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Re:Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes b... by rg111 on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @12:06PM (#31016366)
I will point out that this comment is factually wrong.

The concept of luminiferous aether was discarded- not because of the discovery of Theory of Relativity, but becauae of the Michelson and Morley Experiment [0].

It is often joked about in High School and college Freshman Physics circles- Michelson received Nobel Prize in Physics [1] for a literally failed experiment.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson–Morley_experiment

[1]: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1907/summary/

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Re:Wikipedia RFC to stop accepting cryptocurrencies passes b... by duskwuff on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @01:51PM (#31017830)
Calling the M-M experiment a "failed experiment" is a bit misleading. The experiment was successful; the result was definitively negative (no aether). Previous experiments had failed to reach a conclusive result.
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