William,

Actually E=mc^2 is PART of Einstein's theory of Special Relativity, not 
something separate from it...

Edgar



On May 5, 2013, at 11:38 PM, William Rintala wrote:

> I'd like to weigh in here.  The question is way too nebulous to answer and is 
> fraught with many linguistic landmines.  I am certain that Adolph and Osama 
> and 
> Jeffrey Dahmer's mothers all raised good children.  Einstein's greatest 
> achievement wasn't his work on Relativity where he postulated that events 
> viewed 
> from different planes of reference appeared to obey different laws of 
> physics.  
> His greatest acheivement was his mathematical proof that matter and energy 
> were 
> the same.  E=MC^2.  He also did work on the photovoltaic effect and I think 
> that 
> it was what one hime his Nobel Prize.  He devoted his later life to working 
> on a 
> Unified Field Theorem which I believe he never finished.  So which is the 
> greater task raising Jeffry Dahmer or ending the War with Japan?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Bill! <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sun, May 5, 2013 7:53:37 PM
> Subject: [Zen] Re: blame game
> 
>   
> Edgar,
> 
> Merle asked a brilliant question in her post below. I'd like to hear your 
> answer. The question was:
> 
> "...and the point to make here is: what is the greater task: raising the good 
> child or figuring out relativity?"
> 
> What say you?
> 
> ...Bill!
> 
> --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Â joe and edgar..
>> 
>> he was too busy inside his head..and some circles say he was with autism 
>> spectrum..
>> 
>> leave the everyday work to wifey...who by the way was a scientist in her own 
>> right till she met up with einstein..
>> 
>> as all wifey's they ended up carrying the baby, tending to baby, tending to 
>> the 
>> everyday whist the smart hubby does his thingi... 
>> 
>> not so with madame curie though... 
>> 
>> you have to be a strong woman to stand up to the male chauvinist pig..and 
>> that 
>> was einstein.
>> 
>> Â and the point to make here is: what is the greater task: raising the good 
>> child or figuring out relativity?
>> 
>> Â the point we can make here is einstein need not have married...made misery 
>> for the wifey..
>> 
>> did he think before he leapt and began breeding?
>> 
>> 
>> merle.... Â 
>> Â 
>> 
>> 
>> Â  
>> Edgar,
>> 
>> Poor slob didn't or couldn't take care of himself. True statement.
>> 
>> --Joe
>> 
>>> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Merle,
>>> 
>>> Joe said Einstein was a jerk because he didn't comb his hair!
>>> 
>>> Is that Zen?
>>> 
>>> Edgar
>> 
> 
> 



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