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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > >
> > > The Starmaker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Let me explain to you what
> > > > Einstein's theory of Relativity...
> > > > really means..
> > > >
> > > > It means
> > > > Einstein's view of relativity.
> > > >
> > > > How Einstein 'sees' it, how he perceives it.
> > > >
> > > > Through his eyes only...not yours.
> > > >
> > > > In other words,
> > > >
> > > > his
> > > > theory...
> > > > *determines*
> > > > what
> > > > he
> > > > sees.
> > >
> > > So, if Einstein says the speed of light is constant..it is
> > > the theory that determines the speed of light, not the light itself.
> >
> > So, what Einstein does is...
> >
> > first creates a theory..
> > then fits the facts to
> > fit the theory.
> >
> > "If the facts don't fit the
> > theory, then change the facts"
> 
> Now here is a quote of Albert Einstein to see if you understand the
> quote:
> 
> http://thinkexist.com/quotation/it_is_the_theory_that_decides_what_can_be/194898.html


Here is the quote for those fearful of links (on a physics newsgroup, )


“Theory determines what we observe.” --Albert Einstein



I'll explain later what it means because I don't expect anyone here to understand... the mind of Einstein.