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Essay:Rebuttal to Counterexamples to Relativity (view source)
Revision as of 03:27, December 7, 2015
, 03:27, December 7, 2015Rebuttal, of course.
#''Computer simulations based on the theory of relativity predict far more black holes than are observed''.
#''Computer simulations based on the theory of relativity predict far more black holes than are observed''.
#:The cited article says absolutely nothing about the ''number'' of black holes, modeled or observed. It is about a discrepancy between computer models predicting the ''masses'' of black holes at the centers of galaxies and the observed masses. The article suggests a heretofore-unmodeled mechanism whereby galaxy evolution would cause less mass to go into the black holes. The article in no way suggests that black holes don't exist.
#:The cited article says absolutely nothing about the ''number'' of black holes, modeled or observed. It is about a discrepancy between computer models predicting the ''masses'' of black holes at the centers of galaxies and the observed masses. The article suggests a heretofore-unmodeled mechanism whereby galaxy evolution would cause less mass to go into the black holes. The article in no way suggests that black holes don't exist.
#''Quasars are disappearing, contrary to the theory of relativity''.
#:Relativity does not predict quasars; relativity was formulated in 1905, and quasars weren't discovered until the 1950's. The word "relativity" does not occur anywhere in the cited article.
#:While quasars are associated with black holes, no serious scientist believes that black holes don't exist or that relativity is wrong.
#:That astronomers have stopped looking for this phenomenon, after finding more than 10 examples of it, may or may not have been a wise decision regarding the allocation of telescope and satellite time.
#''The orbital radius of the Moon's orbit is increasing, contrary to what Relativity predicts''.
#''The orbital radius of the Moon's orbit is increasing, contrary to what Relativity predicts''.
#:This could be a counterexample to both GR and Newtonian gravity--in both, the radius is defined in terms of conserved quantities.
#:This could be a counterexample to both GR and Newtonian gravity--in both, the radius is defined in terms of conserved quantities.