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#:Quantum field theory abounds with fields.  The Higgs particle has a Higgs field.  It has nothing to do with the "luminiferous aether".

#:Quantum field theory abounds with fields.  The Higgs particle has a Higgs field.  It has nothing to do with the "luminiferous aether".

#''Minkowski space is predicated on the idea of four-dimensional vectors of which one component is time.  However, one of the properties of a vector space is that every vector have an inverse.  Time cannot be a vector because it has no inverse.''

#''Minkowski space is predicated on the idea of four-dimensional vectors of which one component is time.  However, one of the properties of a vector space is that every vector have an inverse.  Time cannot be a vector because it has no inverse.''

#:Time isn't a vector.  It is a component of the vector space known as "spacetime".  Vectors have negatives; the word "inverse" is not typically used here.  While there are thermodynamic and other reasons for not allowing time to go backwards in the real world, the mathematics of spacetime allow vectors with any components, even negative ones.

#:Time isn't a vector.  It is a component of the vector space known as "spacetime".  Vectors have negatives; the word "inverse" is not typically used here.  While there are thermodynamic and other reasons for not allowing time to go backwards in the real world, the mathematics of spacetime allow vectors with any components, even negative ones. Mathematicians define a 4-dimensional vector space as having two operators: addition and scalar multiplication.  There is also the identity vector (0,0,0,0). So, to the extent that one asks what vector can be added to (0,0,0,t) to produce (0,0,0,0), the answer is (0,0,0,-t), but that has nothing to do with realtivity.

#''In Genesis 1:6-8, we are told that one of God's first creations was a firmament in the heavens. This likely refers to the creation of the luminiferous aether.''

#''In Genesis 1:6-8, we are told that one of God's first creations was a firmament in the heavens. This likely refers to the creation of the luminiferous aether.''

#:That a Bible verse "likely" refers to a scientific phenomenon does not make good science.  The objection appears to be claiming that the Bible contradicts the Michelson-Morley experiment, so the latter must be wrong.  The Michelson-Morley experiment is very well known, has been repeated countless times, and is incontrovertible.  To suggest that the Bible verse in Genesis contradicts such an incontrovertible phenomenon does a disservice to both the Bible and to science.

#:That a Bible verse "likely" refers to a scientific phenomenon does not make good science.  The objection appears to be claiming that the Bible contradicts the Michelson-Morley experiment, so the latter must be wrong.  The Michelson-Morley experiment is very well known, has been repeated countless times, and is incontrovertible.  To suggest that the Bible verse in Genesis contradicts such an incontrovertible phenomenon does a disservice to both the Bible and to science.