| | Relativity enjoys a disproportionate{{fact}} share of federal funding of physics research today, much of it unsuccessful{{fact}}. 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{{fact}} share of federal funding of physics research today, much of it unsuccessful{{fact}}. 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> |
| − | There is a correlation between enthusiasm for the theory of relativity and political views, and there is an unmistakable effort to censor or ostracize criticism of relativity.<ref>Although the [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia|liberally biased Wikipedia]] contains lengthy criticisms of the subjects of many entries, and even though publications like ''The Economist'' recognize the lack of scientific satisfaction in the theory (see, e.g., "Weighing the Universe," The Economist (Jan. 25, 2007)),<ref> Wikipedia's entry on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Relativity Theory of Relativity]] omits one word of criticism.</ref> Physicist [[Robert Dicke]] of Princeton University was a prominent critic<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943324,00.html</ref> of the theory of relativity and that may have hurt him professionally,<ref>Despite being one of the most accomplished physicists in the 20th century, Dicke was never given a Nobel Prize.</ref> even though his theory "has enjoyed a renaissance in connection with theories of higher dimensional space-time."<ref>http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Glossary/Essay_bekenstein.html</ref> | + | There is a correlation between enthusiasm for the theory of relativity and political views, and there is an unmistakable effort to censor or ostracize criticism of relativity.<ref>Although the [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia|liberally biased Wikipedia]] contains lengthy criticisms of the subjects of many entries, and even though publications like ''The Economist'' recognize the lack of scientific satisfaction in the theory (see, e.g., "Weighing the Universe," The Economist (Jan. 25, 2007)), Wikipedia's entry on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Relativity Theory of Relativity] omits one word of criticism.</ref> Physicist [[Robert Dicke]] of Princeton University was a prominent critic<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,943324,00.html</ref> of the theory of relativity and that may have hurt him professionally,<ref>Despite being one of the most accomplished physicists in the 20th century, Dicke was never given a Nobel Prize.</ref> even though his theory "has enjoyed a renaissance in connection with theories of higher dimensional space-time."<ref>http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Glossary/Essay_bekenstein.html</ref> |