So Einstein could have been wrong. Factor that into your sure theories of the universe. Humanity knows nothing.
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Indeed he could have been. We have been attempting to detect these elusive waves at least as far back as the mid-50’s. Personally I’m doubtful that they will be detected.
But I am nevertheless curious as to how the scientists calculate the size of an event (galaxies colliding!!) required to produce a detectable wave.
Are the scientists guessing? Can they actually calculate the expected magnitude of gravitational waves?
I wonder. But then I’m a born sceptic.
Indeed he could have been. We have been attempting to detect these elusive waves at least as far back as the mid-50’s. Personally I’m doubtful that they will be detected.
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I think they’ve already been detected indirectly.
Something that has always bothered me about astronomy is that scientists seems “so” confident that they are right. Spectrograph’s work great on things that aren’t millions/billions of light-years away behind billions of megatons of dust. Redshift and blue shift work great as well but who knows what kind of anomalies, dusts, even light and gravity are out there that distort our instruments.
In conclusion I hate that scientists aren’t more “skeptical” about the nature of reality. We can’t see past the star cluster in the middle of our own milky way, the opposite side could be completely voidless, it could have part of another galaxy sticking out the end. But the textbooks, theories, and general jargon come with a heavy dose of accuracy and confidence. Which is just BS.
“Sol and the planets move around the Earth” - The World.
“Nope” - Galileo.
“Burn him!” - Every other scientist.
Modern world:
“E=mc^2” - The World.
“Nope” - Fringe scientists.
“Silence him and make sure his voice is not heard” - Every other scientist.
Basically, they “know” they are right. But they cannot possibly even be 1% sure they are right. It’s ridiculous.
When you are so sure of your biased thoughts on science, its not science anymore is it? It’s politics.