Re: Relativity defends itself by complicating everything to the point of incomprehensibility.

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 6:08:38 +0000, Thomas Heger wrote:

Am Freitag000006, 06.12.2024 um 22:07 schrieb LaurenceClarkCrossen:

"The establishment defends itself by complicating everything to the
point of incomprehensibility." - Fred Hoyle
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I had the same impression long ago.
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Many things in physics are simply way to complicated, because I just
don't think, that nature needs such complicated rules.
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Nature should work on a fundamental level very simple and should
therefore require only a few simple rules.
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These fundamental principles should, however, generate a plethora of
different patterns, which we find in nature.
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But the building blocks themselves should be few and simple.
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If you (for instance) had found such 'building blocks' (say in the 19th
century) and utilized them for your own benefit, you certainly want
others to search somewhere else.
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In the meantime you could acquire tremendous wealth and make yourself a
member of the establishment (established by your wealth).
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But you need to divert competition into unpromising realms and feed your
competitors with unproductive nonsense.
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This should be done 'en masse', because it wouldn't help, if these
others would find out of the swamp anytime soon.
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  TH

In the 1920s, the Royal Society's influence and Eddington helped the
gaseous Sun model become the standard model. Coincidentally, it
supported the interpretation of the eclipse observations as caused by
gravity instead of refraction by supporting the low pressure above the
photosphere. The gaseous model is not parsimonious.