E11 - Michelson Morley 360: The Real Answer From Every Angle. Ask Us Whatever.

Joe Sorge takes viewers through an explanation of one the most important and misunderstood experiments involving the speed of light, the Michelson Morley experiment. While Einstein believed light speed had to be constant under all circumstances, Joe shows us that light speed does not need to be constant if you eliminate the notion of an ether from the model of how light propagates through space. In this episode Joe demonstrates that light can appear to move at a constant speed in all directions in a moving reference frame, yet at the same time travel at direction-dependent speeds through space. In other words, traveling faster than speed c through space while appearing to all observers in all moving reference frames to travel at speed c in all directions within their reference frames. Intrigued? Watch the full episode.

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0:00 - Intro
1:25 - How The Michelson Morley Experiment Works
2:10 - FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction
2:53 - Einstein's Length Contraction
4:43 - Michelson Morley Without Length Contraction
5:06 - Light Traveling Faster Than Speed C
7:13 - Why Prime Symbols?
7:36 - Alternative Relativity Model
8:31 - Simplifying Observer's Perspectives
9:46 - Length Contraction Fudge Factor
10:15 - My Formula Also Contains + or - V Term
10:34 - Impact of These Formulas on Michelson Morley Result
12:04 - Measuring Tools
12:51 - Y-Prime Component Of Speed
13:53 - Light Traveling From Distant Stars
14:25 - Michelson Morley Needs Constant Roundtrip Times
17:10 - Take Home Messages / Summary

Written and Produced by Joe Sorge.
Directed and Edited by Sascha Fridberg.
Filmed by Sascha Fridberg.

3D Animations and Modeling by Jacob Lipsky, Scott McKay Gibson.
2D Animations by Sascha Fridberg, Jacob Lipsky, Bianca Volper.

Theme Music by Scott McKay Gibson.
Sound Design and Mix by Paul Hackner.