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WHY NO ONE BELIEVED EINSTEIN
JSTOR Daily ^ | 19 Aug, 2016 | MATTHEW WILLS

Posted on 08/20/2016 12:22:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber

WWith hindsight, it seems as though scientific breakthroughs sweep quickly to universal acceptance. A paper is published and everybody says, “Eureka!” But that’s not necessarily the case. Sometimes scientists have too much invested in the status quo to accept a new way of looking at things. This was certainly true when Albert Einstein‘s 1905 paper on “special relativity” first challenged the British conception of ether. Einstein argued that space and time were bound up together (something he would elaborate on in his theory of general relativity of 1915, adding gravity to the mix of space/time), a complicated idea that contradicted the long-held belief in something called ether.

In the 19th century, ether (not to be confused with the once-popular anesthetic diethyl ether) was the medium that scientists believed filled space. It might be considered the first “dark matter,” an undetectable something theory said should be out there, the explanation for a number of problems having to do with electricity, the movement of light, even the whole concept of “nothing.” It was, according to one early-20th-century physicist, “accepted as a necessity by all modern physicists.” But as Einstein’s theory noted, there was no experimental confirmation for the substance. There was no proof it existed, other than that the scientific establishment had accepted the concept.

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TOPICS: Education; Science
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; relativity
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To: MtnClimber

Sheldon’s grandfather argued that Einstein was wrong.


41 posted on 08/20/2016 4:31:14 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“Science is never settled.
Explain that to an evolutionist. They are settled.”

Yep: Evolutionists are dogmatic just like any religionist.


42 posted on 08/20/2016 4:33:51 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: MtnClimber

But Al Gore promised it was settled.


43 posted on 08/20/2016 4:34:47 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Al Gore, Orchestrating the crisis the leftists need with the solution being government control of energy (the means of production).


44 posted on 08/20/2016 4:38:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: PIF

Not really. Newtons calculus,root finding, and fundamental laws still have massive useage and importance

There is no such thing as free energy


45 posted on 08/20/2016 4:49:30 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Nifster

That was part of Maxwell’s equations. It was one that was discarded by Oliver Heavyside because like the other 196 he considered ‘abominations’ because they were field equations not his familiar vector equations. The four he kept he converted from field to vector thus giving all we know about the electromagnetic spectrum and created the path for modern civilization.

Point is that Maxwell showed that there is more to existence than just the electromagnetic spectrum we are familiar with ... free energy is all around us (light, and gamma rays, etc) but we know of no way to harness it which is were the discarded 196 field equations come in.

Newton’s stuff was only baby steps; Maxwell stuff was the heavy lifting.


46 posted on 08/20/2016 5:11:35 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Nifster
Had a graduate math class, and when we started working on Maxwell's equations the professor slowed down to a crawl. Maxwell was a genius. If you want to understand Maxwell's equations get Dr. Gilbert Strang’s book on applied mathematics.
47 posted on 08/20/2016 5:13:47 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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To: kosciusko51

You are right. Thanks.


48 posted on 08/20/2016 5:23:26 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: All

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Max Planck

I also heard this as “science advances one funeral at a time”.


49 posted on 08/20/2016 5:48:09 PM PDT by Holdem Or Foldem (If it is settled it isn't science. :))
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To: PIF

Light and gamma rays are part of the electro magnetic spectrum. Don’t be spouting silliness


50 posted on 08/20/2016 8:42:35 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: PIF

Your last sentence shows that your lack an understanding of Newton and his works


51 posted on 08/20/2016 8:43:35 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Do the math

Thanks I always appreciate a lead on good mathematics books. I understand maxwells equations well enough.


52 posted on 08/20/2016 8:45:39 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: AFreeBird

“Does Einstein have to fall for FTL to work?”

Actually, no.

If you can reduce an object’s mass to zero, you can theoretically travel faster than light. Many have posited that that’s how ET does it.


53 posted on 08/20/2016 9:03:10 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Nifster
Dr. Strang is one of the best mathematicians that I have ever met. He can make the complex seem simple.
54 posted on 08/20/2016 10:25:12 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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To: Nifster
Dr. Strang is one of the best mathematicians that I have ever met. He can make the complex seem simple.
55 posted on 08/20/2016 10:25:25 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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To: Nifster

You misunderstand the entire concept of Maxwell’s importance to modern civilization. Of course light and gamma rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum - and they are also energy that could be available if we knew how to harness it - light is already partially harnessed by solar panels, but that is indirect.

Newton’s forte was a natural philosopher who laid the groundwork for the scientific revolution. Maxwell was a theoretical physicist who laid the mathematical groundwork for modern civilization - without whom Einstein would have remained a obscure mathematician working in the Patent Office and Tesla would have done something else.


56 posted on 08/21/2016 3:22:05 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

You are so ignorant in terms of physics, optics, and electro optics....


57 posted on 08/21/2016 5:03:33 AM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Nifster

Nice!


58 posted on 08/21/2016 5:19:39 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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