Re: Parity Eotvos experiment, update

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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>Uncle Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[snip]
>> If the parity Eotvos experiment gives net output, then
>> the Equivalence Principle is counterdemonstrated and all metric
>> theories of gravitation are WRONG at their founding postulate.  Affine
>> theories take over.
>
>Nah. Metric theories would simply pick up with a bi-metric
>variation and continue on at the same window. One metric for
>left handed and one for right.  You don't need to go as far
>as giving up metrics. In fact, there are several candidate
>theories hanging around waiting for an experiment.
>
>People have messed about with bi-metric theories for several
>decades at least.  Various things have been tried. For example,
>I recall a theory in which fermions and bozons had different
>metrics. Or one in which hadrons and leptons had different
>metrics. These were all great fun, but nobody ever saw a
>violation of the equiv. principle, so none of them ever got
>very far.
>Socks


can you cite a few of your favorites?

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