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::[http://www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v63/p731/fulltext.pdf Here] is a nice review of a variety of experimental tests of general relativity, along with discussion of other experiments that may be undertaken in the future. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 10:43, 13 November 2009 (EST)
::[http://www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v63/p731/fulltext.pdf Here] is a nice review of a variety of experimental tests of general relativity, along with discussion of other experiments that may be undertaken in the future. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 10:43, 13 November 2009 (EST)
:::That all sounds basically right to me, EvanW. (Can I call you EvanW?) But from where I sit, it's even simpler.
:::*General relativity has been and is being tested, and so far the tests have confirmed the theory. That might change any minute, but it's still true so far.
:::*General relativity says that black holes are possible, and that if they exist they'll have certain properties.
:::*We've seen objects in the sky that have those properties, and that aren't predicted by any other existing theory. We're studying those objects as hard as we can given the limits of distance, to see if they really do walk and quack like ducks. Until we see something un-ducky, we say "Yeah, those look like ducks to us."
:::This really isn't complicated as far as I can tell, and I'm really baffled as to why we're still yaking about it amongst ourselves.
:::Aschlafly, if you want to expand the living daylights out of the "Controversy" section, I'll be right there by your side, cheering you on and helping in any way I can. As long as your contributions aren't misleading or incorrect. I don't want to speak for anyone else, but my gut tells me that EvanW and MarkGall would make the same promise. So why are we still bickering? Can't we improve the article instead? I know having to respond here is taking away from the time I set aside today to add to the [[general theory of relativity]] article. --[[User:KSorenson|KSorenson]] 10:54, 13 November 2009 (EST)