lizzie wrote:Tom Bearden
http://www.cheniere.org/misc/flaws_in_c ... theory.htm
Flaws in Classical EM Theory
1. Eliminates the Internal EM Inside the Scalar Potential.
2. No Definition of Electrical Charge or of Scalar Potential.
Both the scalar potential and scalar charge are part of the Maxwell equations.
3. Equations Still Assume Material Ether Per Maxwell (Unchanged).
4. Use of Force Fields in Vacuum is False (and Known to be So).[\quote]
Maxwell was convinced of a Material Ether, Einstein postulated that all forces interact through matter and as such the Material Ether is not required.
(4) is basically the same statement as (3)
5. Treats Charge q as Unitary Instead of Coupled System q=ø(q)m(q).
The unitary charge q is a postulate in atomic interaction. It is not an essential part of the Maxwell equations.
6. Confuses Massless Potential Gradients as Forces
7. Does Not Utilize Mass as a Component of Force
??? Newtons laws can be derived from Maxwell's equations.
8. Erroneously Assumes EM Force Field as Primary Causes.
9. Topology of EM Model Has Been Substantially Reduced.
These are model postulates, not observed facts, so I cannot see how these are errors of classical EM theory.
10. Does Not Include Quantum Potential or Action at a Distance.
Quantum effects follow from phase constraints on the EM wave functions. Action at a distance from coupled systems.
11. Does Not Include Superluminal Velocity of Inner EM Components.
Not sure what Bearden means with that. Depends whether one looks at Phase Velocity or Group Velocity. The product of the two is c^2.
12. Does Not Utilize Extended Near-Field Coulomb Gauge Effects.
Does not ring any bell with me, so no comment.
13. Does Not Include EM Generatrix Mechanism For Time Flow.
Help! What is this? From Bearden's website it looks like a scalar wave model of the EM field. This fits with perfectly well with Maxwell.
14. Does Not Unify Photon and Wave Aspects (Requires 7-D Model).
A photon can be explained as a transfer of an exact amount of energy between two quantized resonators through EM radiation.
15. Does Not Include Electron Spin and Precession
If the electron itself is a continuous wave it can have a magnetic moment.
16. Treats EM Energy As Existing in "Chunks," Instead of as Flow.
Stable non-radiating systems (e.g. an atom) will have quantized amounts of energy because of phase restrictions on the EM waves.
17. Confuses Energy and Energy Collection.
How?
18. Discards Half of Every EM Wave in Vacuum.
Solutions to the Maxwell equations have waves propagating both forward and backward in time. If the size of the system is restricted, one could do with a single sided solution.
19. Erroneously Uses Transverse Vacuum Wave; It's Quasi-Longitudinal.
These are two different representations that are equivalent.
20. Arbitrarily Regauges Maxwell's Equations to Eliminate Overunity Maxwellian Systems.
I don't agree.
21. Omits Phase Conjugate Optics Effects (Which are the Rule in Internal EM).
I do not think this has anything to do with EM basics.
22. Does Not Include EM Cause of Newtonian Reaction Force.
23. Erroneously Assumes Separate Force Acting on Separate Mass.
See (7).
24. Confuses Detected Electron Precession Waves as Proving Transverse EM Waves in Vacuum (Remnant of Old "EM Fluid" Concept).
See 19
25. Due to Error in String Wave, Omits the Ubiquitous Antiwave.
See (18)
26. Assumes Equilibrium; Not True Unless Include Vacuum Interactions.
Vacuum interactions are not needed if one realizes that a system that exchanges energy is a collective system with a minimum of two elements.
27. Higher Toplogy Required, to Model Electromagnetic Reality.
Let's try to understand four dimensional space-time first.
28. Lorentz surface integration discards Poynting energy transport.
See 26. Seperating things can leads to the wrong conclusions
29. Has nothing at all to say about form of EM entities in massless space.
Massless space would be forceless space.
30. Eliminates the infolded general relativity using EM-force as curve agent.
This sentence makes no sense to me, so I can't answer.
31. Does not include longitudinal EM wave phase conjugate pairs as time domain oscillations.
See 18
32. Does not include EM mechanism that generates time flow and flow rate.
33. Does not include time-excitation charging and decay.
34. Does not include time-reversal zones.
Time is a basic dimension in Maxwell, so it does not flow. It is a measurement yardstick. The phase of a wave can progress at different rates.
Gabriel Lafreniere himself states that he does not describe any new physics.