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Initial Tests Fail To Find Gravitational Waves
eldavojohn writes that though gravitational waves are "predicted to exist by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, the initial tests run by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration (LIGO) failed to find anything. It doesn't disprove their existence although it does rule out a subset of string theory. From the article, 'For example, some models predict the existence of cosmic strings, which are loops in space-time that may have formed in the early universe and gotten stretched to large scales along with the expansion of the universe. These objects are thought to produce bursts of gravitational waves as they oscillate. Since no large-amplitude gravitational waves were found, cosmic strings, if they exist at all, must be smaller than some models predict.' The scientists working in Washington and Louisiana (in tandem to rule out flukes) will now move on to Advanced LIGO which will analyze a volume of space 1,000 times larger. If they don't find any gravitational waves in that experiment, the results will be more than unsettling to many theorists."
Have they tried turning it off & back on again?
Meta will eat itself
Gravity sucks.
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Meta will eat itself
This is obviously because gravity does not exist, but the observed effect is a result of an higher intelligence pushing things down.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39512
Any experiment that doesn't result in a large explosion is a failure.
The, uh... differential manifold part...
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
I like to see string theory crumbling as much as the next man, but err.. that :
dark matter can be explained by the evolution of advanced technological civilizations based on *known* physics (through molecular nanotechnology and extreme engineering)
If given the choice between these two propositions, I think I'll stick with string theory and its 26+ space dimensions. But kudos to you for pioneering a new approach to astrophysics that consists in claiming "space aliens did it".
You just got troll'd!
You just said what he said, but he used the language of science while you used the language of bonghits-in-a-dorm-at-a-good-college.
The next generation of scientists, brought up on Mythbusters, are going to be much more interesting than those in days gone by.
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Yep. OK, enough with ID vs evolution, let's move on to the other battlefront of the science vs faith war. Climate change!
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You just got troll'd!
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Well played sir. I'd mod you funny but I'm a little pissed off about the coffee dribbling down my screen.