Hi. I'm not "replying" exactly; I'm a newbie and I lurk to learn.... until something I see makes me really, really want to chime in!
The dialogue with the riverrat has been fascinating. Whether to laugh or cry.....?
My comment is merely that I am almost 80 years old, and a high-school dropout, and I know about the Luminiferous Aether and the MIchelson-Morley experiment.
Sheesh, to coin a phrase.