Re: Tip for GPS users

"Tom Potter" <tdp1001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Eric Gisse" <jowr.pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That makes you a salesman, not a physicist.

[Tom]
Thank you!
Nothing happens until somebody sells something.

[Eric]
That may be so, but my point is that [t] does not mean that you
actually have a complete understanding of the stuff.
Rejecting a certain theory just because it isn't directly influencing
your life right this second is incredibly short-sighted. Just because
you don't see a direct down to earth use for GR right this second does
not mean there will not be one down the road.

[Tom]
"Eric Gisse" makes a good point.
I do not "actually have a complete understanding of "
General Relativity and Astrology.
I do know that All models are limited in their applications.
For example, have you ever seen GTR used to model
DNA, ionization potentials, electronegativity, to build a bridge,
to design an electrical or electronic system, a semiconductor,
or an information compressor (JPG, ZIP, etc.), etc.?
Physics works on a small subset of the properties perceived by humans.
Value should be placed on utility and correlations,
rather than models and theories, or on credentials & individuals.
The value of a model, theory, person, group, nation, etc.
to mankind can best be quantized in terms of "discounted rate of return"
on the resources invested in them, and in terms of this measure, ***
General Relativity is an enormous loser***,
as it has waste enormous amounts of time, money and minds,
on such pursuits as hero worship, space warps, gravitons, [Jewish]
race/religion promotion, time travel, gravitons,
rubber clocks and rulers, etc.
A dollar is a terrible thing to waste.
--
Tom Potter

[hanson]
.... ahahahaha... AHAHAHA... Tom... ahahaha... Eric is NOT
ready for that yet. Like I said in a post addressed to him that
he should "cherish his days of wonder... for they will never
return"... Eric will experience the same evolution that you, me
and all the other professionals went thru. Exceptions are most
of the educator/teacher types who get stuck in their "space-time"
according to the regulations that order them what to preach.

Eric too will see that he was a victim of such instruction, just like
I was, after doctoring for years in slave labor for academia, when
I got my first job in R&D in a defense industry establishment, where
the group toiled away in great detail at their work. After a few
days I suggested that the team could save itself a lot of time
and grief by simply applying relativity, upon which the boss-man
hollered at me with very beady eyes: "*** you and your theories,
punk. Here, we measure !!! Lives and Millions are at stake in this" ....

I did get the message........ahahaha.......ahahahanson
PS: I didn't laugh at that time, back then.




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