light
In linear motion, the electromagnetic forces between 2 objects are exactly coming
from the place where the objects would be if the force was immediate.
Since light is a electromagnetic phenomenon, we would expect light to behave this way.
Note: aether-models would also need some kind of correction.
But what if the objects are circling around each other.
In Hydrogen, an "electron" moves about 10% of its orbit when it moves around the proton.
The special relativity linear correction of the movement is certainly not correct.
The actual place of the electron is slightly different from the linear corrected place
of the electron. The linear corrected distance is slightly larger than real distance.
This difference should certainly be visible, but it isn't.
From the electron-emission bands we can see that the electron matches exactly the orbit that
corresponds with an immediate force.
This simply means that the special relativity correction is wrong for circular orbits.
At least the linear correction.
Entering black holes
The circular orbits return in black holes. Here we assume that gravity can become so strong that
its escape speed is as fast as the speed of light.
At the same time, gravity itself moves with the speed of light.
So in some way, in black holes, gravity can not escape itself.
And black holes would not attract anything.
Stephen Crothers explains this problem
with more detail.
As I understand him: The formula that defines the size of the black hole (schwarzschild) is
defined in the coordinates of the black hole.
But this space inside the black hole is like infinitely large.
This means that this size has no real meaning in the real world.
The more I look into it, the more I think that Crothers is right with his maths and logic.
This does not mean that everything of GR is wrong. The clocks and frequencies do appear
to change due to gravity.
Ron Hatch has his own observations
on the time relativity in the GPS system. It might be interesting to see if he is correct.
Also: most "evidence" of gravitational bending of light seems to simply ignore the presence of plasma.
So generally, gravity does not seem to bend light.
But it is hard to discuss these things without being regarded as a "crackpot".
As a scientists I am very interested into finding out the truth,
and not into holding on to any belief system.