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From: David Canzi <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca>
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Subject: Re: The antics of thermodynamics, the depravity of relativity, the
 bunkum of quantum
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:59:47 -0400
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On 3/26/25 17:33, Bertitaylor wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:08:24 +0000, David Canzi wrote:
> 
>> On 3/12/25 16:05, Bertitaylor wrote:
>>> On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:40:27 +0000, David Canzi wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/11/25 16:19, Bertitaylor wrote:
>>>>> They have corrupted not just physics. And humanity too
>>>>> with moral relativism, setting up wrongs as rights and rights as 
>>>>> wrongs.
>>>>
>>>> The relativism you hate didn't come from Einstein.  It was there
>>>> all along in Newton's physics.  Strange that you selectively hate
>>>> Einstein but not Newton.
> 
> Quote Newton on that. Did he say that light velocity did not vary with
> that of what emitted it? That is the first postulate of Einsteinian
> relativity and absolutely nonsense.

Actually it's the second postulate.  You should actually KNOW
SOMETHING about the theory you criticize, instead of sounding
off ignorantly.

The first postulate is this: The laws of physics take the same
form in all inertial frames of reference.  This is known as
the principle of relativity.  It means that the equations of
physics have the same form for all observers in any inertial
state of motion.  That's the relativism that is shared by both
Newton and Einstein.

If you  think that the coordinate-system relativism of Newton
and Einstein is somehow deeply connected to moral relativism
because their descriptions both contain the word relativism,
you should also expect sun dogs to bark.

> Woof woof woof-woof

>> The worst possible reason to believe something is that somebody
>> will morally disapprove of you if you don't believe it.

-- 
David Canzi             | "A wealth of information creates a poverty of
                         | attention." -- Herbert Simon