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Article #6980Re: RATIONALISM IN CRISIS (DEAD?)
From: Androcles
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:24
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:24
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"Dr. Henri Wilson" <hw@..> wrote in message news:m8tpq490vho7o8u02cc3lm80mqvku099nl@4ax.com... > On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 23:05:49 -0800 (PST), Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >>When it comes to destroying human rationality, Einsteinians know no >>limits. They continue to do so even when they are trying to abandon > >>A few years ago the salfsame Paul Davies explained why Divine Albert's >>Divine Theory should be abandoned: >> >>http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=5538 >>Paul Davies: "Was Einstein wrong? Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 is >>the only scientific formula known to just about everyone. The "c" here >>stands for the speed of light. It is one of the most fundamental of >>the basic constants of physics. Or is it? In recent years a few >>maverick scientists have claimed that the speed of light might not be >>constant at all. Shock, horror! Does this mean the next Great >>Revolution in Science is just around the corner?" > >> >>http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/smolin03/smolin03_print.html >>Lee Smolin: "Now, here is the really interesting part: Some of the >>effects predicted by the theory appear to be in conflict with one of >>the principles of Einstein's special theory of relativity, the theory >>that says that the speed of light is a, universal constant. It's the >>same for all photons, and it is independent of the motion of the >>sender or observer. > > Snip >>up and slow down, yardsticks that contract and expand and bad jokes >>using the word ''relative.''......''Perhaps relativity is too >>restrictive for what we need in quantum gravity,'' Dr. Magueijo said. >>''We need to drop a postulate, perhaps the constancy of the speed of >>light.'' > > Pencho, c is a universal constant.... Rubbish. The ejection velocity of a photon from an alloy is different to the ejection velocity from a pure metal. You've been listening to Einstein again.
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