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Subject: Re: REASONS RELATIVISTS GIVE FOR DOUBLED DEFLECTION OF NEWTON'S:
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 22:15:58 +0200
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Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> wrote:

> On 2024-06-29 13:43:05 +0000, LaurenceClarkCrossen said:
> 
> > REASONS RELATIVISTS GIVE FOR DOUBLED DEFLECTION OF NEWTON'S:

Don't reason, solve the equations.

> > 1. Newton's plus curved space.
> > 2. Gravity plus gravitational potential.
> > 3. 2 spin photons.
> > 4.
> 
> 
> 4. Newton's prediction is half of the correct value.

And it was a completely ad-hoc 'prediction' to begin with.
(and Newton never even thought of it)

Using Huygens instead, one would have predicted a zero deflection.
There just wasn't any meaningful connection between light and gravity
until Einstein formulated the equivalence principle,

Jan