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I'm reminded of a famous experiment in physics history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelso
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
I'm reminded of a famous experiment in physics history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_exper....
Similarly, the experiment was done with the intention of proving something that is widely believed to be true (I mean, obviously light travels through something) only to undeniably disprove it.
- zmgsabst 3y agoWe call it LIGO these days. Which is to say, many of these ideas turn out to work after some modifications.