Gravity

Jan. 9th, 2003 05:21 pm
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Albert Einstein, who formulated basic theories about space, time and relativity, had assumed that gravity moved with the speed of light, about 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second, "but until now, no one had measured it," said Kopeikin.

That's just stupid. Turn on a flashlight and drop a spoon or something at the same time and see whether the light or the spoon hits the ground first.

Fools.

I will show them all.

Date: 2003-01-09 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-sjc.livejournal.com
Okay. Gravity is presumed to be emitted the same way that electromagnetic radiation (light, etc.) is, through elementary particles (which don't always behave like particles, but never mind). With light, it's photons. With gravity, it's gravitrons. Therefore, as a particle, it must have a speed.

Make sense?

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