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On 22 Oct, 23:54, "hhc...@yahoo.com" <hhc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Oct 21, 10:44 am, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.bnl.gov/community/Tours/TYSaDTW.asp
> > "Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day....Afternoon brought a
> > special production of Einstein! Einstein!....Herr Professor Doctor
> > Doctor (brilliant and handsome, but lacking a well-stuck mustache)
> > explains physics.....The lecture was followed by a rousing game of
> > "That's my Theory!"  Herr Doctor introduced three scientists who all
> > claimed to be Einstein. Each of the scientists answered questions
> > about themselves -- and their theories -- and the audience was asked
> > to figure out which one was really "Einstein.".....The audience
> > applauded to vote which scientist they thought was "Einstein."
> > Professor Chanteuse led the audience in singing "Divine Einstein"
> > while the scientists changed into their real costumes......Einstein
> > explains that imagination is more important than knowledge. Einstein!
> > Einstein!  He's our man! led by volunteers from the audience.
> > Einstein! Einstein!  He's our man! If he can't solve it, no one can!"
>
> > The final results:
>
> >http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/ingdahl2.html
> > "But there has been a marked global decrease of students willing to
> > study physics, and funding has decreased accordingly. Not only that,
> > the best students are not heading for studies in physics, finding
> > other fields more appealing, and science teachers to schools are
> > getting scarcer in supply. In fact, warning voices are being heard
> > about the spread of a "scientific illiteracy" where many living in
> > technologically advanced societies lack the knowledge and the ability
> > for critical thinking in order to function in their daily
> > environment."
>
> > http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/comment/story/0,9828,1648111,00.html
> > "We are nearing the end of the "World Year of Physics", otherwise
> > known as Einstein Year, as it is the centenary of his annus mirabilis
> > in which he made three incredible breakthroughs, including special
> > relativity. In fact, it was 100 years ago yesterday that he published
> > the most famous equation in the history of physics: E=mc2. But instead
> > of celebrating, physicists are in mourning after a report showed a
> > dramatic decline in the number of pupils studying physics at school.
> > The number taking A-level physics has dropped by 38% over the past 15
> > years, a catastrophic meltdown that is set to continue over the next
> > few years. The report warns that a shortage of physics teachers and a
> > lack of interest from pupils could mean the end of physics in state
> > schools. Thereafter, physics would be restricted to only those
> > students who could afford to go to posh schools. Britain was the home
> > of Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Paul Dirac, and Brits made world-
> > class contributions to understanding gravity, quantum physics and
> > electromagnetism - and yet the British physicist is now facing
> > extinction. But so what? Physicists are not as cuddly as pandas, so
> > who cares if we disappear?"
>
> >http://dogma.free.fr/txt/EK-ScienceQuiestion.htm
> > "Par ailleurs, on remarque qu'aujourd'hui, les theses «relativistes»,
> > par exemple celle de Paul Feyerabend, ont un impact tres fort,
> > notamment dans les milieux etudiants. Meme si leur diffusion
> > s'accompagne de contresens et de malentendus, elles servent de socle a
> > des critiques de plus en plus vives adressees aux professionnels de la
> > recherche : Votre science dit-elle reellement le vrai? Comment osez-
> > vous pretendre qu'elle se refere a la rationalite alors que les
> > jugements esthetiques, les prejuges metaphysiques et autres desirs
> > subjectifs impregnent sinon sa demarche tout entiere, du moins
> > certaines de ses phases? Votre legitimite incontestee est-elle fondee
> > sur autre chose que des effets de pouvoir?"
>
> >http://www.i-sem.net/press/jmll_isem_palermo.pdf
> > "La science souffre d'une forte perte de credit, au sens propre comme
> > au sens figure: son soutien politique et economique, comme sa
> > reputation intellectuelle et culturelle connaissent une crise grave."
>
> > Pentcho Valev
>
> Duhh!
>
> Harry C.

Impressed? But the story is longer than that. Singing "Divine
Einstein" and shouting "Einstein! Einstein!  He's our man! If he can't
solve it, no one can!" converts youngest Einsteins into "Budding Young
Einsteins" that then undergo somewhat different procedures:

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/News/In_The_Media/100_Budding_Young_Einsteins/
"100 Budding Young Einsteins....100 of the brightest young minds from
over 30 countries across the world (see list below), have earned
positions at the prestigious International Summer School for Young
Physicists (ISSYP) at Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical
Physics (PI). The 16 and 17 year old students will be challenged by
some of the most fascinating ideas in science involving how the
universe works - from the weird quantum world of atoms, to black
holes, warped spacetime and the expanding universe. They will interact
with world-leading scientists, go on lab tours, enjoy social events
and other activities."

So "Budding Young Einsteins" are converted into "Flourishing Young
Einsteins" that will then fight common sense until the end of their
lives:

http://www.geekitude.com/gl/public_html/article.php?story=20050422141509987
Brian Greene: "I certainly got very used to the idea of relativity,
and therefore I can go into that frame of mind without it seeming like
an effort. But I feel and think about the world as being organized
into past, present and future. I feel that the only moment in time
that's really real is this moment right now. And I feel [that what
happened a few moments ago] is gone, and the future is yet to be. It
still feels right to me. But I know in my mind intellectually that's
wrong. Relativity establishes that that picture of the universe is
wrong, and if I work hard, I can force myself to recognize the fallacy
in my view or thinking; but intuitively it's still what I feel. So
it's a daily struggle to keep in mind how the world works, and
juxtapose that with experience that [I get] a thousand, even million
times a day from ordinary comings and goings."

Compare this with:

http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
George Orwell "1984": "In the end the Party would announce that two
and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable
that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their
position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the
very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their
philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was
terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise,
but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two
and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the
past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist
only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable what then?"

Pentcho Valev