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Okay how about Einstein then? My understanding is that he also worked backwards in order to develop his theory of Special Relativity; he was trying to "fit" a
by lodi 9y ago
Okay how about Einstein then? My understanding is that he also worked backwards in order to develop his theory of Special Relativity; he was trying to "fit" a theory to a universe that presupposed that the laws of physics are the same throughout the universe, including a constant speed of light for all observers. Relativistic effects weren't known to be reality at the time this theory was proposed. Much later, scientists developed experiments to confirm relativity.
Maybe we're still searching for the right theory of consciousness to know what exactly we're trying to measure?
- some_guy_there 9y ago>Relativistic effects weren't known to be reality at the time this theory was proposed. Umnn, Michelson–Morley and Maxwell equations were enough experimental evidence before Einstein. Einstein work was reconciling Mechanics to confirm with electromagnetism, and not the other way round. EDIT: Not to say there isn't some physics theory developed independent of experiments. But relativity is not a good candidate.
- computerex 9y agoLorentz transformations predate special relativity, so there was definitely work going on in this area prior to relativity.