The Sage of Main Street
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The Classroom Imprisons the MindThat's crazy that you are an old school aetherist. I 've never met one. My thoughts on the aether that I once avidly supported, is that space IS the aether. There's no need for a lining of a substance. All the effects of the aether are effects on space. Space as a medium that is unbreakable into smaller constituent parts would explain why object's don't emit gravity waves behind them when moving through space. Also when energy is stored into particle form, it keeps its shape. As well as further evidence in magnetic fields, I would say the universe is a one and can't be broken down. The medium of space is different in properties then other medium's because of these reasons.
Space is a substance that slows down light to c. One question that is never asked by captive students is "Why can't light go faster?"