Re: Curing Einstein's Disease (is Copyrighted)


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In sci.physics, NoEinstein
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on Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:06:15 -0800 (PST)
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On Jan 3, 11:34 pm, The Ghost In The Machine
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In sci.physics, Sam Wormley
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on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:48:01 GMT
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NoEinstein wrote:
On Jan 1, 7:00 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
NoEinstein wrote:
On Dec 30 2007, 9:10 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
NoEinstein wrote:
Dear PD: I admire Newton very much, though his "universal law of
gravitation" isn't. Coriolis's mistake was in trying to
attribute the
totality of the destructive effects of falling objects to
velocity
alone. Most of those effects are due to the moduli of elasticity
of
materials being different depending on the speed of application
of the
loads. -- NoEinstein --
<laughing> Pretty entertaining NoEinstein!
Sam: You should have to pay admission--you are having so much
fun! --
NoEinstein --
It's free --- your ignorance of physics is pretty dang
funny NoEinstein... I just read and laugh.

Is there an echo in here? -- NoEinstein --

Nope... but there are plenty of snickers.

And we certainly get our share of nuts... :-P

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Ghost: Can you talk science? Or have you caught Sam's 'Einstein
disease'? -- NoEinstein --

Define "science" and we'll discuss it. The information
I have suggests that most experiments confirm special
relativity, and those that don't confirm general relativity
instead. (Unless one wants to discuss issues such as Einstein's
photoelectric effect.)

You are, of course, welcome to posit an opposing viewpoint.

No doubt you've seen your compatriots: Androcles,
H. Wilson, Kenseto, Traveler, rem460, and that unknown
guy who apparently does little more than cut and paste.
For various reasons they are failing to get their point
across.

Try not to fall into the same traps, eh? :-)

"The Ghost In The Machine"
makes a good point
when he points out that Sam Wormley
"cuts and pastes" URL's about things
that catch his attention on the few web sites
that he visits.

But cut to the chase:

rational, intelligent folks,
try to use the most efficient
tool, model, math, etc.
for the job,

and they do "not to fall into the trap"
of wasting their precious time, money, and mind
using costly, obscure, complex tools,
for religious, national, and racial reasons,
nor to try to create a false image of their knowledge.

Considering this, it is helpful
to examine the utility of some of the physics models
currently in use.

After Newton's model,
there were immediate and rapid advances
in mechanics, astronomy, etc.

After Maxwell's model
there were immediate and rapid advances
in chemistry, electricity, etc.

After Watson's and Crick's DNA model
there were immediate and rapid advances
in medicine, genetics, animal husbandry,
the history of the Earth and Mankind, etc.

Here we are, 100 years after General Relativity
and it continues to generate more hype and heat
than light and advances.

When compared to more useful, viable models,
General Relativity seems to be a Tower of Babel
that wastes time, money and minds.

No doubt General Relativity is the model of choice
if one wants to design a time travel machine,
a worm hole or black hole to dump radioactive waste into,
or space warp drive to go where no man
has gone before,

but I suggest that if someone wants to
design structures, machines, computers,
GPS systems, power generation equipment,
process chemicals, do medical research,
produce better crops, reconstruct history, etc.
that they should stick with Newton, Maxwell and the DNA models.

And of course,
if a person thinks that
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste.",

they should use their minds to
comprehend and use the most productive models,

and not allow race, religion, nationality, conditioning,
hero worship, ego, mental inertia, etc.
to affect their choice.

Sometimes it makes more sense to let go
of things that waste one's time, money and mind,
and to move on.

No doubt, mental masturbation is fun,
but I suggest that making the world a better place
for human beings is even more fun.

Thanks Ghost for calling this issue
to our attention!

Your pal,

--
Tom Potter

http://www.geocities.com/tdp1001/index.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~tdp
http://notsocrazyideas.blogspot.com
http://groups.msn.com/PotterPhotos






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