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Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener... by whatshisface on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:58PM (#17280108)
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.
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Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 10, 2018 @05:22PM (#17280207)
> 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.

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Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener... by TheOtherHobbes on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:15AM (#17284365)
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.
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