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Talk:Theory of relativity (view source)
Revision as of 17:50, February 25, 2007
, 17:50, February 25, 2007→Moral Relativism line needs to go.
That line is ridiculous and irrelevant, and needs to disappear.
That line is ridiculous and irrelevant, and needs to disappear.
:I don't like it ''at all'' in its present form, but the word "relativity" is thrown around casually ''quite a lot'' and there might be justification for a section with a little like "what relativity is not."
:E.g. [http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/06/relativity.html Scott Adams], author of the Dilbert comic strip, says "Einstein’s great insight was assuming reality was not fixed, and that everything was relative to the observer" and goes on to say "I have extended that thinking to people..."
:What follows is interesting if not very profound, but dragging Einstein into it is not helpful.
:It just goes to show the value of jargon. When scientists give something a simple name like "relativity," people assume they understand it and misapply it. I'm just thankful that people aren't very familiar with mathematics or we'd be hearding about crop circles in Galois fields. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 12:50, 25 February 2007 (EST)