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TrogL

(32,828 posts)
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 01:29 AM Feb 2023

Montana - is Nazi "Good German Science" back?

Last edited Fri Feb 10, 2023, 04:06 AM - Edit history (1)

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/8/2151880/-Montana-Republican-introduces-new-bill-banning-scientific-theory-from-being-taught-in-schools

Good German Science was a reaction to Einstein's theories that led to the atomic bomb.

Update: it was actually German Physics

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Physik

The current push appears to be against global climate change and evolution. Pity about gravity.
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Montana - is Nazi "Good German Science" back? (Original Post) TrogL Feb 2023 OP
Guess we'll have to bring back Nazi punching then.... Blue Owl Feb 2023 #1
What are you asking? canetoad Feb 2023 #2
Longer explanation TrogL Feb 2023 #3
KnR Hekate Feb 2023 #4

TrogL

(32,828 posts)
3. Longer explanation
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 03:53 AM
Feb 2023

Back in Nazi times, mostly due to anti-semitism, Einstein and other Jewish scientists' work was considered discredited.

I can't find the exact quote but it was along the lines of "good German science is based upon experimentation leading to a conclusion. Jewish science is based upon theory"

Getting closer, turns out it was actually called "German Physics"

The most famous example is the "German Physics" movement by a small group of physicists trying to ideologize physical research.
From http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/28518/1/dp0910.pdf

Got it!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Physik
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