With no way of actually proving it, was Einstein's theory correct?

Answer 1

>> well let u know a secret did u know that we use only 10% of are brains and the outher 90% we dont even know about

This is supposed to be a secret? It's only one of the most quoted "facts" in existence. And it's completely nonsense.

Oh, and to the original question, most of relativity *has* been proven.

Answer 2

Physical science theories are fundamentally different from the mathematical theorems that can be "proved." Mathematical theorems are proved by deductive reasoning from a known (or at least accepted) set of postulates, definitions, and properties that are the fundamental origin of the science.

On the other hand, physical science theories such as the theories of special or general relativity are developed through inductive reasoning from what we can observe, test, and measure in nature. The only way they could ever be "proved" correct is if we are somehow "enlightened" as to the fundamental principles of the universe - and then we could work deductively from those fundamental principles to prove the theory.

Einstein's theory to date has explained what scientists have observed in numerous experiments. That does not mean it is complete or correct - just as Gallilean relativity appeared to explain everything quite well until the end of the 19th century, someday we may devise an experiment that shows relativity to be imcomplete or inaccurate for certain situations. Until that day comes, the theory "works" because it explains our measurable/observable universe. For our purposes today, it is "correct."

Answer 3

So far, Einstein's theories have proven true. I'm not sure what you mean by "no way of actually proving it", as the correctness of the theory has been demonstrated in many ways.

Special relativity has been supported by experiments with particle accelerators, and by observing the effects that velocity and gravity have on atomic clocks. General relativity has been correct in predicting the bending and lensing of light by gravitational fields, and subtle effects in the orbits of stars and planets.

Answer 4

Many experiments have been done that do prove it. Highly accurate atomic clocks on space craft and aircraft have measured time dilation. Gravitational bending of light has been measured. Particle accelerators have shown the impossibility of accelerating any mass up to the speed of light even when given hundreds of times more energy that would be needed to go far past the speed of light if relativity was false. It is probably the best proven theory of modern times.

Answer 5

Ah, some things we do have a way of proving with scientific method. For instance, by the construction of a question, containing a fallacious statement, one can prove two possible states of the questioner.

A) They have no idea of the subject at all.

or

B) They intentionally want to present themselves as duplicitous.

There is a way of calculating the probability of the two states above, especially in reference two your question. If you know nothing of the motion of the perihelion of Mercury, nothing of gravitational lensing, nothing of atomic clocks on airplanes, we can reasonably place this contextually probability of A at 99%. Hope this helps!

Answer 6

He got the right answer - E=mc2, but his reasoning was not correct.

He thought that as a mass accelerated it gained actual mass. This is not correct. What happens is that the overall frequency of the moving mass changes. There is an increase in frequency density in direction of travel, and a proportionate decrease in energy (mass) at right angles to that direction. "The Problem and Repair of Relativity" found at http;//timebones. blogspot.com describes in a few pages what happened.

Answer 7

Hmmm...
Einstein loved to mix physics with geometry ...

Establishing two infinities for one finite quantity
does not manifest from mathematics.

Geometry begins with this paradigm.

Einstein presumes a problem with infinity.

All that exist in the world constitutes one whole;
nothing is truly separate.

Separateness exist, but only relatively..
But, then, what we perceive is not real.

We perceive subjectively directly in ourselves,
we are within the subjective world.

The objective world exist outside of us,
we are different things compared to the
objective world, in reality we only know
through our own sensations, perceptions &
conceptions, we only think we know by trying
to place ourselves outside of ourselves, so we
always presuppose what we think we know ...

So, is Einstein correct ??
Its all relative to ones objective understanding
of the world ......
















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Answer 8

Einstein's theory is correct with no way of actually disproving it.

Answer 9

We can't prove what happens to a human-made clock when it goes 99.9999% of c, but we can prove that it slows down when going 20,000 mph. We can also prove that particles last longer when they are moving at relativistic speeds. From that we feel confident enough that his theory is proven.

Answer 10

i well let u know a secret did u know that we use only 10% of are brains and the outher 90% we dont even know about cause are tenoegy is so pore then the outsiders(ufo's) so if we use 90% of are brains the we could do some outstanding ****(stuff) like levitation it is real cause in school they teach us about energy like what have energy like trees and us and a lot of things dose and pluse the mind is a terrorabul thing to wast and remeber this god said that he made use in his own imege and own way we are all the same just no perfect