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Warning: Gravity is "Only a Theory"

You forgot to mention that the theory of gravity you cling to so dearly to keep you earthbound has a big problem. When scientists observed the orbit of stars in distant regions of space such as other galaxies or globular clusters, they found that the stars are going to fast to be held together by the calculations of the blessed theory. They should have flung apart. Yet the observation is clear. Rather than admit the theory of gravity is wrong they came up with another solution. There must be a vast quantity of invisible matter in the universe, in fact so much that the matter we see is only about 1/4 of what's really there. That shows how far off the calculations are from what is being observed! Laws, yes!
Astonishingly, this "dark matter" cannot be seen or measured directly. It is invisible, immeasurable. But it must exist, because it is holding the theory of gravity together. It's nice how they believe in that.
 
Paxaeon said:
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Scientifically, gravity is not a theory but a law as in the Law of Gravity. There's a big difference See: Scientific Hypothesis, Theory, Law Definitions Other examples would be the law of thermodynamics, laws of motion, Boyle's law of gasses, etc.
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The Law of Gravity only explains the effect of gravity as an approximation, Einstein improved that approximation. The Theory of Gravity is trying to explain how it does it.
 
William Rea said:
The Law of Gravity only explains the effect of gravity as an approximation, Einstein improved that approximation. The Theory of Gravity is trying to explain how it does it.
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"A law generalizes a body of observations. At the time it is made, no exceptions have been found to a law. Scientific laws explain things, but they do not describe them."
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Can you prove that Newton's law of universal gravitation actually tries to explain gravity in all situations?
 
Manny said:
You forgot to mention that the theory of gravity you cling to so dearly to keep you earthbound has a big problem. When scientists observed the orbit of stars in distant regions of space such as other galaxies or globular clusters, they found that the stars are going to fast to be held together by the calculations of the blessed theory. They should have flung apart. Yet the observation is clear. Rather than admit the theory of gravity is wrong they came up with another solution. There must be a vast quantity of invisible matter in the universe, in fact so much that the matter we see is only about 1/4 of what's really there. That shows how far off the calculations are from what is being observed! Laws, yes!
Astonishingly, this "dark matter" cannot be seen or measured directly. It is invisible, immeasurable. But it must exist, because it is holding the theory of gravity together. It's nice how they believe in that.
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We can try to infer the existence of dark matter from experiments which are evidence of it's existence. If the evidence becomes overwhelming then the existence of 'dark matter' will be the predominant theory unless it is shown to be wrong.

The existence of the neutrino was postulated years before it was actually found.

It isn't a conspiracy theory.
 
Paxaeon said:
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"A law generalizes a body of observations. At the time it is made, no exceptions have been found to a law. Scientific laws explain things, but they do not describe them."
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Can you prove that Newton's law of universal gravitation actually tries to explain gravity in all situations?
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No I can't but, I can show that it is a good approximation, even if it doesn't explain why bodies attract.
 
Goshin said:
Here's your nickel.


Hold it up and let it drop... there, that's Gravity.


Evolution isn't quite so readily demonstrated in such an unequivocal way.


But interesting you should mention gravity anyway... since science remains somewhat divided on exactly how gravity occurs or is generated, with competing theories on the matter.
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Game over, evolution exists, get over it.

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William Rea said:
No I can't but, I can show that it is a good approximation, even if it doesn't explain why bodies attract.
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I read this in Mouse Land about 15 years ago and thought I would post it here for a laugh.

Duct Tape

Duct Tape is sort of like gravity.
It keeps things down or attached.
Duct Tape has little gravitrons inside.
Duct Tape holds everything together.
Chickens have too much Duct Tape and that is why chickens don't fly. (I'm not sayin' that Duct Tape smells like chicken.)
Duct Tape has "Down". Ducks have down too.
And ducks can fly.

What Does Gravity Smell Like?
http://173.33.255.253:9090/NEWS/WhatDoesGravitySmellLike.html

Calm
 
Paxaeon said:
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Scientifically, gravity is not a theory but a law as in the Law of Gravity. There's a big difference See: Scientific Hypothesis, Theory, Law Definitions Other examples would be the law of thermodynamics, laws of motion, Boyle's law of gasses, etc.
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The interesting thing about some of those laws, such as the Laws of Thermodynamics, is that they haven't not been demonstrated from first principle. The laws of thermodynamics are observations that, over time, have never been contradicted.
 
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