Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener...
by whatshisface on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:58PM
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It is better than a feeling. GR cannot be quantitized. If anyone describes the present status of gravity as anything other than a mystery that we are good at predicting the movements of, they are wrong.
Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener...
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 10, 2018 @05:22PM
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> GR cannot be quantitized
This is irrelevant. GR makes accurate predictions. Perhaps we haven’t figured out how to quantise it. Maybe it isn’t a quantum field. Maybe we’re mis-interpreting the mathematics.
Hypotheses are interesting. I find the variable speed of light discipline neat. But they’re just hypotheses. Until they explain experimental evidence better than GR, they will remain hypotheses.
Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener...
by TheOtherHobbes on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:15AM
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It's not irrelevant if you're looking for new classes of predictions and new kinds of experiments - which is one of the motivations for quantum gravity.
Feelings don’t count in science. Every experiment (I am aware of) to disprove GR has failed. It is the best explanation of spacetime we have.