Physics without demonstation is metaphysics. Philosophy is great, but one should be clear about the subject they are theorizing about.
Speculative philosophy is useful and leads to some good places, and a lot of it is just pure speculation
This was an excellent article, especially noting how most of this can be explaibed by metaphysical prior assumptions, and not purely the physics proofs.
"The theory, wraps all these errors and fallacies and clothes them in magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king. Its exponents are very brilliant men, but they are metaphysicists rather than scientists. Not a single one of the relativity propositions has been proved." nikola tesla
Would not Newton's gravitational theory and equation be equally classified as "Jewish science" in that it is derived from observational data alone, feigning no hypotheses? :)
Epic! Well done! The intersection of Science and society, ego and the possible truth. "Having led the charge toward positivism, instrumentalism, and operationalism, the older Einstein changed his mind, and sided increasingly with Spinoza and realism." I am wondering...how is 'positivism' different than 'realism'?
You state "We have already seen how the positivist philosophy pioneered by Ernst Mach (1838–1916) and the relativity theory of Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) were influences on Einstein." Please point me kind sir, to where we saw that. I missed it!
On a personal note I find this comment by Einstein irritating, self serving and grandiose in the extreme, but perhaps that is just me: "“The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle”"
We'll have to discuss that Einstein comment sometime. I think it's a key insight. From where do we get order if the world is born of randomness and chaos?
One more question: I found the positivism but I can't find anything on Spinoza and 'realism' as it would relate to Einstein I don't quite get what you mean by the pairing of an apparent contrast between 'positivism' versus 'realism'. Thanks
Thank you...I'll check those out. I appreciate his faith, absolutely, especially for a scientist of his stature. My faith is grounded in mystery, not comprehensibility. At times Einstein has more faith in his own theories than in God. I mean it in that sense.
Maybe he was trying to be funny? Maybe he means that it is a mystery that the world is SO well ordered and SO beautiful. Yes- that's certainly God at work. The designer, the artist, the Creator. But to claim it is comprehensible?
Fritz Haber could solve half the explosives problem. The other half required more toluene or benzene than could easily be obtained from coal tar or Romanian oil. The British naval blockade succeeded in producing unintended misery, including their own soldiers.
I'll need to read this at least twice, to unpack the mathematical and personal infighting.
Thanks - well researched and extensive survey. Lenard et al's criticims of the Einstotle were totally valid and 'validated' by reality. The 'anti-semitic' card was played by Einstein et al early in the 1920s, when the criticisms of why Relativity was bunk had nothing to do with his 'Jewishness'. Relativity is one of the great frauds in history. Einstein performed precisely 0 experiments to support his inane philosophies.
The new question is what will Chinese physics bring us? Going by the 3 body problem book it's lots of autists staring at walls and a healthy sense of awe and fear at the entire field of physics.
This article is incredibly well-done. No obvious mistakes and well-sourced.
I do think some discussion of Gödel and Einstein at the end might’ve been healthy, as I believe both worked to resolve the Judeo-German physic conflict in their old age on their particular walks as both had significant adjustment issues at the IAS.
Thanks. One can feel some sympathy for Lenard, learning about all the personal tragedies that pushed him over the edge. Stark, on the other hand, comes off as a bitter political opportunist.
Tesla electric experiments, it seems, is what Stark pursued, despite being the villain in the story. Before this article, I’d never heard of him. Coincidence that the Marvel Comic Universe used the name “Stark” for their super-hero physicist inventor genius?
Physics without demonstation is metaphysics. Philosophy is great, but one should be clear about the subject they are theorizing about.
Speculative philosophy is useful and leads to some good places, and a lot of it is just pure speculation
This was an excellent article, especially noting how most of this can be explaibed by metaphysical prior assumptions, and not purely the physics proofs.
"The theory, wraps all these errors and fallacies and clothes them in magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king. Its exponents are very brilliant men, but they are metaphysicists rather than scientists. Not a single one of the relativity propositions has been proved." nikola tesla
Interesting, useful work, Hans, as always.
