The saddest thing is that N Tesla has been almost completely written out of history- 100X the genius of Einstein the Fraud - Tesla has 1000+ patents- Einstein? The “Church of Einstein” has done untold damage to the world- He denied the Energy Field Existed - Something great for Fossil Fuels- Anything W a COP > 1 is called, Impossible and Perpetual Motion- Idiots- The Earth is in Perpetual motion-
Sick to death of reading about Einstein and his garbage collection of shit “Science” - Gravity IS Electromagnetic & the Pressure is what holds planets in their orbit - FTL is a FACT look at Scalar Waves many multiple’s of c - Denied to exist when one look’s up the term on normal web sites-
I think that image of Oliver Lodge in the Times ‘ineffectually’ punching back says more about the paper’s bias than Lodge’s actual arguments.
And the quote about Relativity from Born was very telling: ‘But its connection with experience is slender. It appealed to me like a great work of art, to be admired and enjoyed at a distance’.
It was easy for all counter-arguments to be overlooked in the context of a very political climate. A mass formation in other words.
Excellent essay, not surprising, considering your previous efforts. The inclusion of the scandalous goings-on in Georgia during that era is, shall we say, apropos to our modern travails regarding 'The Hidden Truth" behind the acceptable narratives pushed upon our teeming masses. Today's owners of our mass media have yet to forget or forgive such sinful behavior of those upstart peasants in Georgia. The carpet-bagger Leo's demise has bequeathed us with more than a century of wonderfully crafted illusions and remonstrations. The similarities to the patent clerk's meteoric rise seem somehow just as real.
Your’s is the first secular POV article I’ve ever seen regarding Galileo’s official offense for which he was really singled out by Rome: Portraying the pope as a clown in his text book. Too bad Einstein wasn’t Catholic.
John Plaice gives Galileo his proper due as researcher, scholar, and writer on his Substack "Fiat Lux". It's worth your time to check out the valuable things that Galileo did accomplish. Too much of Galileo's history is that of being used as a political football.
“When he offered his last important work to the publishers,” the paper reported breathlessly, “he warned them there were not more than twelve persons in the whole world who would understand it, but the publishers took the risk”
Wasn't it Eddington who picked up on that canard? He said something like "...there are only three people in the world who understand relativity- Einstein, myself, and I can't think of who the third person is."
Hans, thanks for giving us a look at some of the precursor to Pop Culture fetishist propaganda that came to infect and poison Science. You are helping us to discover it's a short walk from researcher to popularizer to cult figure, even if not in the mind of the individual under the lime light, then at least for the audience who sees him.
Truth's light may be harsh, but at least it's less likely to lead one off a cliff.
Bernays' efforts can be mitigated with understanding of McLuhan's observations. We should be reading vigorously to understand both men these days.
The saddest thing is that N Tesla has been almost completely written out of history- 100X the genius of Einstein the Fraud - Tesla has 1000+ patents- Einstein? The “Church of Einstein” has done untold damage to the world- He denied the Energy Field Existed - Something great for Fossil Fuels- Anything W a COP > 1 is called, Impossible and Perpetual Motion- Idiots- The Earth is in Perpetual motion-
Sick to death of reading about Einstein and his garbage collection of shit “Science” - Gravity IS Electromagnetic & the Pressure is what holds planets in their orbit - FTL is a FACT look at Scalar Waves many multiple’s of c - Denied to exist when one look’s up the term on normal web sites-
A good read, thanks.
I think that image of Oliver Lodge in the Times ‘ineffectually’ punching back says more about the paper’s bias than Lodge’s actual arguments.
And the quote about Relativity from Born was very telling: ‘But its connection with experience is slender. It appealed to me like a great work of art, to be admired and enjoyed at a distance’.
It was easy for all counter-arguments to be overlooked in the context of a very political climate. A mass formation in other words.
Excellent essay, not surprising, considering your previous efforts. The inclusion of the scandalous goings-on in Georgia during that era is, shall we say, apropos to our modern travails regarding 'The Hidden Truth" behind the acceptable narratives pushed upon our teeming masses. Today's owners of our mass media have yet to forget or forgive such sinful behavior of those upstart peasants in Georgia. The carpet-bagger Leo's demise has bequeathed us with more than a century of wonderfully crafted illusions and remonstrations. The similarities to the patent clerk's meteoric rise seem somehow just as real.
Your’s is the first secular POV article I’ve ever seen regarding Galileo’s official offense for which he was really singled out by Rome: Portraying the pope as a clown in his text book. Too bad Einstein wasn’t Catholic.
More to it than just that, but it certainly didn't help.
Recommend checking out the late Michael Flynn's blog for another secular view of Galileo. You can find it here.
https://tofspot.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-table-of.html
John Plaice gives Galileo his proper due as researcher, scholar, and writer on his Substack "Fiat Lux". It's worth your time to check out the valuable things that Galileo did accomplish. Too much of Galileo's history is that of being used as a political football.
https://johnplaice.substack.com/
Thanks. It’s disappointing so many otherwise sharp people buy the anti-Catholic Galileo canards rather than his actual history.
I second this recommendation.
“When he offered his last important work to the publishers,” the paper reported breathlessly, “he warned them there were not more than twelve persons in the whole world who would understand it, but the publishers took the risk”
Wasn't it Eddington who picked up on that canard? He said something like "...there are only three people in the world who understand relativity- Einstein, myself, and I can't think of who the third person is."
Exactly! I saved that quote for the chapter summary.
Hans, thanks for giving us a look at some of the precursor to Pop Culture fetishist propaganda that came to infect and poison Science. You are helping us to discover it's a short walk from researcher to popularizer to cult figure, even if not in the mind of the individual under the lime light, then at least for the audience who sees him.
Truth's light may be harsh, but at least it's less likely to lead one off a cliff.
Bernays' efforts can be mitigated with understanding of McLuhan's observations. We should be reading vigorously to understand both men these days.
Kudos! Well done sir! What a story!
Kudos! Well done sir! What a story!
Yes. But not necessarily in a good way.