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[Phys-L] Re: Two ways of refuting Einstein



Yes, I would probably have done better by just ignoring it.

Moses Fayngold



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From: Forum for Physics Educators on behalf of Joseph Bellina
Sent: Thu 4/14/2005 6:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Two ways of refuting Einstein





Pardon the flame, but I am very frustrated. I put that nutnick Valev's
name in my filter system so I wouldn't have to look at the junk, and now
other folks are responding to it as if it is creditable, and I'm getting
it again.
Please ignor him.

thanks

Fayngold, Moses wrote:

> First, any claims at changing one of the relativity postulates as of now are only tentative assumptions. They are based on possible interpretations of a very small observational effect.
> Second, no serious scientist (Einstein included) has ever claimed that any scientific statement no matter how general is the ultimate truth. This is what distinguishes science from religion. Einstein himself made attempts to go beyond his own theory to reach more general description of all known interactions.
> Third, even if the above mentioned effect is confirmed not to be an artefact, and the corresponding changes of the current theory appear to be unavoidable, they will only indicate the limits of its applicability. They will not cancel relativity in the domain where it has been confirmed beyond any doubts, just as relativity has not cancel Newtonian mechanics within domains v << c.
>
>Moses Fayngold
>Department of Physics, NJIT
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu]On
>Behalf Of Pentcho Valev
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:56 AM
>To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
>Subject: Two ways of refuting Einstein
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>
>
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>Two ways of refuting Einstein. A prudent one:
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1456590,00.html
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>and a less prudent:
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>http://www.wbabin.net/valev/valev6.htm
>
>Pentcho Valev
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>
>

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Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
574-284-4662, 4968
Saint Mary's College
Dept. of Chemistry and Physics
Notre Dame, IN, 46556

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