DarbyII
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And let's face facts. The best that Titor could post as far as the physics goes was:
ds^2 = -ct^2 + x^2 + y^2 + z^2
Some people have raved that his knowledge of physics was wonderful - he was some sort of physics genius. Apparently those same people have never taken a high school Geometry I class. The equation is nothing more than a very simplistic statement of spacetime geometry in the form of the Pythagorean Theorem in 4 dimensions - an equation that carpenters use every day, c^2 = a^2 + b^2, so they get the walls of your new house square.
So to be clear about this:
The equation is perfectly valid and it is taught in both advanced high school and basic college physics (Special Relativity). The point is that it is the very beginning of understanding Special and General Relativity and it is not even close to being the complete theory. The complete theory is much, much more complex and requires a thorough understanding of very advanced college level calculus and analytic geometry. It's a great statement about the reality of the physics but it is not a "genius" statement from a forum poster 100 years after Einstein and Minkowski had the flash "Eureka!" moment.