1. The Need of New Approaches - Kritische Stimmen zur ...

2012
Preface
Chapter 9: The Thought Experiment
The undertaking of this translation we owe to the initiative and the generosity of Mr. Ekkehard
Friebe, representative of our project to the public together with Ms. Jocelyne Lopez. Mr. Friebe
provided the financial means and organized the cooperation with Mr. Bronrowan. After our first
publications in English in 2006 with a short introduction into our project and the “First Open Letter”
to some 290 personalities in 11 countries we intend now to provide a deeper insight into the motives
of the project, the understanding of the peculiar circumstances in Germany and our decisions made
during the realization. Chapter 9 tries to give an interim balance of our activities.
With the publication of this English version we hope to extend the reach of our project and
especially the understanding of what we call our Thought Experiment: an experiment about the effects
of critical thoughts on the society.
We decided to present this chapter to the international public without any editing of the German
text which was written for a German public and published in May 2009. Although it referenced some
German actualities in autumn 2008 (pp. 14-23) which an international public of 2012 will not be
familiar with, this will not hinder the full understanding of our reasoning and our activities.
Ninety years of suppression (1922-2012) of all criticism of the theory of special relativity - in
the published media as well as in the education system from high school to university - are a
catastrophe for the critics as individuals and for the society as a whole.
The society still has to learn about its mental state in the catastrophe of relativity.
We critics have to show a way out. One attempt is our Thought Experiment.
G. O. Mueller
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G. O. Mueller: STR