Acceptable Responses when Impossible Claims Are Made??

[wgscott]

Re-elect him and put his opponents in jail.

[wgscott]

28 minutes ago, Richard Dale said:

The theory of Relativity wasn't accepted without controversy and Einstein never was awarded a Nobel prize for that work as a consequence:

 

http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/this-philosopher-helped-ensure-there-was-no-nobel-for-relativity

 

 

The "controversy" was a fraudulent construct of anti-Semitism.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2012/oct/08/einstein-nobel-prize-relativity

 

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[wgscott]

2 minutes ago, Richard Dale said:

the bogus Eddington experiment?

 

If it is "bogus," how is it that it is reproducible (and has been reproduced and corroborated)?

 

I am also interested in the history of science, including how the right-wing creates "controversies" where none exist (eg:  Evolution vs. Creationism, Genetics vs. Eugenics, Climate Change vs. Sunspots, etc.)

[wgscott]

1 minute ago, Richard Dale said:

I had heard about Eddington's experiment being wrong before today's discussion, and found that link. But you are probably quite right and that I agree it is probably bollocks.

 

There actually has been legitimate discussion of this topic.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_experiment#Criticism_and_legacy