A Revolution in Thought: Part Two

[davidm]

Oh, peacegirl? This:

Originally Posted by specious_reasons

Really? You disagree? How?

In Fizeau's experiment, he determined that the light was blocked by visual inspection. If he saw the light reflected off the mirror in real time, his geared wheel would have to be spinning fast enough to block his view as soon as the light reached the mirror. That would be (distance from gear to mirror)/time.

Instead, he calculated the speed based on the distance between the gear and mirror and back, 2*(distance from gear to mirror)/time.

If real time seeing were correct, Fizeau would have calculated the speed of light two times faster than the correct speed of light.

Conclusive disproof of Lessans' real-time seeing claim, and right here on earth, too, just as you asked for! What now? Another hissy fit?