Tuesday, August 17, 2010

(BLOG) It’s All Relative: You say Einstein Is ‘Jewish Science,’ I Say ‘Liberal Conspiracy’

"More than a half-century ago, the Nazis dismissed Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking theories as 'Jewish science'; in recent years Holocaust revisionists have taken up the anti-Einstein cause. Now, the legendary physicist is facing a new wave of attacks — this time from conservative bloggers who say that his theory of relativity and its iconic formula, E=mc2, are part of a 'liberal conspiracy.'

The latest debate erupted when a website, Conservapedia, posted a definition of relativity making the charge that it was part of an ideological plot, and then added a list of counter examples it says disprove Einstein’s theories. The postings were picked up by the liberal blog TPMMuckracker and then went viral."










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