Reference: Essays on Substance
Physics and Brainwashing
Brainwashing occurs when a person cannot see what is there. He only sees what agrees with his mental state.
At one time people believed that the sun revolves around the earth. The Catholic Church pushed that as a fact on the population. It even punished Galileo for saying that it was earth that revolved around the sun.
The above is an example of a brainwashed state of mind, that could not see the inconsistency that Copernicus revealed with his brilliant observation and math. Similar problem was faced by Einstein about his brilliant ideas.
Today all kind of inconsistencies are simply swallowed by gullible people and even by scientists who cannot see inconsistency because of their mental fixations. It is so bad that they would rather change their view of reality instead.
This is happening today with respect to strange interpretations of the mathematics of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. Until such inconsistencies are confronted head on as demanded by The Scientific Method, the scientific progress will remain at a standstill.
Yes, there is mind-blowing progress in Technology, but let’s not confuse that with scientific progress.
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