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RebelOfBabylon | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Has force ever not been equal to mass*acceleration? No but that doesn't mean Newton was right. Its a good model of physics in many applications but it has its shortcomings. Einsteins theory of relativity is far closer to the answer than Newton's model. 

Are politicians known to be corrupt? Absolutely. Will they continue to be corrupt? Most likely but you don't approach new situations with your biases and then find evidence that matches your world view. You look at every situation indepedentely, look at all the facts, then draw your conclusions. Einstein's own biases cloud his judgement when evaluating quantum mechanics he said "God doesn't roll dice". Yet he was wrong, quantum mechanics is the best model of the atom we have currently.
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Sovereign Bear | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I asked those questions, which you don't seem to want to answer, in order to see if we can establish any precedent for the conspiracy theories.

I approached the situation with skepticism, as I do with everything. I never had a bias because I didn't want to believe it. Then all the evidence came out and I was forced to accept reality for what it is.

Einstein is a great example. He contributed nothing meaningful to the world other than theoretical nonsense. The fundamentals of his work were stolen from Henri Poincare. His work didn't translate to anything tangible, and he was rightfully called out by those who did contribute long before our 'educations' brainwashed us into believing otherwise. 

“The theory, wraps all these errors and fallacies and clothes them in magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors.” (Tesla on Einstein’s theory of relativity)
“Not a single one of the relativity propositions has been proved.” (Tesla’s criticism of Einstein’s theory)
“I hold that space cannot be curved, for the simple reason that it can have no properties.” (Tesla’s rejection of Einstein’s curved space-time)

Who to believe? Hmmm, the people responsible for the AC motor and our electrical grid, or a fraud who 'dazzled' the masses? Tough call indeed.