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The [[theory of relativity]] is disproved by numerous counterexamples, but is promoted by [[liberals]], who like its encouragement of [[moral relativism|relativism]] and its tendency to pull people away from the [[Bible]].<ref group="note">''See, e.g.'', historian Paul Johnson's book, ''Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties'' (Harpercollins, 1983), 1st U.S. ed., ch. 1: "A Relativistic World."  See also Tribe, Laurence H. (November 1989). "The curvature of constitutional space: what lawyers can learn from modern physics." ''Harvard Law Review'' (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), vol. 103, no. 1 (thanking [[Barack Obama]], who was a first-year law student when this absurd law review article was written, for his supposed "analytic and research assistance").</ref> Here is a list of 52 counterexamples: any one of them would prove that relativity is a [[politically correct]] falsehood:

The [[theory of relativity]] is disproved by numerous counterexamples, but is promoted by [[liberals]], who like its encouragement of [[moral relativism|relativism]] and its tendency to pull people away from the [[Bible]].<ref group="note">''See, e.g.'', historian Paul Johnson's book, ''Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties'' (Harpercollins, 1983), 1st U.S. ed., ch. 1: "A Relativistic World."  See also Tribe, Laurence H. (November 1989). "The curvature of constitutional space: what lawyers can learn from modern physics." ''Harvard Law Review'' (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press), vol. 103, no. 1 (thanking [[Barack Obama]], who was a first-year law student when this absurd law review article was written, for his supposed "analytic and research assistance").</ref> Here is a list of 52 counterexamples: any one of them would prove that relativity is a [[politically correct]] falsehood:

#The '''''acceleration''''' in the expansion of the [[universe]] disproves relativity, and never-seen "[[dark energy]]" has been invented to try to retrofit observations to the theory; data released in April 2019 shows that the universe is expanding more rapidly than the theory allows.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/65332-hubble-wrong-speed.html</ref>

#The '''''acceleration''''' in the expansion of the [[universe]] disproves relativity, and never-seen "[[dark energy]]" has been invented to try to retrofit observations to the theory; data released in April 2019 shows that the universe is expanding more rapidly than the theory allows.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/65332-hubble-wrong-speed.html</ref>

#If space were curved as the [[theory of relativity]] asserts, one would never expect the universe as a whole to be virtually '''''precisely flat''''', but it is. "Somewhat surprisingly, current observational data favours the delicately balanced flat over both the open and closed models." <ref>https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/f/Friedmann-Lemaitre+Universe</ref>

#If space were curved as the [[theory of relativity]] asserts, one would never expect the universe as a whole to be virtually '''''precisely flat''''', but it is. "Somewhat surprisingly, current observational data favours the delicately balanced flat over both the open and closed models."<ref>https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/f/Friedmann-Lemaitre+Universe</ref>

#The [[Pioneer anomaly|''Pioneer'' anomaly]]: ''NASA'''s Pioneer 10 & 11 spacecraft slowed as they exited the [[solar system]], which is the opposite of expectations; [[atheistic science]] eventually invented unpersuasive explanations.

#The [[Pioneer anomaly|''Pioneer'' anomaly]]: ''NASA'''s Pioneer 10 & 11 spacecraft slowed as they exited the [[solar system]], which is the opposite of expectations; [[atheistic science]] eventually invented unpersuasive explanations.

#The [[Sun]] is a '''''perfect''''' sphere - "the solar flattening is ... too small to agree with that predicted from its surface rotation." <ref>http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/65491-why-is-the-sun-so-round</ref>

#The [[Sun]] is a '''''perfect''''' sphere - "the solar flattening is ... too small to agree with that predicted from its surface rotation."<ref>http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/65491-why-is-the-sun-so-round</ref>

#Computer simulations based on the theory of relativity '''''predict far more''''' [[black holes]] than are observed.<ref group="note">"The ratio of the mass of black holes in galaxy centers to the rest of the matter in galaxies is larger in the simulations than in the real universe." Emspak, Jesse (November 28, 2012). [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=biggest-black-hole-blast-ever "Biggest black hole blast ever could solve cosmological mystery."] ''Space.com'' website.  Reprinted at ''Scientific American'' website.</ref> Indeed, it is doubtful whether black holes even exist, and at least one observation disproved the prediction.<ref>Lemonick, Michael D. (November 6, 2014). [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141106-space-g2-black-hole-science/?google_editors_picks=true "Black hole fails to destroy mystery cosmic cloud."] ''National Geographic'' website.</ref>

