The "physical world" itself has only a relative existence to the particular consciousness that observes it. If that consciousness is a male, excitation will exist when a female enters the scene. If that consciousness is a female, this will not exist.
On Tuesday, 20 May 2025 at 06:37:20 UTC+3 Alan Grayson wrote: > “Then there occurred to me the 'glucklichste Gedanke meines Lebens,' the > happiest thought of my life, in the following form. *The gravitational > field has only a relative existence in a way similar to the electric field > generated by magnetoelectric induction.* Because for an observer falling > freely from the roof of a house there exists-at least in his immediate > surroundings-no gravitational field [his italics]. Indeed, if the observer > drops some bodies then these remain relative to him in a state of rest or > of uniform motion, independent of their particular chemical or physical > nature (in this consideration the air resistance is, of course, ignored). > The observer therefore has the right to interpret his state as 'at rest.' > Because of this idea, the uncommonly peculiar experimental law that in the > gravitational field all bodies fall with the same acceleration attained at > once a deep physical meaning. Namely, if there were to exist just one > single object that falls in the gravitational field in a way different from > all others, then with its help the observer could realize that he is ina > gravitational field and is falling in it. If such an object does not exist, > however-as experience has shown with great accuracy-then the observer lacks > any objective means of perceiving himself as falling in a gravitational > field. Rather he has the right to consider his state as one of rest and his > environment as field-free relative to gravitation. The experimentally known > matter independence of the acceleration of fall is therefore a powerful > argument for the fact that the relativity postulate has to be extended to > coordinate systems which, relative to each other, are in non-uniform > motion.” > ― Albert Einstein > > What does the sentence emphasized by me, mean? TY, AG > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/325b9f44-932e-4b43-a8c4-ab480989e03fn%40googlegroups.com.
