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Re: Contradiction or my math/physics error?

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On 5/3/2023 3:46 AM, Jane wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 03:46:46 -0700, gehan.am...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 2:04:34 PM UTC+5, Sylvia Else wrote:
>   
>> "Dingle was the author of "Modern Astrophysics" (1924) and "Practical
>> Applications of Spectrum Analysis" (1950). He also wrote the essay
>> "Relativity for All" (1922)[2] and the monograph The Special Theory of
>> Relativity (1940). "
>>
>> "However, Dingle then came to realize and acknowledge that his
>> understanding of the problem had been mistaken. He then began to argue
>> that special relativity was empirically wrong in its predictions,
>> although experimental evidence showed he was mistaken about this.[10]"
>>
>> The problem is this: regardless whether he was right or wrong,  he was
>> totally convinced the theory was right,  so much so that he wrote a book
>> about it (presumably in support of it).  Then he changed his mind.  What
>> exactly happened and could this thing happen to anyone?
>> That is the more troubling question: no-one cannot ensure the permanence
>> of their beliefs, despite facts and reason.
> 
> True scientists do not have beliefs.

I've seen successful compartmentalization.

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