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Speed/velocity addition in Einstein’s relativity and the Principles of Logic
Roger J. Anderton  in The General Science Journal – 06.06.2010

Einstein’s relativity has many problems, in this article I will look at the issue of the Logic in SR being applied inappropriately with reference to an anecdote attributed to Bertrand Russell.

A fairly well known anecdote that Bertrand Russell [1] (sometimes the story is credited to others [2]) was that he once asked in a lecture to prove from the premise 4 = 3, that it followed that he was the Pope. – This was in the context of discussing the principle that, from a contradiction, anything follows.

Russell reportedly replied: "subtract 2 from both sides, and this gives us 2 = 1; since the Pope and I are two, it follows that we are one" (or words to that effect). It highlights from a false fact (contradiction) anything can be proven. And of course – I wish to deal with explaining that Einstein’s Special Relativity (SR) is contradictory.

Math is about working out the consequences of assumptions so if we work from contradictory assumptions anything can be proven. This is highly relevant to SR– where SR starts from false assumptions (or rather confused assumptions) and the consequences of those false assumptions is anything can be proven.

There is thus no ‘real’ scientific merit in such a theory.

On the human issue — humans try to interpret the assumptions differently and thus go down different false paths.

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