The Deconstruction of Einstein, and the Reconstruction of Human Intelligence in Physics and Elsewhere

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Scientific Paper
Title The Deconstruction of Einstein, and the Reconstruction of Human Intelligence in Physics and Elsewhere
Author(s) Francisco J M?ller
Keywords Einstein, Lorentz equations, equivalence principle
Published 2005
Journal None

Abstract

A centenary compilation of comments about Einstein?s work clearly shows that an Einsteinian cultural bias has pervaded twentieth-century thinking. The enumeration includes sources not only from Einstein?s critics, but from admirers and followers as well. The topics include among others: Einstein?s ?proof? of Lorentz?s equations; Einstein?s ?proof? of E=mc2 ; Einstein?s disregard of tidal forces in his equivalence principle; Einstein?s wrong ideas regarding cosmology; the fame that was engineered for Einstein by Eddington with the eclipse of 1919; the enmity that Einstein expressed for quantum physics, a monster the he had helped to create. Einstein?s talent was to use ideas of others, add something of his own, and thereby create a mixture that careful study reveals to make no sense at all. On the positive side, this paper tackles the much more difficult task of reconstructing human intelligence after the Einstein fad has destroyed it. But some starting points are indicated as hope for the future.