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→C is a constant, right?: By the way, Cons, by using "preview" I fixed 3 errors in this short paragraph before saving it. It's a good idea!
:::::::Does wave/particle duality not apply to gravitational waves? This is a genuine question as I don't know but if it does it must mean gravitons are there.--[[User:JamieVa|JamieVa]] ([[User talk:JamieVa|talk]]) 15:03, 11 February 2016 (EST)
:::::::Does wave/particle duality not apply to gravitational waves? This is a genuine question as I don't know but if it does it must mean gravitons are there.--[[User:JamieVa|JamieVa]] ([[User talk:JamieVa|talk]]) 15:03, 11 February 2016 (EST)
::::::::No. Wave/particle duality is a phenomenon of quantum mechanics, that is, the physics of the very small. Gravitational waves are a phenomenon of the physics of the very large. Gravitons relate to quantum mechanics, that is, the very small. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 15:08, 11 February 2016 (EST)
::::::::No. Wave/particle duality is a phenomenon of quantum mechanics, that is, the physics of the very small. Gravitational waves are a phenomenon of the physics of the very large. Gravitons relate to quantum mechanics, that is, the very small. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 15:08, 11 February 2016 (EST)
:::::::::I need to correct myself. Quantum gravity, if/when it ever gets worked out, will presumably involve wave/particle duality for all waves, including gravitational ones. The hypothesized carrier particle is the graviton. Difficult as it was to observe the carrier particles of light (photons) after light waves had been known for hundreds of years, observing gravitons, from a wave motion that we can barely detect at all, will be vastly harder. No known or hypothesized mechanism could possible detect them. Notwithstanding that, the graviton is predicted to be massless and have a spin of 2. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 15:18, 11 September 2016 (EDT)
== Einstein’s Relativity and Relativism: Why Einstein’s theory of relativity is actually a powerful argument for absolute truth. ==
== Einstein’s Relativity and Relativism: Why Einstein’s theory of relativity is actually a powerful argument for absolute truth. ==