2006-08-08 01:54:26 · 3 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Was in those days Galileo Earth motion theory considered a wild idea?But today we know better?
2006-08-08 02:02:32 · update #1
note Graviton theory is not provable .
Mass less object are not provable hence can we prove only the things we can touch?
2006-08-08 04:47:58 · update #2
Was galileo constant gravity acceleration proven correct?
2006-08-08 04:49:44 · update #3
Yes, in the days of Galileo some thought his ideas were too wild to be true. That DOES NOT imply that any idea someone thinks is crazy is true because someone thinks it is crazy! The difference between Galileo's theories and real crackpot theories is that Galileo's theories were PROVABLE, if someone was interested in finding out. When someone says they have a perpetual motion machine, yet they cannot produce it, they are a cracked pot because we know it is easy to claim an exception to the universally accepted laws of physics, and it would also be easy to demonstrate that a person's machine really was a perpetual motion machine or not.
2006-08-08 03:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by 1,1,2,3,3,4, 5,5,6,6,6, 8,8,8,10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One indeed runs the risk that the next Newton or Einstein will be dismissed as a crackpot by the physicists of his day. To mimimize the likelyhood of this occurance, John Baez has invented (drum roll, please) ... The Crackpot Index. The greater the score, the more assured you will be that the latest free energy proponent or theorist of everything is indeed a crackpot.
2006-08-08 22:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a WILD and crazy theory that only someone like a crack pot would come up with.
2006-08-08 08:59:41 · answer #3 · answered by rockinbrock2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