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Line 28: − − Advocates of moral relativity seized on the theory of relativity to legitimize their views.<ref>http://www.moralrelativity.com/about1.html</ref> Historians such as Paul Johnson wrote about how the theory of relativity caused a sea change, justified or not, in 20th century thought.
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== Political Support for Relativity ==
== Political Support for Relativity ==
Relativity enjoys a disproportionate share of federal funding of physics research today, much of it unsuccessful. The billion-dollar LIGO project, for example, has failed to detect the gravity waves predicted by relativity.<ref>http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/sept/gravitywaves/index.html</ref>
Relativity enjoys a disproportionate share of federal funding of physics research today, much of it unsuccessful. The billion-dollar LIGO project, for example, has failed to detect the gravity waves predicted by relativity.<ref>http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/sept/gravitywaves/index.html</ref>