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Article #6595Re: SCIENCE AND IDEOLOGY
From: Dorn Strich
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:13
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:13
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On 14 Maj, 02:29, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote: > http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=09051352-has-einstei... > "Has Einstein failed physics? The GBP3.6bn Large Hadron Collider is > one of world's most advanced scientific experiments, built to smash > protons together at huge speeds, recreating conditions moments after > the Big Bang. Unfortunately it doesn't work. Now a new paper by a > North East academic presents the intriguing possibility that the Large > Hadron Collider didn't work not because of mechanical failure, but > because basic theories of physics may be wrong. Dr Peter Hayes says: > 'Theoretical physicists have been barking up the wrong tree for the > last hundred years - because Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is > inconsistent.....Dr Peter Hayes is senior lecturer in politics at the > University of Sunderland. In his latest paper 'The Ideology of > Relativity' Dr Hayes argues that Albert Einstein's theory of > relativity - perhaps the most famous scientific theory in history - > should be viewed as an ideology, not as a science. He argues that its > impact on popular culture and science has been so influential > precisely because as a scientific theory it doesn't actually make > sense.....The amazing thing about Einstein's theory of relativity is > that it has kept going. It is built on contradictions, but these very > contradictions means that almost anything 'proves' that it is right. > It is a bit like a theory where you say 1 + 1 = 2, but also that 1+ 1 > = 3.....'The triumph of relativity theory represents the triumph of > ideology not only in the profession of physics but also in the > philosophy of science.' 'The Ideology of Relativity: The Case of the > Clock Paradox,' appeared in Social Epistemology, January 2009." > > See also: > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.relativity/browse_frm/thre... > IS RELATIVITY AN INCONSISTENCY? > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.relativity/browse_frm/thre... > INCONSISTENCY IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.relativity/browse_frm/thre... > LARGE HADRON COLLIDER AND EINSTEIN 1954 CONFESSION > > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.relativity/browse_frm/thre... > EINSTEINIANA'S LOGIC > > Pentcho Valev > pva...@yahoo.com Another excellent post PV. It is obvious that the fallacy of relativity is being slowly discovered in the academe. Judging from the date of Dr. Peter Hayes article, he is a recent convert.
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