[Ilugc] [OFFTOPIC] Einstein's mistake
- From: kapil@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kapil Hari Paranjape)
- Date: Mon Sep 29 20:58:15 2008
Hello,
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Mano wrote:
Kapil Hari Paranjape <kapil@...> writes:
P. S. Even Newton, Faraday and Einstein were wrong at times!
"On my "epistemic test", Einstein's conceptual mistake is proof that
he copied from Poincare".
More can be found at ckraju.net. Am not a mathematician and do not
understand how solid an argument CKRaju has! Can Prof KHP enlighten
us! Assuming he has the time and inclination :-)
I am not very good at history --- even when the history is of
mathematics. So I cannot judge the value of remarks about who
invented calculus.
There is no doubt that every "great" scientist has stood on the
shoulders of others.
The one big flaw in most Indian schools has been the inability to
criticise and be skeptical about one's teachers.
The one big flaw in most Western schools has been their obsession with
obtaining priority.
I would rather combine the best of both schools rather than the worst!
So one should go beyond what one's teachers (real or virtual) taught
us but give credit to their teachings for one's ideas.
Kapil.
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