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Originally Posted by BobbyGene
think we establish local frames of reference in many discussions. Does not the Earth go around the Sun? Does this not make the Sun the LOCAL preferred Frame of Reference?
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No, just the "local frame being used". "Preferred" has a different meaning, in this context, than "the one we want to use".
In a preferred reference frame, the physics works and there are other reference frames where the physics does not work. It might be better to say, there is no non-preferred reference frame (that is, the physics works in all reference frames) but the context makes clear what is meant. Usually.