(March 5, 2016 at 5:30 pm)little_monkey Wrote:(March 5, 2016 at 3:21 pm)Alex K Wrote: It's really not very important what Einstein thought about things. Interesting for sure, but not very important.
In physics, it's important what he said where he was right. In fact, let me rephrase, where he was right it was so important that it revolutionized how we think about those things, but not everything he said was right, and certainly not necessarily important.
But the theories now stand on their own. If we tomorrow found a letter by Einstein recanting and saying how relativity theory was a big lie, it would not matter one iota for the science. Nothing would change.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition