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Einstein amazes me.
That guy who wrote the linked article is a complete crackpot!
Don’t let yourself get amazed too easily. Einstein said some dopey things, particularly about gravity.
“That guy who wrote the linked article is a complete crackpot!”
Perhaps, he just didn’t understand the gravity of the situation. :-)
Dont let yourself get amazed too easily. Einstein said some dopey things, particularly about gravity.
“Einstein said some dopey things, particularly about gravity.”
Not being a physicist, I am surprised to hear that Einstein’s theory of gravitation has been disproved. What’s the story?
For another, Einstein stated that information could not be passed around faster than C whereas it is well known that gravity propagates instantaneously to within our ability to measure it.
If a missile is headed for that guy's house and I destroy it, that would be wrong.
I think I understand now.
Yea it took me off guard a bit but some of his work on global warming seems to be pretty good.
Wendy1946 has said some mighty dopey things about Physics here at FR. Like: "Theres never been a big bang, the universe is not expanding, and if dark matter or dark energy could be detected, it would not be dark. For that matter if the stuff were actually 95% of the universe as claimed, youd be vacuuming it up off your carpets four or five times a day."
You're dead wrong about gravity affects being transmitted instantaneously - it is well known that gravity works at the speed of light just like all other fundamental force phenomenon.
Not being familiar with every last thing Einstein had to say about gravity, I can't say he didn't make any goofy statements there, but let's just say I hold him in slightly higher regard than you on the subject. (Massive, light-bending sarcasm there in case you didn't catch it....)
No, I don't have time to explain it, but you should read up on inertial frames. It all has to do with relativity - the relative frames w.r.t. each other., and gravity moves at the speed of light in each context.
Why does “the speed of light remain the only constant”?
Is there something special about photons within the universe of particles?
Is it the fact that humans have given the effect of photons the name “light” and found that the processing of light (”sight”) is the most useful of the human senses for survival?
Or is it because “light” is the first thing God created?
Inquiring minds....
lol...Tom Van Flandern? A crackpot’s crackpot. You’re embarrassing yoruself, Wendy.
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