Re: New version of a relativity FAQ
- From: stevendaryl3016@xxxxxxxxx (Daryl McCullough)
- Date: 25 Jun 2008 05:17:26 -0700
Juan R. says...
Tom Roberts wrote on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:18:52 +0200:
I don't have "geometrical views on gravitation", I have geometrical
views on GENERAL RELATIVITY.
My quote was precise. It is applicable each time you state that spacetime
is curved [unproven], that curvature was measured [untrue], that there is
no force of gravity [unreal], when you lie novices about the geometry on
fiber bundle formulation of quantum fields...
I think you're confusing two different things: (1) What does
the theory (General Relativity, quantum mechanics, etc.) *say*
about the world? (2) Is the theory *true*?
Tom's posts are simply clarifying what General Relativity says.
It says that gravitation is a manifestation of spacetime curvature.
General Relativity also tells how one can measure this hypothetical
curvature (geodesic deviation, for example). Whether the GR
interpretation of gravity is *correct* or not is a different
question, and I don't think Tom has claimed that it is correct.
He's claimed the opposite, as a matter of fact; he said that
GR will likely be discarded one day in favor of a quantum theory
of gravity.
The problem with so many people who are so eager to prove relativity
wrong is that they *don't* understand what the theory actually says.
--
Daryl McCullough
Ithaca, NY
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