[Physicist]

The Einstein camp seems to hold that magnetic fields are going to propagate outwards at the same speed as do electromagnetic waves, likewise for Gravity.

Again, FIELDS DON'T PROPAGATE. Changes in fields propagate.

Why don't your (or rather, Van Flandern's) arguments also apply to a central electrostatic field? Explain that to me.

Both the Einstein and Newton camps seem to hold that Gravity's field propagates faster than Gravity's waves, which seem to have been shown to accelerate at 9.8 m/s^2.

=:-O

I'm beginning to suspect that I'm falling for a troll.

[Southack]

"Again, FIELDS DON'T PROPAGATE. Changes in fields propagate."

Start with an electromagnet in the OFF position.

Magnetic field covers no area.

Now turn it ON.

Magnetic field now covers some finite area.

How did it go from covering no area to covering a finite area if it did not propagate outwards from the electromagnet at some speed, per your claim above?