@Smudge
Jefimenko shows nothing at all against relativity, he has no theory, only a treatment of electromagnetism by delayed potentials, which shows the limits of Maxwell's electromagnetism and is part of academic science. On the contrary Jefimenko supports in a remarkable way what relativity predicts in this field, relativity which goes far beyond the only field of electromagnetism he talks about.
Relativity explains as well the effects of gravity on the planets, as the magnetic field from the coulombic field, as the shift of clocks subjected to gravity, and many other things, and all this is only the consequence that we live in a 4D space, not 3D.
Everyone has the right to believe in the theories he wants, in the wholly concepts of the least eccentric who expresses himself on the WEB or in ether theories that the experiments do not verify, or even contradict. But a theory in science is a logical and well formalized set capable of providing quantified predictions of effects. The opinion of anyone unable to provide convincing quantified experiments or to explain, except by using ad hoc explanations for particular cases, what relativity globally explains from a simple and universal cause, and easily calculates, such as the life span of radioactive elements according to their speed, the perihelion of Mercury or the shift of clocks, is useless.
To understand with relativity what smarter people have understood for more than a century before, should be the duty of every researcher, as well as to encourage those who promote and popularize it, instead of reproaching them.
This thread is dedicated to relativity in electromagnetism, it is normal that we talk about it "ad nauseum", it is the subject ! When you will be able to propose, instead of knee-jerk criticisms without foundation, a better theory, formalized, and as solid and global as relativity, you will have the conditions to be listened seriously.
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