The relatively perpetual ban on criticism of Einstein's scientific theory

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Interpretations of the special theory of relativity (SRT), which no one took seriously at first, began to be analyzed in 1908. Until 1914, SRT was refuted by all experiments, including experiments on the search for the ether drift, which gave a non-zero result.

Many theoretical works that considered SRT from a physical and philosophical point of view did not leave a stone unturned from this theory. Despite this, in November 1919, a wide PR campaign began in support of the general theory of relativity (GTR), which, according to the statements of relativists, is a development of SRT (which is actually far from the case, but nevertheless the propaganda of SRT interpretations is also increasing). Constant publications in newspapers begin, public appearances in front of non-specialists, even Charlie Chaplin is involved in advertising. In 1921, Einstein made his first tour of the United States, where he was engaged in propaganda, including the theory of relativity.

Usually it is advantageous for relativists to portray things as if only fascists were against the theories of A. Einstein. In fact, during this period, practically no one heard about fascism in Germany. Moreover, in 1922, on its 100th anniversary, the Society "Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte" decided to exclude any criticism of SRT in the official academic environment. As a result, in 1922, a ban on criticism of the theory of relativity was introduced in Germany for the academic press and the educational environment, which is still in effect!

The Nobel Prize for 1921 was awarded to A. Einstein for explaining two regularities of the photoelectric effect on the basis of his formula (although the photoelectric effect itself was discovered earlier by G. Hertz, and A. G. Stoletov made a significant contribution to the study of the photoelectric effect). At the same time, when announcing the award of the prize, Einstein was told that the prize was awarded to him, despite the doubtfulness of his other theories and the presence of serious objections to them.

Powerful criticism of Einstein's theories sounded at the International Congress of Philosophy (Naples, 1924). An open letter from O. Kraus to A. Einstein and M. Laue in 1925 remained unanswered. He also did not reply to the 1931 booklet One Hundred Authors Against Einstein. But his entourage pretended that all this was persecution on a national basis (despite the fact that there were many Jews among the critics). In general, the number of critical works that admit anti-Semitic statements is currently less than 1 percent (out of more than 4000! Works).

Here are some historical information. Fascism in Germany took on real weight only after the 1929 economic crisis. In the spring of 1929, A. Einstein from Berlin was presented with a plot of land on the shores of Lake Templin, and he often spent time on a yacht, that is, all conditions for life and work were created for him. The National Socialist Party in the parliamentary elections was the second in the number of seats, and on December 1, 1932, Kurt von Schleicher (not from the Nazis!) Was appointed Chancellor of Germany, who, however, resigned on January 28, 1933. After that, on January 30, 1933, President Hindenburg appointed A. Hitler as Reich Chancellor of Germany. And only after the death of Hindenburg on August 30, 1934, Hitler combined both positions and became the sole dictator of Germany. Even after the occupation of Austria in 1938, the Nazis tried not to quarrel with anyone. To be convinced of this, it is enough to read the magazine "Collection of caravan stories" N2 for 2006, pp. 70-87, about how the possessions of Baron Rothschild were bought (!) In occupied Austria (for 3 million pounds, of which 100,000 went to personally to Goebbels for mediation).

In 1933 A. Einstein was not a refugee. He was a defector. Every winter, Einstein drove to his villa in Passadena, California, and in 1933 he simply did not return to Germany. That is why, after a while, as a traitor, he was declared an enemy of the Reich. Personally, he is, but not his theory. So, for example, the Nazi government already during the Second World War passed a decree (1940) that "SRT is accepted as the basis for physics." Unexpected, isn't it? Although, on the other hand, there is nothing surprising here; after all, the Nazi elite have always been fascinated by magic and mysticism. These issues were first dealt with by the "Thule" Society, and then at the state level - by the "Ahnenerbe" organization. The leadership of the Third Reich has always been interested in the mystical possibilities of changing the properties of space and time and magically controlling reality, and the theory of relativity, which is closer to magic or art than to rigorous science, turned out to be acceptable for his worldview.

In Russia, modern historians of science often prefer a superficial, rather political than scientific, approach to events within the science of the 20th century, blaming everything on the Soviet state system. At the same time, for some reason, prohibitions on genetics, cybernetics and supposedly on the theory of relativity are mentioned in one bundle! In fact, in the USSR, the number of years of Einstein's unpopularity can be counted on one hand, and opponents of his theory were subjected to real persecution almost all the time. The theory of relativity became fashionable in the USSR back in the 20th year. To receive support in the USSR, it was enough for Einstein to join the German Communist Party in 1919. True, he left it six months later, but this publicity stunt was enough to become a "friend of the country of the Soviets." Since 1922 A. Einstein becomes a corresponding member. Of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and since 1926, in. Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Popular magazines of those years are also full of praises. For example, you can look at the article by Lunacharsky "Near the Great" in the magazine "30 days" (N1 for 1930) about how Lunacharsky was visiting Einstein in Berlin. And who at that time could argue with the assessments of A. Einstein's personality and his theory of the People's Commissar of Education himself?

