Posted by
michael
on from the close-only-counts-in-horseshoes dept.
DrBlake writes "New York Times has an article about a study of Einsteins theory of relativity that I found very interesting. Not only might the speed of light be relative under certain circumstances, the famous equation E=mc2 might not be entirely correct."
Re:The more we learn
by
oateater
·
· Score: 1, Flamebait
This makes me wonder if any other "laws" are going to be questioned in the years to come. Einstein was quite the odd-ball, having hardly (if ever) experimented any of these theories. So, of course they are flawed.
Re:You misunderstand completely
by
athlon02
·
· Score: 0, Flamebait
Well, I don't know if anyone is still reading posts for this article, but in case anyone does, I'm throwing in my $0.02.
I think you somewhat misunderstand certain people in the religious world. Now as a whole, many who practice a religion, especially in so-called "Christianity", take everything completely on faith. And certainly you cannot prove the existence of God's soul, or heaven, or hell, or any other spiritual beings, because they exist outside the universe and time.
However, those of us who are truly dedicated to Christianity don't take God entirely on faith. Rather we look at the design in the universe, and I believe rightly conclude, that this order could not have happened by mistake, nor that the universe is eternal. We look at what we call "Christian Evidences" to help solidify our faith. And Christian Evidences are another word for scientific facts we use from both creationists *AND* non-creationists scientists alike, to show that no other theories of the existence and organization of the universe can be valid or than the God of the Bible.
One big and well-known website in the brotherhood dedicated to presenting these facts is apologeticspress.org. For instance, one thing I recall reading on there is that the earth moves about 18 miles/sec in its orbit and for every 19 miles I believe it was (I might have those 2 numbers switched) the earth departs from a straight line by about 0.9 inches. Now if the earth moved 0.8 inches or 1.0 inches instead, all life on earth would either freeze or incinerate. The probability of this happening by chance, as I'm sure you can imagine, or not too good. And there's 1000's, if not millions, more facts like that out there.
So while as Christians, we are forced to take certain things on faith, it is not a blind faith, but rather one based on the evidence around us.
And scientists are the same way with scientific theories. Either you blindly accept scientific theories (a blind faith), or you believe scientific principles based on the facts. I believe Galileo could back me up here with what he went through in his time.
Slashdot Mirror
This makes me wonder if any other "laws" are going to be questioned in the years to come. Einstein was quite the odd-ball, having hardly (if ever) experimented any of these theories. So, of course they are flawed.
Well, I don't know if anyone is still reading posts for this article, but in case anyone does, I'm throwing in my $0.02.
I think you somewhat misunderstand certain people in the religious world. Now as a whole, many who practice a religion, especially in so-called "Christianity", take everything completely on faith. And certainly you cannot prove the existence of God's soul, or heaven, or hell, or any other spiritual beings, because they exist outside the universe and time.
However, those of us who are truly dedicated to Christianity don't take God entirely on faith. Rather we look at the design in the universe, and I believe rightly conclude, that this order could not have happened by mistake, nor that the universe is eternal. We look at what we call "Christian Evidences" to help solidify our faith. And Christian Evidences are another word for scientific facts we use from both creationists *AND* non-creationists scientists alike, to show that no other theories of the existence and organization of the universe can be valid or than the God of the Bible.
One big and well-known website in the brotherhood dedicated to presenting these facts is apologeticspress.org. For instance, one thing I recall reading on there is that the earth moves about 18 miles/sec in its orbit and for every 19 miles I believe it was (I might have those 2 numbers switched) the earth departs from a straight line by about 0.9 inches. Now if the earth moved 0.8 inches or 1.0 inches instead, all life on earth would either freeze or incinerate. The probability of this happening by chance, as I'm sure you can imagine, or not too good. And there's 1000's, if not millions, more facts like that out there.
So while as Christians, we are forced to take certain things on faith, it is not a blind faith, but rather one based on the evidence around us.
And scientists are the same way with scientific theories. Either you blindly accept scientific theories (a blind faith), or you believe scientific principles based on the facts. I believe Galileo could back me up here with what he went through in his time.