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That's the same experiment over and over again. Presumably we have done many many different experiments to confirm gravity.
by insanitybit 3y ago
That's the same experiment over and over again. Presumably we have done many many different experiments to confirm gravity.
- abdullahkhalids 3y agoAgain, the experiment or observation is designed to falsify a theory, not confirm it. This is true of gravitational experiments as well. Yes, we have done many experiments or observations to try and falsify various theories of gravity. For instance, Newton's gravity was falsified (as an adequate model of the solar system's dynamics) when we observed that the precision of mercury was not what was predicted by the theory. General relativity predicted that gravitational waves exist, and we observed them, which meant that we were unable to falsify GR using that observation. But people keep trying. There are now proposals using both quantum mechanics and gravity whereby it is predicted that we can entangle gravity. Experiments are not that far into the future, which will be used to falsify these joint theories of quantum mechanics and gravity.
- insanitybit 3y agoOh, I guess I think of "designed to falsify" and "intended to confirm" as two distinct goals.