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

Chapter 9: The Thought Experiment
215 / 2002-12-04 - ELTERNKAMMER HAMBURG, Geschäftsstelle. Hamburg.
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216 / 2002-12-04 - LANDESELTERNBEIRAT HESSEN. Frankfurt a. M.
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217 / 2002-12-04 - LANDESELTERNRAT NIEDERSACHSEN, Office. Hannover.
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218 / 2002-12-05 - ELTERNVEREIN NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN e.V., Office. Essen.
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219 / 2002-12-05 - GESAMTLANDESELTERNVERTRETUNG DES SAARLANDES, Vorsitzende Hella Salzmann.
St. Ingbert. CD-ROM 1.1 (Copy No.: 206) with part-print of Chapters 1-3.
220 / 2002-12-06 - LANDESELTERNRAT SACHSEN, Office. Dresden.
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221 / 2002-12-16 - Prof. Dietrich SCHWANITZ. Hamburg.
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Extract:
“In your well regarded book “Bildung“ [Education]. Munich. Goldmann 2002. 697 pp, you treat Einstein and
the theory of relativity on pp 470-473. Our documentation might therefore interest you. We believe that, on the
basis of your standing in the public eye, you are in a position to stimulate a public discussion on scientific freedom
in the field of theoretical physics.”
222 / 2002-12-16 - Christoph STÖLZL. Berlin.
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223 / 2002-12-17 - Prof. Hans-Olaf HENKEL, President of the Leibniz Scientific Community. Berlin.
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Extract:
“We have read your memoirs with great pleasure and the title of the work, “Die Macht der Freiheit” [The Power
of Freedom] has prompted us to send you too our documentation. The freedom of science must also be a concern of
yours, since in the field of science too only a free discussion, and that always means a critical discussion, can
advance the issue. But criticism of the special theory of relativity in the field of theoretical physics, as we prove,
has been suppressed and slandered by all available means since 1922.”
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224 / 2002-12-17 - Konrad SCHILY. Witten.
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225 / 2002-12-18 - Freimut DUVE. Hamburg.
CD-ROM 1.1 (Copy No.: 209) and part-printout of Chapters 1-3.
Extract:
“From an item in FAZ, 27.4.02, we notice that in your function as OSZE appointee for freedom of the media
you have requested that Berlusconi clarify, through critical journalists, the supposedly criminal use made of the
television. In the situation of the critical journalists versus Berlusconi we see a fairly analogous situation to the
critics of the special theory of relativity in the field of theoretical physics. However, the critical journalists still have
a chance of direct public influence (due to the generally understandable nature of the topic) and in you they have a
political supporter, whereas the criticism of the theory cannot invoke any direct public influence, because the
public has been silenced by the powers that be in physics with incorrect information (“There is no criticism”), and
because the critics have no public advocate.
We ask you respectfully, and only after a positive result following your examination of our documentation, of
course, to bring your influence to bear in also assisting the critics in the field of theoretical physics to attain
freedom of speech. We believe that, on the basis of your standing in the public eye, you are in a position to
stimulate a public discussion on scientific freedom in the field of theoretical physics.”
226 / 2002-12-18 - Ralph Giordano. Köln.
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