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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: clzb93ynxj@att.net (LaurenceClarkCrossen) Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Relativity defends itself by complicating everything to the point of incomprehensibility. Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:34:51 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <3ef33fc36a75ffbb128be5cbbc38737c@www.novabbs.com> References: <lrvcutFn77tU1@mid.individual.net> <vje7sr$220rb$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2526538"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="HcQFdl4zp4UQRQ9N18ivMn6Fl9V8n4SPkK4oZHLgYdQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$4S3rIukc59ds3tXoNOwNL.A4dJ2vnYkmdhp5PxznAfmHIocblFfXK X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: a2f761a7401f13abeefca3440f16b2f27b708180 Bytes: 2734 Lines: 46 On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 8:46:19 +0000, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote: > On 2024-12-12 06:08:38 +0000, Thomas Heger said: > >> Am Freitag000006, 06.12.2024 um 22:07 schrieb LaurenceClarkCrossen: >>> "The establishment defends itself by complicating everything to the >>> point of incomprehensibility." - Fred Hoyle >>> >> I had the same impression long ago. >> >> Many things in physics are simply way to complicated, because I just >> don't think, that nature needs such complicated rules. > > The unwanted comma seems just right there. >> >> Nature should > > Says who? "If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking on > creation thus, I should have recommended something simpler" (Alfonso X > of Castile). > >> work on a fundamental level very simple and should therefore require >> only a few simple rules. >> >> These fundamental principles should, however, generate a plethora of >> different patterns, which we find in nature. >> >> But the building blocks themselves should be few and simple. >> >> >> If you (for instance) had found such 'building blocks' (say in the 19th >> century) and utilized them for your own benefit, you certainly want >> others to search somewhere else. >> >> In the meantime you could acquire tremendous wealth and make yourself a >> member of the establishment (established by your wealth). >> >> But you need to divert competition into unpromising realms and feed >> your competitors with unproductive nonsense. >> >> This should be done 'en masse', because it wouldn't help, if these >> others would find out of the swamp anytime soon. >> >> >> TH > So, you are arguing against the parsimony Heger appreciates.