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Since Einstein did not observe this extreme situation of a star around a black hole prior to formulating his theory, it does proof him right. It was a falsifica
by 317070 5y ago
Since Einstein did not observe this extreme situation of a star around a black hole prior to formulating his theory, it does proof him right. It was a falsification observation, and it verified the theory.
Apples and goblins should produce predictions that differ from existing theory, and predict a new type of observation that could confirm its correctness versus existing work.
- boomboomsubban 5y ago>it does proof him right. It was a falsification observation, and it verified the theory. It provides evidence that his theory is correct, it does not prove it because they still could find evidence that does not fit general relativity. The posters example made it sound crazy, but "proof" is the wrong word to use. I much prefer the paper's opener of >The theory of General Relativity (GR) continues to pass all experimental tests with flying colours
- andrewgleave 5y agoAnother way to phrase it is that relativity hasn’t been refuted by this observation.