Still waiting for you to tell me about that magical place in the world where reasonable people will not become “facts men” who object to assertions about 2 not being 2. Where is it? The attempted subjectivization of commonly held understanding is detrimental to social function.
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There was definitely a LOT of reactions to Einstein at the time that would have made essentially that argument.
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This is such a weird argument to be having, considering that the reaction Galileo got is basically burned into common culture.
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The bizarre thing about arguing with someone like this is they actually argue stridently on the basis of their own ignorance Saying that their basic-ass understanding of science or math or history is more true than yours, because it's stupider
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"Well that's the shared understanding of millions of people and you trying to disrupt that is bad for society" I guess we just shouldn't have schools at all then
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People profoundly underestimate how much "not as accurate but easier to use" is often a more reasonable thing. There's a reason maps that went in the glove box of the car weren't globes.
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No, going around something is acceleration, and acceleration isn't relative.
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Wait, I mean rotation. Acceleration being relative is the whole thing behind GR.
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