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Dio wrote:
> Why does relativity interest so many people? I think that QM is more
> interesting and that has upset our space time knowledge. Nevertheless
> relativity interests people.

Fundamental theories of physics are IMHO intrinsically interesting.

Around here, I think there is another effect going on: SR is clearly 
counterintuitive to people not experienced in applying it, and yet the 
underlying math is simple enough that all too many people delude 
themselves into thinking they understand where SR "went wrong". To those 
of us who are experienced in applying SR, it is quite clear that 100% of 
the people around here who claim SR is "flawed" really do not understand 
SR, and it is their personal understanding that is flawed, not SR itself.

	Of course NONE of them will admit this, because their personal
	lack of understanding includes the inability to understand where
	they themselves went wrong (:-().


For Quantum Mechanics, on the other hand, the underlying mathematics 
(operators on Hilbert space) is so complicated that nobody can easily 
delude themselves that they understand it.

I agree that QM is incredibly interesting, and requires a much more 
fundamental change in our perception of the world than does SR, or even GR.


Tom Roberts	tjroberts@lucent.com