LIGO Will Squeeze Light To Overcome The Quantum Noise Of Empty Space

[A Navy Vet]

"How is mass converted to gravitational waves?"

I keep asking the same thing. I keep reading about math/physics equations regarding gravity that change over time. I don't believe any physicist has an answer other than on their white boards, which often times is just theory and either change according to new math or are discarded like String Theory.

I'm probably like a heretic in Newton's day. I don't believe theories without empirical evidence. Although I do love Sci-fi books, movies, and some TV.

Here's something you can nail me on: I don't believe time is another dimension, as in space/time continuum. I believe it to be a human construct.

[Moltke]

One trillionth of of a micrometer, not one trillionth of a proton diameter.

Micrometer: 10E-6m
Trillionth: 10E-12
Ergo: a sensitivity of 10E-18m

Which is 1/1,000 of the diameter of a proton: ~10E-15m

Still, pretty large dimensions compared to the Planck length: ~2x10E-35m (”the smallest possible distance” - 5 trillionth of 1 billionth of a meter, you’ll need new reading glasses for that)