Comments on: Autodynamics http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332 "no matter how gifted, you alone cannot change the world" Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Marko http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-14644 Marko Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:05:52 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-14644 Edit: s/Gonwin/Godwin/

]]> By: Marko http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-14642 Marko Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:04:53 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-14642 Wanting to read “Hilster” as “Hitler”, HennepinCountyLawyer? I call Gonwin’s Law at this early stage:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

]]> By: How To Spot A Psychopath :: More spam highlights :: October :: 2007 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-13231 How To Spot A Psychopath :: More spam highlights :: October :: 2007 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:57:52 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-13231 [...] from one David de Hilster, whose somewhat novel theory that Einstein Was Wrong (and that E actually equals MC cubed…) has, apparently, spawned a documentary pithily titled “Einstein Wrong – The Miracle [...]

]]> By: HennepinCountyLawyer http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12934 HennepinCountyLawyer Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:06:00 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12934 My eyes (all right, my mind) keeps wanting to read “Hilster” as “Hitler.” A really good crackpot could no doubt come up with something significant about this.

Of course, “Hilter” might be more appropriate, if you remember the North Minehead By-Election.

(BTW, I couldn’t remember whether there should be an e in Bye, so I googled “North Minehead” and of course the first page is solid By-Election.)

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12870 Blake Stacey Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:12:43 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12870 In addition, if there’s any point you’d like me to elaborate, just ask.

I should also mention that the Autodynamicists have a weird hatred for the neutrino. This seems to grow out of their enmity with relativity, but I can’t really fathom how. If you hate an entire category of fundamental particles, you’ve got some issues.

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12856 Blake Stacey Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:48:02 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12856 Glad to be of service. Maybe if we can provide blanket blogospheric coverage, news reports won’t be entirely credulous when (if) the movie comes out.

I can dream, can’t I?

]]> By: Laelaps http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12855 Laelaps Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12855 Physics is still a bit over my head (ok, very much over my head), but thanks for providing a concise summary, Blake. The trailer for Hilster’s film is absolutely horrible, and it appears as if he’s from the Ed Wood school of cinematography (one take is all he needs, no matter what goes wrong).

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12853 Blake Stacey Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:35:12 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12853 Beats me.

“Proving Einstein wrong” comes first with these people; “matching up with reality” is always on tomorrow’s agenda.

]]> By: Isabel http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12848 Isabel Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:57:53 +0000 http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=332#comment-12848 But… but… the units don’t even work!

And how does Autodynamics reconcile their velocity addition formula with the fact that clearly when v_1 and v_2 are small, we should have v ~ v_1 + v_2 (for some sense of ~ that I won’t make precise)?

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