Re: Einstein the joker

From: Androcles (androc1es_at_nospamblueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:23:42 GMT

It was very well put. It is a great shame that your nonsense is only
comparable to Einstein's.
Androcles.

"Len Gaasenbeek" <gaasbeek@rideau.net> wrote in message
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| To Pentcho,
|
| Well put!
|
| Len.
| ......................................................
| "Pentcho Valev" <pvalev@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| news:bdf02d35.0409130515.25fcb94f@posting.google.com...
| > Sometimes Einstein tests the loyalty of his zombis by making them
| > learn truths equivalent to "The greenness of the crocodile exceeds its
| > length". Example (Section 7 in his 1920 "Relativity"):
| >
| > "The velocity of propagation of a ray of light relative to the
| > carriage thus comes out smaller than c. But this result comes into
| > conflict with the principle of relativity set forth in Section 5. For,
| > like every other general law of nature, the law of the transmission of
| > light in vacuo must, according to the principle of relativity, be the
| > same for the railway carriage as reference-body as when the rails are
| > the body of reference. But, from our above consideration, this would
| > appear to be impossible. If every ray of light is propagated relative
| > to the embankment with the velocity c, then for this reason it would
| > appear that another law of propagation of light must necessary hold
| > with respect to the carriage - a result contradictory to the principle
| > of relativity.
| > In view of this dilemma there appears to be nothing else for it
| > than to abandon either the principle of relativity or the simple law
| > of the propagation of light in vacuo."
| >
| > Initially, the "simple law" which is in fact the principle of
| > constancy of the speed of light (C) is a corollary of the principle of
| > relativity (R). Einstein claims that Not-C entails Not-R and therefore
| > R entails C. Yet, suddenly, Einstein sees a dilemma in this which is
| > so serious that one of the two principles, C or R, must be abandoned.
| > More precisely, in his incomparable manner, Einstein accuses ordinary
| > mortals of creating the dilemma. Some of them wish to preserve the
| > principle of relativity and reject the "simple law", others
| > (theoretical physicists) have already gone in the opposite direction.
| >
| > "At this juncture the theory of relativity [Divine Science] entered
| > the arena." Bell chimes etc.
| >
| > Pentcho Valev
|
|

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