Ahem, the "Ahhh, the typical "you beat your wife" response" shows I "got it". Do try and keep up. Once again, if you are unable to prove me wrong, just say so. Your apology is accepted.
Additionally, if you two chaps want to keep on going on about Einstein, give credit where it's due. It was first Fitgerald, then Lorentz (but Lorentz takes all the credit because he shouted louder than Fitzgerald) who started the ball rolling. It was Michelson and Morely, with their "inferometer", that was the first clue "we didn't understand" - 20yrs before Einsteins theory of relativity.
Yeah, well.. what is truth? Seriously, Man.. we have to honor the principle of free speech and it never hurts to know what's out there, disgusting or not.
Sometimes generalization is good sometimes it is not? Who is to decide? I guess you think you know better than others. Basically, since there is no principle(consistency) in your thinking, it's a matter of belief for you. Some people believe in Jesus, you believe in equality. Put it differently, when you say generalization is good sometimes and not other time you are basically saying it is good to learn sometimes but not always. Again, logically it comes down to faith and your unwillingness to see beyond that. P.S. Actually there are people who don't generalize. INSANE and RETARDED!!!
Is a white woman 'sexist' when she says white males are many times more likely to commit violent crimes than white women? No, she's not, because it's true - it's a fact. But it's ALSO true that black men are many times likely to commit violent crime than white men Why is one statement not 'sexist', while the other is 'racist'? There's only one answer, Political Correctness. (and yes, Godwin's law did apply here, it's a good rule) CRIMES PER 100,000 POPULATION A-Britain B-France C-Germany D-Italy E-U.S.A. F-American Whites G-American Blacks Murder: A-7.4 B-4.6 C-4.2 D-6.0 E-9.3 F-5.1 G-43.4 Robbery: A-62.6 B-90.4 C-47.4 D-68.6 E-263.0 F-126 G-1,343 Source: Uniform Crime Reports for U.S. data, The Economist for European data. European data for 1990; American data for 1992
Cesko... I wouldn't know where to begin with this one. Generally, it's best to put on the old thinking cap before posting.
No offense, Stealth, but that's not true. Einstein spent the latter part of his life looking for a unifying idea that would reconcile the various theoretical approaches in a relativistic framework. He was actually trying hard to prove that his work was accurate and that the results of 'QCD' (as it was known at that time) did not undermine determinism. He fervently believed that 'God does not play dice'. Ronald W. Clarke's 'Einstein: The Life and Times' is generally acknowledged to be the definitive work in the field, and provides quite a bit of detail about the years after his arrival at Princeton. If you have information to the contrary, could you cite the relevant sources here?
I'm <b>not</b> in favor of censoring this thread. Yes, some ugly remarks were made... but it should be the choice of each individual to decide for himself whether or not to read it.