alt.education

On Sep 8, 9:34 pm, Jd wrote:
> Martin Phipps wrote:
> >On Sep 7, 10:40 am, Jd wrote:
> >> Martin Phipps wrote:
> >> >On Sep 1, 12:48 pm, Jd wrote:
> >> >> Jd wrote:
> >> >> >Einsteinian relativity is in error. It breaks down on the Planc scale. Maxwell and Farrady
> >> >> >pointed out that Newtons work was insufficient wrt background space. Einstein and Newtons
> >> >> >theories were in error.



> >> >> > The status quo is overturned. It may be years before you hear about it since they want to
> >> >> >break the news slowly so as not to cause you to lose your "faith" in science.
>
> >> >> >The "Big Bang" is history (and error at that).
>
> >> >> I couldn't help but notice Bob, that you failed to reply to my post.
>
> >> >He's not obligated to reply to you because you failed to reply to his
> >> >points. Newton's theories are still taught in high school. They are
> >> >not "wrong". They were never "overturned". Einstein's theories are
> >> >still taught in university. They are not "wrong". They were never
> >> >"overturned".
>
> >> >You have to understand that Einstein's theories merely built on top of
> >> >Newton's theories. And any future theories would have to be
> >> >consistent with Newton's and Einstein's theories. And the people to
> >> >develop these new theories will be scientists, specifically
> >> >physicists.
>
> >> Not true. If Newton and Einstein were incorrect in their "theories", newer and
> >> more correct theories would prove it. And physicists have done just that.
>
> >Incorrect. Read what I wrote. The new theories didn't make the old
> >theories wrong. Rather they just extended them to situations in which
> >the old theories alone weren't valid.
>
> Hmmm.... so as long as a theory remains a "theory" it can never be said to be wrong. How
> conveniently similar to "faith".
>
> Problem is numbers don't lie. When a mathmatical equation proves a theory wrong, it is "wrong".

And when a million experiments "prove" a theory right, it is "right".
How completely different that is from faith which has no basis in
reality whatsoever!

Martin