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::::You weren't able to find out the views of Karl Rove or Arnold Schwarzenegger on the subject of an esoteric point of the Theory of Relativity?  Why is that?  Could it be that one is a political activist and the other is a former bodybuilder, actor, and governor?  Like most people, they can't be expected to have specific views on this.  I would guess that you would not get any specific answer if you were to ask other people of various political stripes--Nancy Pelosi, Bill O'Reilly, Todd Akin, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, and so on.
 
::::You weren't able to find out the views of Karl Rove or Arnold Schwarzenegger on the subject of an esoteric point of the Theory of Relativity?  Why is that?  Could it be that one is a political activist and the other is a former bodybuilder, actor, and governor?  Like most people, they can't be expected to have specific views on this.  I would guess that you would not get any specific answer if you were to ask other people of various political stripes--Nancy Pelosi, Bill O'Reilly, Todd Akin, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, and so on.
 
::::So here's what I suggest you do.  Talk to people you know, who you believe are true conservatives.  I don't know who your contacts would be--people in your church, school, work, whatever.  Now, don't ask them whether they have evidence about the truth or falsity of E=mc^2, they probably won't know.  But you can ask about the atomic weights of Radium, Radon, and Helium, and that will give you an answer.  Now most people don't go around with the atomic weights of various isotopes on the tip of their tongue either.  So ask this:  How would you go about finding the atomic weights of these elements?  Before the rise of the internet, the answer would be simple.  Look in a physics textbook, or in Encyclopedia Brittanica or whatever.  Now they might name a web site, perhaps Wikipedia, or some textbook.  They might name Conservapedia.  Disclaimer:  I just added the atomic weights here at Conservapedia, and you might consider me a biased observer.  So you might not want to take my word for it.  (If you think there are better, conservative, values for these, feel free to edit them in.  You might want to set the atomic weights of all isotopes to the nucleon number times the atomic weight of neutral Hydrogen.  That would make E=mc^2 false.  But I digress.)  Anyway, find out what people think.  Good luck. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 20:01, 21 March 2013 (EDT)
 
::::So here's what I suggest you do.  Talk to people you know, who you believe are true conservatives.  I don't know who your contacts would be--people in your church, school, work, whatever.  Now, don't ask them whether they have evidence about the truth or falsity of E=mc^2, they probably won't know.  But you can ask about the atomic weights of Radium, Radon, and Helium, and that will give you an answer.  Now most people don't go around with the atomic weights of various isotopes on the tip of their tongue either.  So ask this:  How would you go about finding the atomic weights of these elements?  Before the rise of the internet, the answer would be simple.  Look in a physics textbook, or in Encyclopedia Brittanica or whatever.  Now they might name a web site, perhaps Wikipedia, or some textbook.  They might name Conservapedia.  Disclaimer:  I just added the atomic weights here at Conservapedia, and you might consider me a biased observer.  So you might not want to take my word for it.  (If you think there are better, conservative, values for these, feel free to edit them in.  You might want to set the atomic weights of all isotopes to the nucleon number times the atomic weight of neutral Hydrogen.  That would make E=mc^2 false.  But I digress.)  Anyway, find out what people think.  Good luck. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 20:01, 21 March 2013 (EDT)
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:::::We need to be fair to the reader.  To have a coherent article, the article must first state what the equation means, then give its history, then report why the people who believe it including the experimental evidence, then present the arguments from the people who do not believe it and finally, throw in the popular culture items.  This lets the reader follow the discussion.  The lead paragraph should not become so long as to defeat its summary purpose.  Please remember our responsibility to have a coherent encyclopedia not a tit for tat word game. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 12:39, 24 March 2013 (EDT)
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