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:::::::::::::: Ruby is right. Call relativity Maxwellian if you like, but not vice-versa.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:28, 16 October 2009 (EDT)

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::::::::::::::: When I make the claim that relativity has nothing to do with electronics, it is to a first order approximation. NASA/JPL engineers fly their space probes all around the solar system with a high degree of accuracy without resorting to Einstein's relativistic corrections to Newton's basic theory. About the only place where relativity must be taken into account in electronics is the collating electromagnets at the CERN collider, where proton streams are accelerated to very close to the velocity of light. Otherwise the "slop" inherent in digital timing (you must wait for a signal to stabilize before accepting it as valid) buries the effects. [[User:RubyR|RubyR]] 16:35, 16 October 2009 (EDT)

This discussion has degenerated in Andy arguing points that are not in the article. I suggest fixing these errors:

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Relativity rejects Newton's action at a distance, which is basic to Newtonian gravity and quantum mechanics. - No, only to some interpretations of QM.

The mathematics of relativity assume no exceptions, yet in the time period immediately following the origin of the universe the relativity equations could not possibly have been valid. - Nonsense. What is the source for this silly statement?

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::::::::::::::: When I make the claim that relativity has nothing to do with electronics, it is to a first order approximation. NASA/JPL engineers fly their space probes all around the solar system with a high degree of accuracy without resorting to Einstein's relativistic corrections to Newton's basic theory. About the only place where relativity must be taken into account in electronics is the collating electromagnets at the CERN collider, where proton streams are accelerated to very close to the velocity of light. Otherwise the "slop" inherent in digital timing (you must wait for a signal to stabilize before accepting it as valid) buries the effects. [[User:RubyR|RubyR]] 16:35, 16 October 2009 (EDT)

Relativity has been met with much resistance in the scientific world. - No reputable physicist in the last century has failed to accept relativity.

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