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Scientists then faced the dilemma. They believed the earth was moving through space, but the Michelson-Morley experiment and similar experiments indicated that the earth was somehow stationery relative to the aether at all times.

Scientists then faced the dilemma. They believed the earth was moving through space, but the Michelson-Morley experiment and similar experiments indicated that the earth was somehow stationery relative to the aether at all times.

A number of theories were proposed to explain the paradox, including the idea that the aether might in some way be "dragged along" by the earth.  In the end the theory of special relativity (See [[Theory of relativity]]) became the accepted explanation, and the concept of the aether was subsequently rejected, as experimental evidence accumulated in support of the theory of Relativity. Modern speculative concepts such as a space-time which can be folded by gravitation (a concept vital to [[General Relativity]]), or the [[Higgs Field]] (a proposed concept in particle physics to explain the gravitational force) have been misinterpreted by laymen to be the aether of pre-Einsteinian physics.

A number of theories were proposed to explain the paradox, including the idea that the aether might in some way be "dragged along" by the earth.  In the end the theory of special relativity (See [[Theory of relativity]]) became the accepted explanation, and the concept of the aether was subsequently rejected, as experimental evidence accumulated in support of the theory of Relativity. Modern concepts such as a foldable (by gravitation) space-time (a concept vital to [[General Relativity]]), or the [[Higgs Field]] (a proposed hypothetical concept in particle physics to explain the gravitational force) have been misinterpreted by laymen to be the aether of pre-Einsteinian physics.

==Objections to the current view==

==Objections to the current view==