#Computer simulations based on the theory of relativity '''''predict far more''''' [[black holes]] than are observed.<ref group="note">"The ratio of the mass of black holes in galaxy centers to the rest of the matter in galaxies is larger in the simulations than in the real universe." Emspak, Jesse (November 28, 2012). [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=biggest-black-hole-blast-ever "Biggest black hole blast ever could solve cosmological mystery."] ''Space.com'' website.  Reprinted at ''Scientific American'' website.</ref> Indeed, it is doubtful whether black holes even exist, and at least one observation disproved the prediction.<ref>Lemonick, Michael D. (November 6, 2014). [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141106-space-g2-black-hole-science/?google_editors_picks=true "Black hole fails to destroy mystery cosmic cloud."] ''National Geographic'' website.</ref>

#"[[Quasar]]s are disappearing" contrary to the [[theory of relativity]], and astronomers simply "stopped looking" after finding more than ten examples of rapidly changing quasars that confound the theory with respect to black holes.<ref>Templeton, Graham (November 30, 2015). [http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/218636-quasars-are-disappearing-and-astronomers-arent-sure-why "Quasars are disappearing and astronomers aren't sure why."] ''ExtremeTech'' website.</ref>

#"[[Quasar]]s are disappearing" contrary to the [[theory of relativity]], and astronomers simply "stopped looking" after finding more than ten examples of rapidly changing quasars that confound the theory with respect to black holes.<ref>Templeton, Graham (November 30, 2015). [http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/218636-quasars-are-disappearing-and-astronomers-arent-sure-why "Quasars are disappearing and astronomers aren't sure why."] ''ExtremeTech'' website.</ref>

"I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional [[Atheism|atheist]] whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being." - [[Albert Einstein]]<ref name="Isaacson390">Isaacson, Walter (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&pg=PT390 ''Einstein: His Life and Universe''] (New York: Simon and Schuster), p. 390.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on February 19, 2015.</ref>]]

"I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional [[Atheism|atheist]] whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being." - [[Albert Einstein]]<ref name="Isaacson390">Isaacson, Walter (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&pg=PT390 ''Einstein: His Life and Universe''] (New York: Simon and Schuster), p. 390.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on February 19, 2015.</ref>]]

#The speed of light in a vacuum is slower than expected—less than ''c''—based on new data from a 25-year-old [[supernova]].<ref>[http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184879-einsteinian-error-the-25-year-old-supernova-that-could-change-the-speed-of-light-forever Einsteinian error: The 25-year-old supernova that could change the speed of light forever]</ref>

#The speed of light in a vacuum is slower than expected—less than ''c''—based on new data from a 25-year-old [[supernova]].<ref>[http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184879-einsteinian-error-the-25-year-old-supernova-that-could-change-the-speed-of-light-forever Einsteinian error: The 25-year-old supernova that could change the speed of light forever]</ref>

#"Celestial signals defy [[Albert Einstein]]. Strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than Einstein believed." <ref>[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129500.700-breaking-relativity-celestial-signals-defy-einstein.html ''New Scientist'' (Jan. 2, 2014)]</ref>

#"Celestial signals defy [[Albert Einstein]]. Strange signals picked up from black holes and distant supernovae suggest there's more to space-time than Einstein believed."<ref>[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129500.700-breaking-relativity-celestial-signals-defy-einstein.html ''New Scientist'' (Jan. 2, 2014)]</ref>

#A physics article published in 2014 states that "general relativity, which describes gravity at low energies precisely, break[s] down at high energies." <ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.3720</ref>

#A physics article published in 2014 states that "general relativity, which describes gravity at low energies precisely, break[s] down at high energies."<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.3720</ref>

#Subatomic particles with mass have a speed observed to be as fast as the speed of light ("we are 100% sure that the speed of light is the speed of [[neutrinos]]"<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17364682</ref>), which contradicts relativity because the [[Lorentz factor]] is then infinite.<ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/Roll-over-Einstein-Law-of-physics-challenged/Article1-749189.aspx - note that a similar observation of faster-than-light speeds was also made in 2007 (with a larger margin of error).</ref> ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/18/us-science-neutrinos-light-idUSTRE7AH0T720111118</ref> Neutrinos were observed to travel at the speed of light by an independent experiment also: "Their neutrinos traveled at precisely the speed of light, not faster or slower." <ref>http://junkscience.com/2012/03/21/no-you-still-cant-go-faster-than-light/</ref>  

#Subatomic particles with mass have a speed observed to be as fast as the speed of light ("we are 100% sure that the speed of light is the speed of [[neutrinos]]"<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17364682</ref>), which contradicts relativity because the [[Lorentz factor]] is then infinite.<ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/Roll-over-Einstein-Law-of-physics-challenged/Article1-749189.aspx - note that a similar observation of faster-than-light speeds was also made in 2007 (with a larger margin of error).</ref> ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/18/us-science-neutrinos-light-idUSTRE7AH0T720111118</ref> Neutrinos were observed to travel at the speed of light by an independent experiment also: "Their neutrinos traveled at precisely the speed of light, not faster or slower."<ref>http://junkscience.com/2012/03/21/no-you-still-cant-go-faster-than-light/</ref>  

