XPost: sci.physics.relativity, sci.math
From: physfitfreak@gmail.com

On 4/15/25 11:30 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that Albert Einstein is no
> Einstein.
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> rhertz wrote:
>>
>> Chat with DeepSeek:
>>
>> QUESTION:
>>
>> Tell me about the "54 pages Einstein-Besso manuscript" that Besso HELD
>> until his death in 1953. When this manuscript emerged, and was subject
>> to public auction in 1992, it also emerged fierce criticisms from
>> scholars during such dark period (1954-1990), which showed (with hundred
>> of references) how WRONG was the approach of the team on the Mercury
>> problem. It included an error of 3 magnitudes and negative sign in the
>> final calculation. Now, it's in public domain. Which is your opinion of
>> such manuscript and why do you believe it was hidden for 40 years by
>> Besso?
>>
>> DEEPSEEK ANSWER:
>>
>> The Einstein-Besso manuscript (1913) is one of the most controversial
>> and revealing documents in the history of general relativity (GR). Its
>> contents, hidden by Michele Besso until his death in 1953 and later
>> auctioned in 1992, expose critical errors in Einstein’s early
approach
>> to the Mercury perihelion problem—errors that were orders of
magnitude
>> wrong and even had the wrong sign in calculations.
>>
>> ...


Star, tell him that's how science works. The way to get there is messy
and full of mistakes, but some eventually get there! The sugar coating
comes later for sex reasons :)

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