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#:None of these people assumed that the explanation for these observations was that relativity was wrong.  They were all astrophysicists and were quite familiar with relativity.  In fact, Anderson's antiparticles had been predicted by the Dirac equation, a synthesis of special relativity and the Schrödinger equation of quantum mechanics, from a few years earlier.

#:None of these people assumed that the explanation for these observations was that relativity was wrong.  They were all astrophysicists and were quite familiar with relativity.  In fact, Anderson's antiparticles had been predicted by the Dirac equation, a synthesis of special relativity and the Schrödinger equation of quantum mechanics, from a few years earlier.

#''The inability of the theory to lead to other insights, contrary to every verified theory of physics.''

#''The inability of the theory to lead to other insights, contrary to every verified theory of physics.''

#: Special relativity was combined with quantum theory to produce [[quantum field theory]] (QFT). An example of a QFT is [[quantum electrodynamics]], the most precise theory in physics. Furthermore, string theory is Lorentz invariant and produces general relativity in the low energy limit.

#:It is utterly baffling how anyone could make such an assertion.  The insights from relativity are multitudinous.  Relativity forms the basis for astronomy, cosmology, electrodynamics, and many other fields.  The interconnection between the electric and magnetic forces is now seen to be a straightforward consequence of relativity.  Relativity combined with quantum mechanics are the basis of all of contemporary physics.

#:More generally, special relativity was combined with quantum theory to produce [[quantum field theory]] (QFT). An example of a QFT is [[quantum electrodynamics]], the most precise theory in physics. Furthermore, string theory is Lorentz invariant and produces general relativity in the low energy limit.

#''The change in mass over time of standard kilograms preserved under ideal conditions.''

#''The change in mass over time of standard kilograms preserved under ideal conditions.''

#:Clearly there are a few dots that need to be joined here before this can become a coherent argument for or against anything. The best interpretation that can be put on it is that the [[Law of the conservation of mass|principle of conservation]] of mass is being violated. However relativity, with its concept of mass/energy equivalence, holds to a more general [[Principle of conservation of energy|principle of conservation of energy]]. Thus relativity might easily explain the observation, as keeping the standard masses in a perfect energy isolated environment is a far harder task than keeping them in a matter isolated environment (which is itself not perfectly achievable).

#:Clearly there are a few dots that need to be joined here before this can become a coherent argument for or against anything. The best interpretation that can be put on it is that the [[Law of the conservation of mass|principle of conservation]] of mass is being violated. However relativity, with its concept of mass/energy equivalence, holds to a more general [[Principle of conservation of energy|principle of conservation of energy]]. Thus relativity might easily explain the observation, as keeping the standard masses in a perfect energy isolated environment is a far harder task than keeping them in a matter isolated environment (which is itself not perfectly achievable).

#:The data are not diverging from the predictions.

#:The data are not diverging from the predictions.

#''The lack of useful devices developed based on any insights provided by the theory; no lives have been saved or helped, and the theory has not led to other useful theories and may have interfered with scientific progress.  This stands in stark contrast with every verified theory of science.''

#''The lack of useful devices developed based on any insights provided by the theory; no lives have been saved or helped, and the theory has not led to other useful theories and may have interfered with scientific progress.  This stands in stark contrast with every verified theory of science.''

#: Global Positioning System (GPS) uses general relativity to achieve greater accuracy<ref>http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html</ref>. Even if it were the case that no practical applications have come from relativity, that is irrelevant. The validity of a theory is tested by its ability to accurately predict the results of an experiment. Relativity "has held up under extensive experimental scrutiny" <ref>http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2006-3/</ref>.  

#:The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses general relativity to achieve greater accuracy<ref>http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit5/gps.html</ref>.

#:Even if it were the case that no practical applications have come from relativity, that is irrelevant. The validity of a theory is not based on the creation of useful devices.  It is based on its ability to accurately predict the results of an experiment. Relativity "has held up under extensive experimental scrutiny" <ref>http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2006-3/</ref>.

#''Relativity requires different values for the inertia of a moving object: in its direction of motion, and perpendicular to that direction. This contradicts the logical principle that the laws of physics are the same in all directions.''

#''Relativity requires different values for the inertia of a moving object: in its direction of motion, and perpendicular to that direction. This contradicts the logical principle that the laws of physics are the same in all directions.''

#:The rules for calculating inertia and other questions of mechanics are well known.  The inertia, that is, the way that a force affects an object's momentum, is well known.  Hundreds of physics textbooks discuss this in great detail, in terms of the Lorentz transform and the concepts of the force and momentum 4-vectors.  The "inertia" comes from what is now called the mass, which used to be called the "rest mass".  Archaic treatments formulated this in terms of the "relativistic mass", which was different.  The mass is a scalar, and has no direction.  The formulas for calculating the motion in terms of forces, in the direction of motion or transverse to it, are well known.

#:The rules for calculating inertia and other questions of mechanics are well known.  The inertia, that is, the way that a force affects an object's momentum, is well known.  Hundreds of physics textbooks discuss this in great detail, in terms of the Lorentz transform and the concepts of the force and momentum 4-vectors.  The "inertia" comes from what is now called the mass, which used to be called the "rest mass".  Archaic treatments formulated this in terms of the "relativistic mass", which was different.  The mass is a scalar, and has no direction.  The formulas for calculating the motion in terms of forces, in the direction of motion or transverse to it, are well known.