[Brilliant]

Modern physicists especially enjoy coming up with explanations for things that don't make any sense, and then saying something like, "It doesn't have to make sense. It just has to describe reality. Reality doesn't necessarily make sense."

I think Einstein got that started when he came up with the Special Theory of Relativity, which seemed to contradict our common understandings. But the irony is that Einstein insisted that the Theory of Relativity not only made sense, but it was the only possible explanation that did make sense.

[Quark2005]

But the irony is that Einstein insisted that the Theory of Relativity not only made sense, but it was the only possible explanation that did make sense.

And decades of experiments and observations have vindicated his convictions to a very high degree of certainty.

The 'devil is in the details', so they say. This particular cosmological variant requires much more investigation before one can say there's truth to it or not - but theories have to start somewhere.

[gondramB]

>>Modern physicists especially enjoy coming up with explanations for things that don't make any sense, and then saying something like, "It doesn't have to make sense. It just has to describe reality. Reality doesn't necessarily make sense."

I think Einstein got that started when he came up with the Special Theory of Relativity, which seemed to contradict our common understandings. But the irony is that Einstein insisted that the Theory of Relativity not only made sense, but it was the only possible explanation that did make sense.<<


Its important that the equations describe reality rather than "making sense" to at a macroscopic level.

For example after Einstein finished his field equations, he followed them to their conclusion and concluded the universe was stable. This made sense to him. Then another physicist Alexander Friedmann realized that Einstein had divided by zero - the correction didn't make as much sense but it did describe reality and Einstein accepted it.

[UCANSEE2]

"But the irony is that Einstein insisted that the Theory of Relativity not only made sense, but it was the only possible explanation that did make sense."

I'm not so sure about that.

He also stated his first theories were totally incorrect.

The smartest man in the world is the one who realizes that he knows nothing.