I’m not a physicists so I can’t comment on the details of theory. The links that I provided claim that the original experiment that proved Einstein correct didn’t in fact do so. If the claim is right it would put in question the modus operandi of the scientific community. That doesn’t mean Einstein was wrong but maybe we should be a bit more distrustful of the scientific consensus that is presented as correct and proven.
That’s disingenuous. Your original suggestion was clearly that Einstein was wrong, not just that one experiment was exaggerated. The Amazon book claims Einstein’s entire theory is incorrect. The very quote you provide also says that “even today” Einstein’s theories have not been tested with enough precision, and the conclusion of the quoted article seems to be that General Relativity is incorrect.
Thus, if you distrust anything, it should probably be the article and the book.
Regarding the experiment, the article says that scientists merely mistakenly thought the experiment was greater confirmation than it was, which has already been noted. Surely the fact that the scientists themselves eventually realized this, and designed many other experiments which did confirm General Relativity, is enough to give some measure of trust in the “modus operandi” of the scientific community today.
Scientists are only human, and make mistakes like anyone else. Conspiracy theories and distrust are unwarranted, I think.
I’m not a physicists so I can’t comment on the details of theory. The links that I provided claim that the original experiment that proved Einstein correct didn’t in fact do so. If the claim is right it would put in question the modus operandi of the scientific community. That doesn’t mean Einstein was wrong but maybe we should be a bit more distrustful of the scientific consensus that is presented as correct and proven.
You should be a bit more distrustful of perpetual motion advocacy websites.
That’s disingenuous. Your original suggestion was clearly that Einstein was wrong, not just that one experiment was exaggerated. The Amazon book claims Einstein’s entire theory is incorrect. The very quote you provide also says that “even today” Einstein’s theories have not been tested with enough precision, and the conclusion of the quoted article seems to be that General Relativity is incorrect.
Thus, if you distrust anything, it should probably be the article and the book.
Regarding the experiment, the article says that scientists merely mistakenly thought the experiment was greater confirmation than it was, which has already been noted. Surely the fact that the scientists themselves eventually realized this, and designed many other experiments which did confirm General Relativity, is enough to give some measure of trust in the “modus operandi” of the scientific community today.
Scientists are only human, and make mistakes like anyone else. Conspiracy theories and distrust are unwarranted, I think.