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Re: Albert Einstein said..."If you oppose my theories, you're..."

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Anon Y. Mouse wrote:
> 
> On 3/19/2017 4:16 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > Not everybody else...but according to Albert Einstein...'in his own words' he said:
> >
> > 'If you oppose my theories, you're an anti-semitic.'
> 
> It's pretty much the exact opposite: What he said was more like "If
> you're anti-semitic, you may oppose my theories."
> 
> First he claims "men of science" don't oppose his theories, leaving only
> non-scientists. Scientists don't oppose his theories.


What does this comment mean to you? 

"Even the physi
cists who opposed my theory did so for
political reasons"







> 
> Then he states that political (not scientific) opposition was often from
> anti-semitic people, stating that those people, already anti-semitic,
> oppose his theories just because he was a Jew.
> 
> > http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-04-03/ed-1/seq-3/
> > http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-04-03/ed-1/seq-3/ocr/
> > http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-04-03/ed-1/seq-3.pdf
> >
> > ""Why were men of science opposed
> > to your theory when you first made it
> > known ?"
> > "No men of science," he replied, em
> > phasizing the last'word, "were against
> > the theory."
> > "But there was some opposition?"
> > "Yes," was the quiet reply, "but that
> > was purely political. Even the physi
> > cists who opposed my theory did so for
> >  political reasons?in my opinion, o'
> >  course."
> > "What do you mean when you say
> > the opposition was political?"
> > "Anti-Semitism," was the scientist's
> > answer. "Because I am a Jew." ""

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