Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@brl-vld From: gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: preferred frames in Relativity Theory Message-ID: <3369@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-Jul-83 01:15:52 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3369 Posted: Fri Jul 29 01:15:52 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 25-Jul-83 22:30:53 EDT Lines: 9 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)The main point of General Relativity was that coordinates are completely an artifice, and physical phenomena do not know or care about coordinates. The exact mathematical expression of this principle encompasses more than just inertial frames... According to this interpretation, relativity DOES have something to say about an Earth-centered universe: "Go right ahead, but you're being silly."