why don't people discuss?

Question

Ether
http://www.matchrockets.com/ether/ethermain.html
as much as they discuss the other forces in life

Answer 1

Current scientific theory rejects the concept of either.

Light, unlike other waves, does not appear to require a medium to propagate.

For what it's worth though, the idea of either appears to have been replaced with "The space-time continuum" or space-time.

The website statement:
>Michelson and Morley tried to detect the Ether using interferometry with their famous experiment. The result--a "null." Its existence was not proven or disproven.

Is a bit of a distortion. Between Einstein & Michelson/Morley the concept of ether fell from favor. Hence the lack of dicussion.

Answer 2

"ether" theory became futile, after Einstein's Relativity.