Would not Newton's gravitational theory and equation be equally classified as "Jewish science" in that it is derived from observational data alone, feigning no hypotheses? :)
Epic! Well done! The intersection of Science and society, ego and the possible truth. "Having led the charge toward positivism, instrumentalism, and operationalism, the older Einstein changed his mind, and sided increasingly with Spinoza and realism." I am wondering...how is 'positivism' different than 'realism'?
You state "We have already seen how the positivist philosophy pioneered by Ernst Mach (1838–1916) and the relativity theory of Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) were influences on Einstein." Please point me kind sir, to where we saw that. I missed it!
On a personal note I find this comment by Einstein irritating, self serving and grandiose in the extreme, but perhaps that is just me: "“The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility. The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle”"
See: https://aetherczar.substack.com/p/521-origins-of-relativity and https://aetherczar.substack.com/p/51-positivism-and-physics
We'll have to discuss that Einstein comment sometime. I think it's a key insight. From where do we get order if the world is born of randomness and chaos?
One more question: I found the positivism but I can't find anything on Spinoza and 'realism' as it would relate to Einstein I don't quite get what you mean by the pairing of an apparent contrast between 'positivism' versus 'realism'. Thanks
Thank you...I'll check those out. I appreciate his faith, absolutely, especially for a scientist of his stature. My faith is grounded in mystery, not comprehensibility. At times Einstein has more faith in his own theories than in God. I mean it in that sense.
Maybe he was trying to be funny? Maybe he means that it is a mystery that the world is SO well ordered and SO beautiful. Yes- that's certainly God at work. The designer, the artist, the Creator. But to claim it is comprehensible?
Fritz Haber could solve half the explosives problem. The other half required more toluene or benzene than could easily be obtained from coal tar or Romanian oil. The British naval blockade succeeded in producing unintended misery, including their own soldiers.
I'll need to read this at least twice, to unpack the mathematical and personal infighting.
Thanks - well researched and extensive survey. Lenard et al's criticims of the Einstotle were totally valid and 'validated' by reality. The 'anti-semitic' card was played by Einstein et al early in the 1920s, when the criticisms of why Relativity was bunk had nothing to do with his 'Jewishness'. Relativity is one of the great frauds in history. Einstein performed precisely 0 experiments to support his inane philosophies.
Incorrect physics = Jewish physics.
Earth is a magnet. Magnetoelectric. ELECTRICITY IS FREE HARVEST WITH A SIMPLE MAGNET. TESLA. EGYPT.+++SIMPLE CIRCUT.
The new question is what will Chinese physics bring us? Going by the 3 body problem book it's lots of autists staring at walls and a healthy sense of awe and fear at the entire field of physics.
This article is incredibly well-done. No obvious mistakes and well-sourced.
I do think some discussion of Gödel and Einstein at the end might’ve been healthy, as I believe both worked to resolve the Judeo-German physic conflict in their old age on their particular walks as both had significant adjustment issues at the IAS.
Thanks. Can you suggest some starting points? I'm only superficially familiar with Gödel.
I just got done reading Stephan Budiansky’s “Journey to the Edge of Reason.”
It was very good, especially for operating on a pretty slim information base as Gödel tended to be quite reserved.
Thanks for all your work. Without it, I would probably have never formulated the potential energy field and the geometric theory of motion.
I eagerly await the rest of this mighty tome.
What a thoroughly researched essay. So many references. Incredible.
Poor Lenard. If only he had been born in a less politically charged time…
Thanks. One can feel some sympathy for Lenard, learning about all the personal tragedies that pushed him over the edge. Stark, on the other hand, comes off as a bitter political opportunist.
quantum mechanics was designed to lead research away from teslian electro physics
Tesla electric experiments, it seems, is what Stark pursued, despite being the villain in the story. Before this article, I’d never heard of him. Coincidence that the Marvel Comic Universe used the name “Stark” for their super-hero physicist inventor genius?