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Subject: Re: Gravitational time dilation HOAX along the years
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> wrote:

> It used to be said "at one point only three people
> in the world understood Relativity Theory, ...."
> 
> Now, one of them's usually assumed to be Einstein.

Don't be silly, it was a joke. In full, something like:

Journalist: Professor Eddington, is it true that there are only three
people in the world who understand relativity?
Eddington: Hesitates, does'n answer.
Journalist: Why are you hesitating?
Eddington: Not hesitating, I was just thinking who might be the third.

Jan