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



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



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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

and a less prudent:

http://www.wbabin.net/valev/valev6.htm

Pentcho Valev
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