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Originally Posted by Kadath
I apologize for my tone. It was completely unwarranted.
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Don't worry about it. I was a bit pompous in my response anyway!
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Einstein's Theory of Relativity can hardly be considered a proven law of physics.
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Well, I think it can. It
was proven. At least, its predications shown as accurate. Einstein's
Special Theory of Relativity was proven as accurate in 1919 when British Astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington measured light "bending" around an eclipse off the coast of Africa. Check out
http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/coles.asp
Further proofs were offered in 1998 (
http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/.../m27-031.shtml), 2003 (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2639043.stm) and just very recently in October of 2004 (
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-9-2004-51444.asp)
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It's not as if I'm arguing against gravity here. No one knows anything about the fundamental nature of the universe -- it's all unproven hypotheses.
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Not so.
Unless we descend into philosophical debate on the nature of "proof" "reality" and "science"... But that would get us nowhere.
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I am not attached to the idea of interstellar travel; I don't give a crap about leaving the planet. I think not funding NASA because you don't think we can reach another solar system is pretty crazy, if only because space exploration has helped advance other fields -- how many products designed for space travel have been made part of our everyday lives?
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Well, there's the pen that can write upside down. And then there's the... erm... Hmmm
Mr Mephisto