[mikhael]

Turns out that Gravity transmits at the speed of light, not faster. Among other possible ramifications, this may limit the number of possible physical dimensions the universe may have.

[Kazashi]

I'm not too confident about that margin of error. It's like someone saying "This GF FX can achieve 25,000 3DMarks, with a MOE of 6000 3DMarks."  With those results they could claim it to fit into a lot of theories. I'll give it a few dozen years until they refine the technique - it took hundreds of years to get the exact speed of light.

[Shrike]

On the other hand, this more or less proves that gravity isn't instantaneous, which was the main point of the experiement, no?

[Styxx]

* wonders about the effects of that on the next Honor Harrington book *

[Eishtmo]

You just found this out?

The experiment only confirmed what is generally excepted my most physists anyway, so it's nothing new.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Eishtmo
You just found this out?

The experiment only confirmed what is generally excepted my most physists anyway, so it's nothing new.

her.. but it's important. coz unless it's proven right a theory is a theory, and as worth as crap when it comes to be used for anything, you know. Would have been another result, I would have laughed

[CP5670]

Interesting stuff here, but I suppose this would upset some of the string theory, right?

her.. but it's important. coz unless it's proven right a theory is a theory, and as worth as crap when it comes to be used for anything, you know. Would have been another result, I would have laughed

Even then though, it is impossible to rigorously prove any physics law; even now, we just know that it is very likely true, which we already knew before anyway, just to a slightly lesser extent.

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by venom2506


her.. but it's important. coz unless it's proven right a theory is a theory, and as worth as crap when it comes to be used for anything, you know. Would have been another result, I would have laughed

Its still a theory, you can only disprove things concluesively in science.

[Bishop Gantry]

A but is gravity constant... the more  gravity the more powerful it becomes... all they have proven with their theory so far is that weak gravity moves proportional to the speed of light...

[Nico]

Originally posted by CP5670
Interesting stuff here, but I suppose this would upset some of the string theory, right?



Even then though, it is impossible to rigorously prove any physics law; even now, we just know that it is very likely true, which we already knew before anyway, just to a slightly lesser extent.

yeah I know, but at least it's proven right in certain circumstances.
I know it's been proven that 1+1 doesn't always  equal2, for exemple  ( it was a thing about star masses or something like that ). But when it's never been verified in any way, it can be complete bull****.

[Stryke 9]

Verified bull****?

There's a point where science gets silly. It's about the point where the nature of time is theorized on, basic mathematics becomes insanely complicated, and everything becomes essentially guesswork.

If it's got "quantum" in front of the name, it's best assumed hokum until demonstrable or applicable.

[Sesquipedalian]

Agreed.  Science is good at what it is meant to do, investigating measureable physical phenomena.  When a physicist, for example, steps outside of the realm of the physical, however, that's when science goes bad.

That's right boys and girls, if we all get together and meditate, quatum mencahnics and Unified Field Theory (whaddaya mean no one has come up with an operational UFT?  We've got one right here!  Now go empty your mind, you!) will guarantee that we can stop all further terrorist actions. It's science, I tell ya!

[01010]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
Verified bull****?

There's a point where science gets silly. It's about the point where the nature of time is theorized on, basic mathematics becomes insanely complicated, and everything becomes essentially guesswork.

If it's got "quantum" in front of the name, it's best assumed hokum until demonstrable or applicable.

Quantum Masturbation.

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
Agreed.  Science is good at what it is meant to do, investigating measureable physical phenomena.  When a physicist, for example, steps outside of the realm of the physical, however, that's when science goes bad.

That's right boys and girls, if we all get together and meditate, quatum mencahnics and Unified Field Theory (whaddaya mean no one has come up with an operational UFT?  We've got one right here!  Now go empty your mind, you!) will guarantee that we can stop all further terrorist actions. It's science, I tell ya!

That's... odd....

Sounds like an AT Field

[Levyathan]

*reads thread title*
*wonders why he is here*

Oh! The Absolute Terror Field!

[CP5670]

LOL that was really hilarious; is it the same thing as that "peace waves" nut about a year ago? Science has a place everywhere as long as things are absolute, but this is just funny; if they are really "completely holistic," it should be obvious that "terrorism" is as much a part of the workings of the universe as anything else. But anyway, let's all meditate and create big nasty peace waves to ward off all the violence! They will not stand a chance!

There's a point where science gets silly. It's about the point where the nature of time is theorized on, basic mathematics becomes insanely complicated, and everything becomes essentially guesswork.

Of course, what "insanely complicated" is varies between people; one might as well say that it is insanely complicated to assume 1+1=2. The new science is all about big scary equations.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Levyathan
Oh! The Absolute Terror Field!

* hums Evangelion theme *

[CP5670]

*reads thread title*
*wonders why he is here*

It's because everyone loves physics and math, right?

[Levyathan]

Obviously!

[Nico]

Originally posted by Kamikaze


That's... odd....

Sounds like an AT Field

hehehe