# Conservapedia: relativistic concept of "curvature of space" promotes broad legal right to abortion **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602 "2013-09-11T20:54:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/21 "2013-09-12T11:32:36Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > With the appropriate definition of Lorentzian manifold, one could create a timelike curve along which one could return to the point of one’s conception and abort one’s own fetus, thereby creating a cosmic paradox which could destroy the universe. Q.E.D. abortion should be prohibited, not only from this point forward but retroactively throughout all space and time as well. > > Stranger Who died and made you the Vice-President? [http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/p1jk76/futurama-action-rangers](http://www.comedycentral.com/video-clips/p1jk76/futurama-action-rangers) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/22 "2013-09-12T12:16:41Z")
They really, really, really have a problem with the word “relative”. Maybe if Albert had called it the Theory of the Absolute Constant Speed of Light they’d be cool with it. (However Tribe’s metaphor WAS kind of tortured itself.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/23 "2013-09-12T13:42:59Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Andrew’s brother Roger has a website devoted to proving the Einstein was a fraud who plagiarized his famous theories. From whom? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/24 "2013-09-12T13:58:06Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > They really, really, really have a problem with the word “relative”. Because it’s no coincidence most play banjo. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/25 "2013-09-12T15:55:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > From whom? Probably Shakespeare. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/26 "2013-09-12T16:02:50Z")
Oh for chrissake, it’s the Metric Tensor that’s to blame and we all know it. Or else we know it all. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/27 "2013-09-12T16:15:01Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Poe’s law in effect. Sometimes it is hard to tell what is honestly written there. Certainly not helped by the likes of [this guy](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Bugler). ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/28 "2013-09-12T16:32:46Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Poe’s law in effect. Sometimes it is hard to tell what is honestly written there. I can’t find the conservapedia talk page on vandalism right now but I remember that they have a very difficult time telling serious articles from satire. I got you Poe’s Law right [here](https://www.google.ca/search?q=conservapedia+satire&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=z-sxUsCwK4762AWE8oFA). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/29 "2013-09-12T16:36:55Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Probably Shakespeare. Not Poe? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/30 "2013-09-13T00:15:44Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > They really, really, really have a problem with the word “relative”. If you had their relatives you might, too. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/31 "2013-09-13T02:38:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > From whom? Serious answer: probably Poincare’, who did do some work that in retrospect lead to relativity. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/32 "2013-09-13T02:39:33Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Serious answer: probably Poincare’, who did do some work that in retrospect lead to relativity. And Newton stood on the shoulders of Galileo. Which means neither that he was wrong nor that he deserves no credit. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/33 "2013-09-13T02:46:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And Newton stood on the shoulders of Galileo. Which means neither that he was wrong nor that he deserves no credit. Absolutely. By the way, I just did some googling and confirmed that Schafly contends that Einstein stole relativity from Poincare’ which through stunning logic means that Einstein is bad, and therefore relativity is wrong.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/34 "2013-09-13T03:14:49Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Absolutely. By the way, I just did some googling and confirmed that Schafly contends that Einstein stole relativity from Poincare’ which through stunning logic means that Einstein is bad, and therefore relativity is wrong. And if it was stolen from Poincaire, then relativity is French, which – if you’re of the conservapedia mindset – cannot possibly be a point in its favor. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/35 "2013-09-13T03:20:27Z")
I don’t think we can really question the genius of the people who invented oral sex. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/36 "2013-09-13T03:28:49Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > this is the first I’ve heard of conservapedia. It sounds awful. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/37 "2013-09-13T04:23:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I don’t think we can really question the genius of the people who invented oral sex. That does not really take much genius, only sensuality, the which is not to be despised in its own right, as it is pretty much the whole point of human existence. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/38 "2013-09-13T15:04:15Z")
Life doesn’t have a point, doesn’t need one, and I’m against any effort to impose one. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/39 "2013-09-13T15:06:58Z")
I suppose you guys believe everything you read on urban dictionary too? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602/40 "2013-09-13T18:22:01Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Absolutely. By the way, I just did some googling and confirmed that **Schafly contends that Einstein stole relativity from Poincare’ which through stunning logic means that Einstein is bad, and therefore relativity is wrong.** :smack: The bold part needs to be your new sig line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-relativistic-concept-of-curvature-of-space-promotes-broad-legal-right-to-abortion/668602.md?page=3)