> On May 19, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> But if there *were* an ether, it would solve several of Traveller's physics problems. E.g. it would provide an absolute rest frame to resolve various relativistic problems, it would give reactionless drives something to push against, etc. never mind that it's completely invalidated by various experiments. :)

Yeah, but who’s to say that Michelson or Morely weren’t Vilani plants working to derail us form discovering jump drive…

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