It is advantageous for the "authorities" from science to present the matter as if all the debates around the theory of relativity were conducted only at the beginning of the century, and not to mention the real discussions of the XX century. They were conducted both in the physical direction and in the philosophical one. For example, K. N. Shaposhnikov and N. Kasterin (chairman of the PN Lebedev Physical Society since 1925) proved that Bucherer's experiment, carried out in 1909, contradicts the conclusions of the theory of relativity. A. K. Timiryazev about the experiments of D. K. Miller (who made more observations than all other researchers put together!) Was hardly accepted at the 5th Congress of Physicists. Unfortunately, this was the time when the discussions that were conducted around SRT and GRT could not be limited only to science - they were conducted in difficult conditions, when science in the USSR was strongly politicized.

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In 1930, Glavnauki closed the Physical Society (leaving only the Association of Physicists, led by the relativist Academician A. F. Ioffe). In 1934, a special resolution of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks was issued on the discussion of relativism, in which all opponents of this "theory" were either "right deviators" or "Menshevik idealists." Since 1938, the Academy of Sciences has not funded works that in some way contradicted the theory of relativity.

The second time the decree prohibiting criticism of the theory of relativity was adopted in the most difficult period of our history - during the Great Patriotic War. In 1942, at the jubilee session dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the revolution, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences adopted a special resolution on the theory of relativity: "The actual scientific and philosophical content of the theory of relativity … is a step forward in revealing the dialectical laws of nature." What other proof of "high" support for the theory of relativity is needed?

For the third time, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences adopted a decree prohibiting criticism of the theory of relativity in science, education and academic publications, already in 1964 (according to this decree, it was forbidden for all scientific councils, journals, scientific departments to accept, consider, discuss and publish works that criticized Einstein's theory. - Ed.). After that, there were only a few daredevils who declared disagreement with the interpretations of TO. But a different method was already used against them (no, not a fire), first tested in Zurich in 1917 on F. Adler (who wrote a critical work against TO), then also in Zurich (probably, there were psychiatrists!) In 1930 on his son A. Einstein Eduarda (who stated that the author of the SRT is Mileva Marich): those who disagree with the official views of the theory of relativity were subjected to a compulsory psychiatric examination. For example, A. Bronstein in his book "Conversations about Space and Hypotheses" reports: "… in 1966 alone, the Department of General and Applied Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR helped doctors to identify 24 paranoids." This is how the new inquisitorial machine operated without a fire.

For decades, numerous articles containing indisputable evidence of the antiscientific essence of these theories, as well as works that successfully solve the problems of physical interactions, are dismissed as "not at the modern level and not of scientific interest" without any scientific justification. And this discrimination against works of materialistic content is not even hidden: "To this day, articles are coming in with attempts to refute the validity of the theory of relativity. Nowadays, such articles are not even considered as clearly anti-scientific." (P. L. Kapitsa)

Despite the official ban, the fight against the unscrupulousness of the ruling academic elite continues to this day. For several years, the journal "Inventor and Rationalizer" periodically publishes articles by O. Gorozhanin, testifying to the inconsistency of the theory of relativity.

In 1988, a brochure by V. I. Sekerin "Essay on the theory of relativity", which provides experimental and experimental evidence that refutes relativism.

Finally, in Vilnius in 1989, a brochure by Professor A. A. Denisov's "Myths of the theory of relativity", in which the author also comes to the conclusion about the inconsistency of the theory of relativity. It is not hard to imagine the reaction of the academic elite - the brochure was sold in fifty thousand copies, spreading the truth about the theory of relativity as about the "new dress" of the Naked King. And in "Literaturnaya gazeta" dated February 28, 1990, an interview with Professor Denisov "Pluralism and Myths" was published. The answer of Academician V. L. Ginzburg was not slow to wait: "I informed the leadership of the Supreme Council that it is unacceptable to elect a person who is in some sense an enemy of science as chairman of the Ethics Commission."

The inability of the Academy of Sciences to refute the publications, as well as the existing strict ban on dissent, betray the futility of their position.

How does the Russian Academy of Sciences react to the ever-increasing criticism of the theory of relativity? On the merits of the questions, he is silent, but the media are involved (it is funny, however, when the artist G. Khazanov declares the truth of the theory of relativity). However, sooner or later, everything ends, and it will also happen with the "dark times" in science.

Yuri Mukhin, "YAR", N2, 2007