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watson.fawkes
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From the above referenced paper, Am. J.
Phys. 56 (5), May 1988: | Quote: | | But von Soldner's calculation, though published in a major astronomical journal, was largely forgotten until it was ressurrected in 1921, in an
attempt by Nazi sympathizers in Germany to discredit Einstein's "Jewish" theory of relativity. |
This is the
weakest possible evidence you might muster here, as the the critic in question was a registered member of Germany's National Socialist political
party, the very definition of what it means to be a Nazi. The critic was in fact Philipp Lenard; the criticism itself is cited in the paper as footnote 6. If there's any doubt, the Wikipedia page states: | Quote: | | He joined the National Socialist Party before it became politically necessary or popular to do so. [...] An advisor to Adolf Hitler, Lenard became
Chief of Aryan physics under the Nazis. |
Lenard did some of the original experimental work that led to
Einstein's paper on the photoelectric effect.
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arsphenamine
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Under the Reich, early supporters of the "jewish relativity theory" enjoyed their
share of derision but the character of the epithets was usually sexually oriented.
"Merkwürdigliebe" was a popular term of abuse.
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Vogelzang
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Like I said, some Einstein critics are called Nazis.
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Renaissance Man
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Why do all the threads here seem to lead to Nazis?
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Godwin's Law:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble
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MagicJigPipe
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Can we please stop being obsessed with Godwin's Law?
And Vogelzang, even if your evidence was strong, what's your point? Is it: sometimes Einstein critics are called Nazis, therefore, anyone who calls
an Einstein critic a Nazi does not have a valid argument against Einstein criticism? You can't do that!
And also, I hope this paper isn't part of your Einstein criticism because I don't see how this invalidates his theories at all. Such things are
common in science.
Thanks, though, interesting read.
"There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry ... There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any
question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors. ... We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it and
that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. And we know that as long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think,
free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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