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1.20.2007

Einstein's Error

The speed of light is not truly constant, a fact I used to taunt my Physics major roommate with in college all the time.

It is worth noting that Einstein was no more perfect than Newton; the models he developed, while exceptionally useful, have errors that have been exposed through more precise measurement in the years since he formed his hypotheses. This is the normal course of science. Those who follow correct, revise, and extend the work of those who came before.

Be careful how much stock you place in what we think we know today. The ancients were no bigger fools than we are; they simply lacked the means to directly observe much of what we can today. Likewise, the inferences we have made will no doubt be disproven by the direct observations our descendants will make.

Atheists who worship at the altar of man's reason have a very big blind spot in this regard.

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