Ah Buffy, you seem to think that anyone familiar with physics would agree with you. Believe me, I know enough physics to mount an attack against my position just as intense as any you have thought of. The real question here is why everyone immediately drops into the adversary mode whenever I walk on the scene. You use the term "theory" to describe Einstein's propositions but you operate from the position that there can be no doubt that it is right. Why is it that you stand so firm that there can exist no alternate perspective which can explain the phenomena Einstein created his theory to explain.
Either you are not competent in advanced physics or you will admit there is a conflict between GR and QM. Now, if you are willing accept that such a conflict exists, why are you so adamant that there can not possibly be an error in GR? Before you deny that character of your position, please give me a description of the competing theories and how they propose to handle relativistic phenomena. Or is my impression valid (that would be that the scientific community is simply not open to any alternate possibilities). That science today is a religion as hard and fast as the fortress Galileo was forced to face. Is Einstein today's Aristotle?
Or is it really the fact that, having no authority, a mere mortal such as I have no right to question the Pope? I really think that is the real crux of the difficulty. Have a look at my post
"There are none so blind as those who will not see!" If you are up to thinking about my perspective let me know and I will discuss it with you.
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Originally Posted by Buffy
I think Dick is arguing that this is a "blow to Einstein" and an "embarrasing hole in theory", whereas I believe it was long ago predicted, understood but yes, annoying.
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No it is just another example of some subtle difficulties in his perspective. I see his "theory" as little more than a convenient mechanism for solving a particular set of problems and not as a necessary representation of reality. Shall we say a difficulty from an idealistic perspective?
Have fun -- Dick
