Support for my criticism of Einstein

THE EDITOR: This past month, the international journal Physics Essays published one of my papers in which I argue that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity (GTR), which asserts that acceleration produces gravity, is wrong. (See the website address     www.eng.uwi.tt/depts/elec/staff/sgift/FRAME.htm). 

This marks a milestone in my research as I have been advancing the case against Einstein for the past 15 years, but have only now obtained an international hearing.  Of course, publication of my paper does not necessarily mean that I am right, but it does indicate that the reviewers of my paper, who are qualified physicists, were sufficiently persuaded to have recommended its publication. In 1988, when at a seminar in the Physics Department at the University of the West Indies (UWI) I first presented my case against GTR in which I argued that acceleration does not produce gravity, there seemed to be silent agreement that I was wrong, even though no one could identify the error in my argument.

 Later that year at a lecture in the Engineering Faculty at UWI before a large agitated audience, there was more overt disagreement with a few being openly hostile.  Today, GTR is just as revered as it was then but apart from the publication of my paper, there is now a growing group of international physicists who like me consider the theory to be invalid. I wish to place on record my deep appreciation for the considerable support I have received and continue to receive from members of the public in Trinidad and Tobago.  Many individuals, some of whom I do not know, have expressed  admiration for my efforts, seemingly fascinated by the idea that someone in this country could dare to challenge the international scientific community. I have come to the realisation that my actions involved much risk as those in the pastwho have questioned mainstream ideas have usually paid a high price for so doing. Dr Paul Marmet of the University of Ottawa was a respected physicist until he questioned the orthodox explanation for quantum mechanics. Dr Halton Arp, an accomplished professional astronomer was forced out of the United States because he reported observations that contradicted the big bang theory.

In this country there are those who believe that my open disagreement with relativity theory makes me unfit to teach at the University. In the face of this antagonism, I suspect that my real contributions in Electrical Engineering have helped to shield me from such intolerance. I have devoted considerable time and effort in carefully examining the issues involved before drawing the conclusions that I have.  With the publication of my paper, I feel some level of vindication. I have since turned my attention to Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity (STR) which deals with high-speed phenomena.  This aspect of relativity theory, which underpins most of modern physics, asserts that light travels at the same speed, regardless of the motion of the observer.  Thus, according to STR, if a traffic light some distance away emits a flash of light, an individual standing on the roadway will measure exactly the same light speed as a motorist traveling towards the traffic light. This idea, sometimes referred to as Einstein’s Principle of Light Propagation, is contrary to the common sense expectation that the motorist, because of his movement towards the traffic light, would measure a higher light speed than the individual. I have thoroughly investigated this claim and have come to the inescapable conclusion that this principle, though universally accepted, is nevertheless false; the motorist will measure a higher light speed. STR, like GTR, is therefore invalid.

As we approach the 100th year since the introduction of the theory of relativity in 1905, while significant scientific progress has been made, I am of the view that considerable more could have been accomplished but for science’s embrace of a relativistic worldview. After many years of research, I see the flaws in this theory with a clarity that makes me wonder how a century of brilliant scientists could have been and continue to be fooled by a theory that to me is so obviously wrong! Yours sincerely,

DR STEPHEN GIFT
Senior Lecturer