It is curious that the human mind could blindly accept an infinite speed but had reservations to accept a finite one, simply because it was too large!
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Without causality in the world, there is no point in educating people, or making any moral or political appeal.
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Teaching the layperson (divulgare) is not distorting (tergiversare) the subject, but educating the public; and it is our duty as scientists to educate without distorting the essence of the scientific knowledge attained by humanity. The future of our society depends upon this premise.
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After some cogitation, it is difficult not to agree with Herman Bondi (1919 - 2005), who in his book 'Relativity and Common Sense' says: ... The surprising thing, surely, is that molecules in a gas behave so much as billiard balls, not that electrons behave so little like billiard balls.
— Felix Alba-Juez E=mc^2: The Most Famous Equation in History... and its Folklore
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If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?
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Truth is not as pompous and romantic as myth ... but it has the immeasurable value of being the Truth.
— Felix Alba-Juez E=mc^2: The Most Famous Equation in History... and its Folklore
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