09 Feb 16
Originally posted by joe beyserI can invent any number of untrue theories, none of them will help the world terribly. The purpose of science is to explain the world. If the theory, or experiment (I haven't followed the link in the OP yet), improves our understanding of the world and increases our power over nature then it is deserving. To do that it has to be true, within the criteria science sets for itself for truth which is generally along the lines of "a better approximation than the last one.".
Why does it have to be true for a Nobel?
09 Feb 16
I've read the article now. If this is what has happened it is, if anything, more important than the confirmation of the existence of the Higgs Boson. It puts most Physics Nobel prizes to shame.
The "if true" part is whether the speculation of the journalists is true, not the actual detection.
09 Feb 16
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Originally posted by DeepThoughtThere is also another controversy up in the air right now. GR Vs G4V. There is an alternate version of gravity by C. Mead, a professor at Caltech, one of his claims to fame is ."Moore's law'. Anyway, here is his theory and the gravity guys at LIGO are in tune with it:
I've read the article now. If this is what has happened it is, if anything, more important than the confirmation of the existence of the Higgs Boson. It puts most Physics Nobel prizes to shame.
The "if true" part is whether the speculation of the journalists is true, not the actual detection.
I think you all should watch this video
Man, that was a fast hour!
11 Feb 16
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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2016/feb/11/ligo-detects-first-ever-gravitational-waves-from-two-merging-black-holes
Not only did the conclusively detect gravity waves, they detected them traveling at the speed of light which clearly implies gravity travels as the speed of light.
11 Feb 16
Originally posted by humyhttp://phys.org/news/2016-02-gravitational-years-einstein.html
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2016/feb/11/ligo-detects-first-ever-gravitational-waves-from-two-merging-black-holes
Not only did the conclusively detect gravity waves, they detected them traveling at the speed of light which clearly implies gravity travels as the speed of light.
7 millisecond difference between signals, says it is in the southern hemisphere.
11 Feb 16
Originally posted by twhiteheadHehe, good one🙂 It does bring up a question, would it take a god to modulate a gravity wave that could be detected and demodulated on Earth so actual information could be send via gravity waves?
And in case anyone was wondering what was detected in the waves:
http://xkcd.com/1642/
🙂