#Anomalies in the locations of spacecraft that have flown by [[Earth]] ("flybys"). During the gravity assists from Earth, both the ''Galileo'' spacecraft and the ''Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous'' (''NEAR'') spacecraft experienced a change in velocity different than that predicted by General Relativity.<ref>http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/19088/1/98-0296.pdf</ref> <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410705/</ref>  

#Anomalies in the locations of spacecraft that have flown by [[Earth]] ("flybys"). During the gravity assists from Earth, both the ''Galileo'' spacecraft and the ''Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous'' (''NEAR'') spacecraft experienced a change in velocity different than that predicted by General Relativity.<ref>http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/19088/1/98-0296.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23410705/</ref>  

#[[Spiral galaxies]] confound relativity, and unseen, nonexistent "[[dark matter]]" has been invented to try to retrofit observations to the theory.<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1873</ref> "Dark matter mysteriously missing around sun.  Theories say neighborhood should be filled with it, but new study shows otherwise." <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47101905</ref>

#[[Spiral galaxies]] confound relativity, and unseen, nonexistent "[[dark matter]]" has been invented to try to retrofit observations to the theory.<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1873</ref> "Dark matter mysteriously missing around sun.  Theories say neighborhood should be filled with it, but new study shows otherwise."<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47101905</ref>

#Increasingly precise measurements of the advance of the [[perihelion]] of [[Mercury]] show a shift greater than predicted by relativity, well beyond the margin of error.<ref group="note">Even [[liberal]] Wikipedia, which promotes relativity, admits that relativity's total predicted precession of Mercury's perihelion is 575.31, while the observed data is contrary to the prediction: 574.10±0.65. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity#Perihelion_precession_of_Mercury]  Also, in a complicated or contrived series of calculations that most physics majors cannot duplicate even after learning them, the theory of general relativity's fundamental formula, <math>G_{\mu\nu} = 8 \pi K T_{\mu\nu}\,</math>, was conformed to match Mercury's then-observed precession of 5600.0 arc-seconds per century. Subsequently, however, more sophisticated technology has measured a different value of this precession (5599.7 arc-seconds per century, with a margin of error of only 0.01), and leading promoters of relativity (such as Professor Clifford Will) have omitted this in listing tests confirming relativity.</ref>

#Increasingly precise measurements of the advance of the [[perihelion]] of [[Mercury]] show a shift greater than predicted by relativity, well beyond the margin of error.<ref group="note">Even [[liberal]] Wikipedia, which promotes relativity, admits that relativity's total predicted precession of Mercury's perihelion is 575.31, while the observed data is contrary to the prediction: 574.10±0.65. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity#Perihelion_precession_of_Mercury]  Also, in a complicated or contrived series of calculations that most physics majors cannot duplicate even after learning them, the theory of general relativity's fundamental formula, <math>G_{\mu\nu} = 8 \pi K T_{\mu\nu}\,</math>, was conformed to match Mercury's then-observed precession of 5600.0 arc-seconds per century. Subsequently, however, more sophisticated technology has measured a different value of this precession (5599.7 arc-seconds per century, with a margin of error of only 0.01), and leading promoters of relativity (such as Professor Clifford Will) have omitted this in listing tests confirming relativity.</ref>

#Despite wasting millions of taxpayer dollars searching for gravitational waves predicted by the theory, no direct observation of [[gravity]] [[wave]]s has occurred.<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.3781</ref> ''Sound like [[global warming]]?'' Then, in classic [[liberal claptrap]], the liberal media claimed that gravitational waves were discovered when, in fact, no such direct observation was made.

#Despite wasting millions of taxpayer dollars searching for gravitational waves predicted by the theory, no direct observation of [[gravity]] [[wave]]s has occurred.<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.3781</ref> ''Sound like [[global warming]]?'' Then, in classic [[liberal claptrap]], the liberal media claimed that gravitational waves were discovered when, in fact, no such direct observation was made.

#The failure to discover [[gravitons]], despite spending hundreds of millions in taxpayer money on the search. While these tax dollars were not necessarily "wasted", the lack of results indicates that scientists need to revisit their hypothesis.

#The failure to discover [[gravitons]], despite spending hundreds of millions in taxpayer money on the search. While these tax dollars were not necessarily "wasted", the lack of results indicates that scientists need to revisit their hypothesis.

