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Not a physicist by any means, but from the article it talks about gravity in the context of the graviton (as one plausible solution to the problem mentioned). W
by mcaruso 7y ago
Not a physicist by any means, but from the article it talks about gravity in the context of the graviton (as one plausible solution to the problem mentioned). Which is still hypothetical, so it's not like they've proven gravity from first principle or anything.
- nsomaru 7y agoAs a layman reading this, it’s funny. Because I do not need gravity proven to me from first principles ;)
- maxnoe 7y agoProven is the wrong word. You cannot prove a theory. Deriving a description of gravity from first principles would be more appropriate
- hprotagonist 7y ago*an empirical theory. I can certainly prove things about, say, addition.
- solarist 7y agoif you mean you can prove 2+2==4, it's actually tautology: | | + | | == | | | |
- hprotagonist 7y agono like, "addition is closed over the integers" is something you can show to be True (for all members of an infinite set, no less -- so it's not empirical.)
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- bsder 7y agoAnd yet, funnily enough, your phone needs a more thorough understanding of gravity than you do. The GPS system must correct for relativistic effects that cause the atomic clocks to shift relative to ground.