Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: List of Critics of Relativity: Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:36:37 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 35 Message-ID: <64DFBA35.7EF9@ix.netcom.com> References: <908740bc-efe1-4790-8623-328401d8cba6n@googlegroups.com> <1qfmhi4.hk4lv21adv7w3N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <4e230871-8c89-436e-b2bd-b5f707baf9f9n@googlegroups.com> <1qfmo11.xngp8lxt3qb0N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1qfmqgn.j2zz4qv9sqpnN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <64DFB0E3.75D2@ix.netcom.com> <7e843296-fd24-46f9-aa47-a54bffe30accn@googlegroups.com> <64b8dc96-71b6-4f0e-b13c-a22f8d256de0n@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="20a10480cebdb3acbbff853fb9cdf1e0"; logging-data="390980"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18hsLnqJofrR9Yb5yKhlkedPh7ANfo4um8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:4rPCjE/3G7bDtVpXuWjWjSNZ6HA= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 230817-6, 08/17/2023), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:618154 sci.physics:879140 Paul Alsing wrote: > > On Friday, August 18, 2023 at 11:08:06 AM UTC-7, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote: > > > Relativity has never been rationally defended and never can be. > > On the contrary, relativity has never been rationally defeated, yet. It may eventually be modified and even defeated, but it won't be by a crank who does not even know high school physics! "high school physics"???? Who teachers "high school physics"???? Only 1/3 of all high school physics teachers have a degree in physics or physics education. Almost 1/3 of all high school physics teachers have taken fewer than 3 college physics classes. 90% of middle school students are taught physical science by a teacher lacking a major or certification in the physical sciences (chemistry, geology, general science or physics). Our local and regional school districts have had substantial difficulty finding and retaining qualified physics teachers. 52% of New York City high schools do not even offer physics. Of all school subjects, Physics has the most severe teacher shortage, followed by math and chemistry. There are large surpluses of biology and earth science teachers. http://phystec.physics.cornell.edu/content/crisis-physics-education -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.