EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
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The dictionary definition of empirical evidence is evidence relating to or based on experience or observation. This type of evidence is necessary for a theory to be confirmed.
If true scientific method were always followed, empirical evidence would be used without fail and things would run smoothly. However, this is not the case. The use of valid empirical evidence to confirm or partly confirm a theory can be prevented and is prevented almost all the time, according to the dictates of the current paradigm. The methods that are used are listed below. These methods are not part of a conspiracy, but rather have to do with each individual having his own prejudices and reasons for preventing a newly presented theory from being accepted.
1. When more than one theory can explain the evidence, the evidence is applied to the first theory presented, especially if that theory is part of the current paradigm. Any theory subsequently presented is not allowed to use this evidence as proof or partial proof of its validity.
2. When more than one theory can explain the evidence, the evidence presented by the person or group with the least prestige in scientific circles is not allowed to use the evidence to support that theory.
3. If the evidence shows flaws in the existing paradigm, it is given a new name that is misleading and causes it to be set aside and subsequently ignored.
4. If the evidence shows flaws in the existing paradigm, its publication is prevented insofar as possible, especially in textbooks. The evidence is then ignored and subsequent generations never discover its existence.
5. If an error in math or interpretation that is not detectable at the time causes evidence to be accepted as proof for a particular theory, after the error has been discovered the "proof" for that theory is kept as if there had been no error and the theory continues to exist as long as it is part of the existing paradigm. Newly presented theories which are not part of the existing paradigm may not be supported by the corrected evidence.
Nether (dynamic ether) theory has a multitude of examples of supporting empirical evidence that is often denied according to who looks at that evidence. If the person examining it has a reason to prevent nether theory from being accepted, one or more of the above methods is used to prevent the evidence from being acceptable. This may be a no more than a subconscious decision, and it may be made by anyone from a magazine editor to an interested individual. The newly presented theory is often a threat to a person's fundamental belief system, a very few people can tolerate such a threat. A few examples are given below, followed by the methods used to prevent acceptance of the evidence.
(1) Sagnac used an experiment similar to that of Michelson and Morley except that he found a way to avoid the possible variable of "entrained ether" that was given as a failure for the low relative velocities found with the MM type of experiment. He used a rotating apparatus which showed the proper relative velocities and proved that ether exists. Using method 3 above, his data was suppressed by the physics community. Today his work is used extensively by engineers for purposes of global navigation.
(2) The gradual acceptance of electron "spin" is an example of method 3. The more logical explanation for spin was never allowed to surface and the name "spin" was used to cover up the fact that it might well be a vortex. Today, quantum mechanics is beginning to move closer to the truth, and if left alone might eventually discover it. However, the popular Copenhagen interpretation must first give way to the less spectacular Bohm interpretation. This may not happen easily because of the popular addiction to misleading "science fiction" such as Star Trek or Star Wars.
(3) The more sophisticated experiments of the type done by Michelson and Morley show very detailed relative ether velocities that indicate something more is at work than anticipated. Nether theory shows why these experiments did not show the expected values. Methods 4 and 5 have been and are being used to suppress this evidence.
(4) Gravity and the inverse square law are hard evidence for nether theory. No one can deny that gravity exists because things still fall down. Try dropping a brick on your toe and you will agree. The inverse square law is a known fact. Nether theory is supported because it is the least complex and most easily visualized theory for gravity today, and shows how the inverse square law is created. However, methods 1, 2, and 4 are used against it.
(5) Gravity is very weak at the subatomic level as compared to other forces, and very strong where there is a collection of more mass. This strongly supports nether theory. Method 4 is used.
(6) Magnetism and the flux field support nether theory very strongly. Method 4 is used.
(7) In 1923, Compton showed that photons have an energy of "hf" and a momentum of "hf/c", where "h" is Planck's constant, "f" is frequency (sometimes given as "v"), and "c" is the speed of light. However, according to the nether theory for light as a wave of acceleration, Compton's "c" was actually "c/t". Compton could not know this because both "c" and "c/t" are the same numerically. Methods 1, 2, and 5 have been used.
(8) Flux fields around current-carrying wires as well as induction support nether theory. Method 4 is used.
(9) Pulsed direct current (DC) can be transformed into alternating current (AC). This strongly supports nether theory. Method 4 is used.
(10) The phenomenon of radio waves supports nether theory. Method 4 is used.
(11) The existence of Planck's constant strongly supports nether theory. Method 4 is used.
(12) The vast number of short-lived new "particles" that continue to be found in experiments in particle accelerators show that particle physics is becoming more and more complex. Science is supposed to develop and prove theories which arrive at principles which simplify things rather than add to the complexity. Nether theory predicts that more and more types of particles will be found because every new particle is merely a vortex of nether or a combination of vortices. They can come in all sizes and shapes as long they are not stable. This supports nether theory. Methods 1, 2, and 4 are used.
(13) Gravity has been shown to be "instantaneous" when the earth is moving along its orbit, and moving at lightspeed when bodies eclipse other bodies. Nether theory is supported by this evidence. Methods 1, 2, and 4 are used.
(14) Gravity lensing supports nether theory. Einstein's theory predicted it first. Methods 1 and 2 are used.
(15) Time dilation supports nether theory. Einstein's theory predicted it first. Methods 1 and 2 are used.
(16) The fact that electrons and positrons are the only known stable "particles" that are not composed of quarks supports nether theory. Methods 1, 2, and 4 are used.
The more easily presented of the examples shown above are found in detail within this website. The others are found in the series of books called Behind Light's Illusion.
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