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Chapter 9: The Thought Experiment
criticism is evacuated to a separate article: after all, what does the criticism of a theory have to do with the theory as
such? In the evacuation article it is cast amongst a great quantity of criticism of the general theory of relativity and
of epistemological relativity. Here, the usual denials of the criticism (“only at the beginning”, “all meanwhile
refuted”) and the defamations (“anti-Semitic”, etc.) are applied. Here, at first, the documentation of G. O. Mueller
was given mention, then erased and shifted to the parallel “Discussion” track associated with every Wikipedia
article. Strangely enough, they seem to be unable to completely ban the documentation.
The attempts to cleanse the STR articles in the English and German Wikipedia are countered, however, by
Wikipedia offspring in other languages or thematic extracts that are still in the original condition of the Wikipedia
articles. These offspring still refer then to the original article, which however no longer exists. There are also
Wikipedia versions that are consciously seen as alternatives and that criticism cannot purge.
The English-language introduction to our research project and its documentation (see p. 11, above), published
in 2006, has opened up completely new relationships, in the Internet in particular, and with the critics in several
countries. The English title of the introduction is meanwhile also to be found on Internet sites cited in little-spoken
languages, which aptly demonstrates the decisive importance of a presentation in the English language, for worldwide
presence.
2012
In the Internet Also the Supporters of the Theory
are Informed About the Criticism
One could call it the list of reason: in that the opponents of criticism of the theory rage against every bit of
criticism of their wonderful theory that they find in the Internet, they are now beginning to grapple with the
information contained in the documentation. These are the very first steps towards a rational analysis of the
criticism, though compared to the censored offline world they represent a colossal advance. The Internet, in other
words, is already far ahead of the offline world.
Several indications of this development are evident. The supporters of the theory are surprised, for example, at
the large number of proven critical publications and they realize that no one could have worked through several
thousand titles. Sooner or later they will come to realize that the critics cannot be made answerable for the decades
of non-information. They will then, perhaps, ask themselves who was then responsible for the non-information.
In several forums some of the debating believers in the theory are even beginning to unmask some of the
theoretical errors listed in the documentation’s catalogue of errors (Chapter 2) as incorrect and mistaken claims,
that they are beginning to disprove. This is the beginning of an active occupation with the criticism and is therefore
very welcome (cf. above, p. 12-13).
With the theoretical disputes in the Internet, despite the aggressive and vulgar nature in which they are
conducted from the side of the supporters of the theory, the strategy pursued by the sphere of academic “science” in
the offline world, of only responding to the existence of the criticism with silence, concealment and if necessary
slander - i.e. not to respond wherever possible - has been thwarted. This break with the strategy in the online world
is a significant occurrence, although the debaters themselves don’t appear to have realized this so far. Nevertheless,
it will have its consequences for the offline world.
The discussion about the criticism of the theories of relativity - with or without mention of our documentation -
in the Internet forums and more recently also in a growing number of Weblogs has met with a surprisingly great
response, as confirmed by the large numbers of visitors who read pages, without themselves commenting on the
topics. Among them there will be also a higher proportion of interested persons who as yet have made no decision
as to the subject matter.
For the further development of public awareness the decisive point will not be whether these interested persons,
after reading the Internet pages, opt for the one or the other standpoints of the opposing groups, but that they come
to accept the simple but important message that criticism of the theory exists. This will take away from the
perpetrators of the propaganda and the brain-washers of the relativity theories one prerequisite for their effectiveness,
the unawareness of the public as to the existence of criticism.
From the standpoint of the critics of the theory the Internet allows an international networking of mutual
information, and linking of the sites of the critics to an extent that could never have been paralleled in the offline
world. In this way the critics, who for decades were doomed to suppression and exclusion from the professional
discussion, with consequent isolation, can at last be heard.
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