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1 " If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia? "
― Felix Alba-Juez , Galloping with Light - Einstein, Relativity, and Folklore
2 " Scientists, therefore, are responsible for their research, not only intellectually but also morally. This responsibility has become an important issue in many of today's sciences, but especially so in physics, in which the results of quantum mechanics and relativity theory have opened up two very different paths for physicists to pursue. They may lead us - to put it in extreme terms - to the Buddha or to the Bomb, and it is up to each of us to decide which path to take. "
3 " It is worth noting that a wrong folkoric definition of an Inertial Frame in the Popular Science literature (even in text books) reads that 'it is a frame in uniform motion'. We know very well by now that the idea of motion requires a frame of reference, so that such a definition of an Inertial Frame has no meaning whatsoever, confusing the reader because it tacitly reaffirms the idea of absolute motion -- when the goal of every didactic exposition of Relativity Theory should be precisely the opposite. "
― Felix Alba-Juez , Who was Right: Ptolemy or Copernicus? (Relativity free of Folklore #4)
