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| Dec 25, 2024 at 17:46 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | Okay, I found a reference linking the theory of relativity to relativism of truth and ethics. Although "Einstein did not think that the Theory of Relativity supported relativism in ethics or epistemology because ... the physical laws expressing such relativity are constant and universal and hence in no sense relative". I guess I agree it's a "nonsense" leap from one to the other, but it seems less that people said one "proved" the other, and instead used one as inspiration for the other, but I'm basing that off of like 1 quote. | |
| Dec 25, 2024 at 17:19 | comment | added | David Gudeman | @NotThatGuy, you must be young. It was extremely common when I was younger. But no, I'm not going to do your research for you. | |
| Dec 25, 2024 at 16:50 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | I'd be curious if you can produce even one reputable source that uses Einstein's theory of relativity to argue that any of "God, morality, and even truth itself" is relative. There should be a source under every rock, if it really happened for "three-quarters of a century", as you claim. Whatever arguments people present for those things being relative (of varying quality), I've never once heard anyone mention the theory of relativity. Maybe the Wikipedia page on the equivocation fallacy may be helpful. | |
| Dec 25, 2024 at 16:50 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | Evolution shows all humans (and other animals) have the same ancestors, "fitness" is relative, species are adaptable and everything alive today is fit in its own way. Hardly a good foundation for murdering a race of people. Also, really sus to phrase that ("led to scholars ... Hitler") so as to imply Hitler is a "scholar" comparable to biologists that derive models from evolution. He was a bully growing up, raised in racist Christian Nationalism. Hardly a pure soul corrupted by "evil" evolution. Much genocide before we conceived of evolution - maybe Hitler would've just found another excuse. | |
| Dec 25, 2024 at 16:49 | comment | added | NotThatGuy | If you want to say e.g. viruses don't evolve, good luck explaining they spread and why vaccines work and don't work based on an evolutionary understanding of viruses. If evolution underpins all life on Earth, as it seems to, then of course much of our understanding of life would be built on that and wouldn't make much sense without it. People trying to criticise evolution tend to fail spectacularly to produce any valid criticism or offer any better explanation for the evidence. It's also an accurate analogy for many non-biological processes. Calling it "nonsense" does little to refute that. | |
| Dec 23, 2024 at 5:04 | comment | added | Philomath | All good, no hard feelings. | |
| Dec 23, 2024 at 3:41 | comment | added | Philomath | It is if it's part of a polemic that is mostly fact free opinion and which in no way answers the question (how non-locality affects our daily lives ). You write something provocative, call people out for nonsense, you can expect a reply. Here it is | |
| Dec 23, 2024 at 3:05 | comment | added | David Gudeman | @Philomath, not every mention of God is an invitation to have yet another argument. | |
| Dec 23, 2024 at 0:30 | comment | added | Philomath | everything is relative including God and morality Which God are you speaking of? The one that prescribed stoning as a punishment for blasphemy and adultery? | |
| Dec 22, 2024 at 15:51 | history | answered | David Gudeman | CC BY-SA 4.0 |