#Newly observed data reveal that the fine-structure constant, α (alpha), actually varies throughout the universe, demonstrating that all inertial frames of reference do '''not''' experience identical laws of physics as claimed by relativity.<ref group="note">For a report on the data, see a paper submitted in 2010 by John Webb and Julian King of the University of New South Wales, Australia, to the ''Physical Review Letters''.</ref>

#Newly observed data reveal that the fine-structure constant, α (alpha), actually varies throughout the universe, demonstrating that all inertial frames of reference do '''not''' experience identical laws of physics as claimed by relativity.<ref group="note">For a report on the data, see a paper submitted in 2010 by John Webb and Julian King of the University of New South Wales, Australia, to the ''Physical Review Letters''.</ref>

#The double star "W13" weighs "40 times as much as the sun—more than enough to form a [[black hole]].  So why is it not a black hole? The only explanation [a leading scientist] can think of ... does not make astrophysical sense." <ref>https://www.economist.com/node/17035953</ref>

#The double star "W13" weighs "40 times as much as the sun—more than enough to form a [[black hole]].  So why is it not a black hole? The only explanation [a leading scientist] can think of ... does not make astrophysical sense."<ref>https://www.economist.com/node/17035953</ref>

#The inability of the theory to lead to other insights, contrary to every verified theory of physics.

#The inability of the theory to lead to other insights, contrary to every verified theory of physics.

#The change in mass over time of standard kilograms preserved under ideal conditions.<ref>[[Mystery:Why Is the Kilogram Losing Weight?]]</ref>

#The change in mass over time of standard kilograms preserved under ideal conditions.<ref>[[Mystery:Why Is the Kilogram Losing Weight?]]</ref>

#The uniformity in temperature throughout the universe.<ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6092-speed-of-light-may-have-changed-recently.html ("A varying speed of light contradicts Einstein's theory of relativity, and would undermine much of traditional physics. But some physicists believe it would elegantly explain puzzling cosmological phenomena such as the nearly uniform temperature of the universe.")</ref>

#The uniformity in temperature throughout the universe.<ref>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6092-speed-of-light-may-have-changed-recently.html ("A varying speed of light contradicts Einstein's theory of relativity, and would undermine much of traditional physics. But some physicists believe it would elegantly explain puzzling cosmological phenomena such as the nearly uniform temperature of the universe.")</ref>

#"According to Einstein’s view on the universe, space-time should be smooth and continuous", but observations instead show "inexplicable static" greater than "all artificial sources of" possible background noise.<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Cool-Astronomy/2010/1025/Is-the-universe-a-big-hologram-This-device-could-find-out. Hunt for gravitational waves discovers unexpected data instead].</ref>

#"According to Einstein’s view on the universe, space-time should be smooth and continuous", but observations instead show "inexplicable static" greater than "all artificial sources of" possible background noise.<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Cool-Astronomy/2010/1025/Is-the-universe-a-big-hologram-This-device-could-find-out. Hunt for gravitational waves discovers unexpected data instead].</ref>

#"The snag is that in quantum mechanics, time retains its Newtonian aloofness, providing the stage against which matter dances but never being affected by its presence. These two [QM and relativity] conceptions of time don’t gel." <ref>http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=splitting-time-from-space</ref>

#"The snag is that in quantum mechanics, time retains its Newtonian aloofness, providing the stage against which matter dances but never being affected by its presence. These two [QM and relativity] conceptions of time don’t gel."<ref>http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=splitting-time-from-space</ref>

#The theory predicts [[wormholes]] just as it predicts [[black holes]], but wormholes violate causality and permit absurd time travel.<ref>http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v61/i13/p1446_1 .  The popular science press promotes black holes to a far greater extent than wormholes.</ref>

#The theory predicts [[wormholes]] just as it predicts [[black holes]], but wormholes violate causality and permit absurd time travel.<ref>http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v61/i13/p1446_1 .  The popular science press promotes black holes to a far greater extent than wormholes.</ref>

#The theory predicts the natural formation of highly ordered (and thus low entropy) black holes despite the increase in [[entropy]] required by the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]].<ref group="note">Contrived explanations have been suggested for this dilemma, such as Stephen Hawking proposing that the entropy of matter in a black hole is somehow stored in the surface area of its event horizon to be released back into its surroundings as the black hole decays by radiation, known as "Hawking radiation."</ref>

#The theory predicts the natural formation of highly ordered (and thus low entropy) black holes despite the increase in [[entropy]] required by the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]].<ref group="note">Contrived explanations have been suggested for this dilemma, such as Stephen Hawking proposing that the entropy of matter in a black hole is somehow stored in the surface area of its event horizon to be released back into its surroundings as the black hole decays by radiation, known as "Hawking radiation."</ref>