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:: No, relativity does not rest on assumptions or complex equations any more than any other theory of physics. It is not true that electromagnetism can make accurate predictions without relativity. Maxwell's theory is a relativistic theory. The origin of special relativity is in Maxwell's equations, not in any unconfirmed assumptions. I have pointed to 8 false and unsourced sentences in the article. Your comments make no sense. What do you think the Michelson-Morley experiment was measuring? Do you have some interpretation of it that differs from everyone who has ever written on the subject? [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 22:34, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
 
:: No, relativity does not rest on assumptions or complex equations any more than any other theory of physics. It is not true that electromagnetism can make accurate predictions without relativity. Maxwell's theory is a relativistic theory. The origin of special relativity is in Maxwell's equations, not in any unconfirmed assumptions. I have pointed to 8 false and unsourced sentences in the article. Your comments make no sense. What do you think the Michelson-Morley experiment was measuring? Do you have some interpretation of it that differs from everyone who has ever written on the subject? [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 22:34, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
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::: You seem to be relying on some kind of fundamental distinction between special and general relativity.  Special relativity is simply (as its name suggests) a special case of general relativity. 
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::: The Michelson-Morley experiment does not establish the assumption of relativity about the speed of light, or relativity's insistence that action-at-a-distance is impossible.  We can edit the Michelson-Morley entry here if you want to get into the details of what it showed, and did not show.
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::: Basic electrical circuits, like the kind in computers, are predicted perfectly by electromagnetics without any use of relativity.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:42, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
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