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Good discussion, but I did think the original tweet a bit simplistic. In what way was Einstein's search for a theory of space and time political? In what way was the search for a general theory of relativity political?
Cormac, finding the political context of relativity — especially GR — is not that hard... I am sure you know this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Stark …
That is not the political context of the serach for GR. That is the political context of one man's reaction to GR
Re-read the article again Cormac... "It was Stark who, as the editor of Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik, asked in 1907, then still rather unknown, Albert Einstein to write a review article on the principle of relativity. ..."
And anyway you're misunderstanding the definition of political. But here's an easy hint: if people have strong political responses to science, then it's hard to argue that there isn't something political going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Physik …
You could certainly argue that the reaction of some to GR was politically informed. But that is not the same thing as arguing that the search for GR was political
It was shaped by its political context, is what I am saying. If that seems odd to you, again, confront the definition of "political" I've gone on at length to explicate in the thread. It is not the colloquial sense of "politically motivated."
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