Is space-time theory a Pseudoscience?

Question

Space time fabric =another theory of the aether?

Answer 1

Not at all, it is an actual science dealing with how the laws of physics bend and apply to extreme mass or extreme velocity. Just as scientists once had to deal with the science of pheremones, invisible chemicals that drive animals, astronomers and physicists must deal with the motion of how extremely massive bodies in space alter the spacetime fabric without being able to see the actual "fabric" (for example, they tackle explanations such as how sun has us into our orbit or how spinning black holes are able to bend the fabric of spacetime and alter the motion of other interacting bodies). hopefully this helped...if you need further explanation you can email me or let me know through my site:

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Answer 2

Anything is a pseudoscience until you come up with testable hypotheses and can actually test the idea to determine its validity.

If it fails the test it is not even pseudo science, it is nonsense.

If it passes there will be further tests before it can be accepted as a law or theory.

Unfortunately a good deal of theoritical physics is NOT science because it has not come up with anything to test yet. String "theory" is a good example of that. It is NOT a theory as it hasn't even come up with a testable hypothesis yet. It is just an interesting idea with some mathematical equations that may or may not provide a useful model of reality.

If it cannot be tested it is NOT science.

Answer 3

there is good experimental evidence for using space-time as the construct to describe how gravity manifests in our universe. the current idea of the space-time fabric is a product of einstein's theory of general relativity. measurements of the precession of the perihelion of mercury's orbit, the bending of a star's light around the sun during total solar eclipses and gravitation lensing by distant galaxies all provide measurements that confirm that space-time is a good approach to understanding the large scale structure of the universe.

as to whether it is another aether theory, an aether is static, and one's motion relative to an aether can be measured. special relativity, and thus general relativity also, prohibits the existence of a prefered reference frame. thus, there can be no one static background as an aether requires against which everything else is measured. the theory itself -- which we have experimental evidence for -- eliminates the possibility of an aether.

Answer 4

No, Space-Time is not even a Theory, it is an observable phenomenom that requires no model (such as an "aether") to support its reality. The piece of doggie-doo on the pavement in front of your house occupies a precise spatial point. A moment later is is still occuping that same point in space, but a different point in time.

Answer 5

Time Travel Research

Ronald L. Mallett
Ph.D., Professor of Physics
University of Connecticut

http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/time_travel.htm

Answer 6

It is hard for people to grasp that there isn't more out past a certain point in the Universe because humans see life and everything as having a start and an end.

With that said... think of the Universe as a endless circle like a big ball but through that ball you can find places to go straight through and get fast to a point to make the circle around back to you faster.

Now did you know we have a way to send out a signal that has basic information on it. For example we send out a message that says very important political events each day... but we send them through a "Hole" for lack of a better word and this "Hole" is a quick route back to us but it is so fast that when we get it back it is the message we send days before.

Then what we can do is change events and they check the next days message when it comes back to see if the things we did changed to events we wanted to change.

It is a simple version and there are many more "Messages" sent and more variables but you get the point.

AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY THERE HAVE BEEN NO NUKES GOING OFF OR ANY BIG WORLD ENDING EVENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

...and I am going to get in BIG trouble for letting this one out of the bag... but it is fun to let people know because only a few of you will read this and none of you know the science to do it yourself.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

No, space-time isn't a pseudoscience. Learn something about physics before you start asking big questions whose answers will only confuse you.


Doug

Answer 9

not really

time is slow in space

take two identical clocks, travel on an airplane with one, then the two clocks have seconds between them.

I don't know how, but its fact

Answer 10

yes, it's all a bunch of bs.