Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Thomas Heger Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: The failure of the unified field theory means general relativity fails. Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:49:18 +0200 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <693b1f71c994c268d60983eb81fc6aaa@www.novabbs.com> <17db55a7e5709ab7$1933$480477$c2365abb@news.newsdemon.com> <9283a49bcc091b1f621ebd566d650a38@www.novabbs.com> <6677e170$0$11724$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net YA8j9++U3B5awp1kNr1tdA/M9TBKTjZq7yA5F+DjIT/QiNYkzI Cancel-Lock: sha1:rdWjGLDK4tcNyuXCtRbkn7u0tUQ= sha256:fNgu1ZGQKARRW3q3BJLDk2DDc8EZ3rZCmTvxD9yRBSM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2066 Am Dienstag000025, 25.06.2024 um 05:57 schrieb Tom Roberts: >>> Nope. YOU have imposed specific units onto the formula/equation. The >>> equation itself does not impose any particular units on its variables >>> and constants [@], it merely requires that they be self-consistent. >>> >>>    [@] There are many systems of units in common use. You >>>    seem to think there is only one. >> >> A forteriori, any result that depends on any particular choice >> of units (or dimensions) is unphysical. > > Yes, of course. Good point. Similarly, any result that depends on choice > of coordinates is unphysical. > Not quite... Because velocity is 'relative' (relative in respect to what you regard as 'stationary'), kinetic energy is frame dependent. Since the used coordinate system defines 'stationary', you need a coordinate system for kinetic energy and that for practically everything else. TH