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Still within that link I found this.
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Experiments Which Apparently are NOT Consistent with SR/GR
It is clear that most if not all of these experiments have difficulties which are unrelated to SR. In some cases the inconsistent experiment has been carefully repeated and been shown to be in error (e.g. Miller, Kantor); in others the experimental result is so outrageous that any serious attempt to reproduce it is unlikely (e.g. Esclangon); in still other cases there are great uncertainties and/or unknowns involved (e.g. Mirabel, Nodland), and some are so recent that no consensus has yet developed (e.g. Nodland, Anderson). In any case, no reproducible and generally-accepted experiment is inconsistent with SR, within its domain of applicability. Yes in the case of a few anomalous experiments there is an aspect of this being a self-fulfilling prophecy (being inconsistent with SR may be considered to be an indication that the experiment is not acceptable). Note also that few if any standard references or textbooks even mention the possibility that some experiments might be inconsistent with SR, and there are also aspects of publication bias in the literature -- some of these papers appear in obscure journals. Some of those papers exhibit various levels of incompetence, which explains their authors' difficulty in being published in mainstream peer-reviewed journals; the presence of major peer-reviewed journals here indicates it is not impossible for an anomalous experiment to get published in them.
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In fairness it goes on given that qualification to deal with the results. So I dont think I am alone in questioning many of the "experiments" put forward.
I mean lets face it if you are doing a thesis as part of your degree on the subject you are not going to attack it like I could be interpreted as doing.
The clocks ..the differences is measured in nano seconds... I know scientist can read low numbers but doesnot anyone feel this is a big judgement to make on such a small observable "difference". To someone familar with the precission of atomic clocks are better qualified to comment but I am suspicious of the result.
alex
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