Re: Carroll on general relativity, poll questions

mobydikc_at_gmail.com
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: 1 Sep 2004 18:40:16 -0700

Old Man wrote:
> "Mike Helland" <mobydikc@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:11990c07.0409011215.16d6167@posting.google.com...
> > Given the time frame of the discovery of the problem and
> the discovery
> > of the solution, the possibility that special relativity
> is a good
> > first shot at the problem but perhaps not the best or last
> (think
> > Ptolemy here) is compelling. Don't you think?
>
> Helland doesn't appear to think or to know much about SR,
> GTR, or
> physics in general. There are no "flaws" in SR. SR's role
> in QED is
> flawless. Other than the lack of a quantum field theory for
> gravitation,
> there are no "flaws" in GTR.

So you're answers to the questions:

> > 1. Do you think the flaws in general relativity are
> manifestations of
> > deeper flaws in special relativity?
> >
> > 2. Do you it is likely that special relativity is an
> ad-hoc solution
> > to the problems in Newton's laws, to which a more elegant
> solution
> > exists?

Would be "no" and "no". Simpler is better for me, as you've probably
guessed.

As far as SR being flawless in the role of QED... doesn't SR say that
nothing travels faster than c, and doesn't QED say that photons can
travel faster than c?

Anyways, whats important is people's opinions on my first two
questions. Thanks. 

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