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To: stripes1776

Personally I think they are both wrong but that quantum theory is more wrong than relativity. Both of them are getting pretty long in the tooth as well. Quantum theory is about 80 or so and relativity is more than 100. It would be nice to see a physicist consider some alternative theories instead of just try to find more evidence that can be interpreted as supporting the old ones.


22 posted on 03/27/2010 1:24:19 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant
Personally I think they are both wrong but that quantum theory is more wrong than relativity. Both of them are getting pretty long in the tooth as well. Quantum theory is about 80 or so and relativity is more than 100. It would be nice to see a physicist consider some alternative theories instead of just try to find more evidence that can be interpreted as supporting the old ones.

Yes, quantum mechanics is counterintuitive, but then for subatomic particles it gives correct results and relativity gives incorrect results.

String theory may be the way forward, but there is no consensus yet. Besides, strings would be so small, there is no way to verify that they actually exist. Still it's very interesting.

23 posted on 03/27/2010 1:36:37 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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