I was wondering what the flaws of modern day physics are. As I learn more about physics, I've been seeing that things don't connect like they are supposed to.
2007-05-13 12:12:50 · 6 answers · asked by Innovater Jill 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No predictive physical theory sets c=c, h=h, and G=G. General Relativity sets c=c, h=0, and G=G. Quantum field theory sets c=c, h=h, and G=0. The two are utterly incompatible. String theory tries for all three and is a disaster to date. Physics is otherwise internally consistent and without error, prediction vs. observation. Superconducting Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, particle accelerators, computers, and GPS all work to spec every time.
That does not mean physics cannot be wrong. Euclid contains no mistakes but he has a weak founding postulate - his Fifth or Parallel Postulate demanding exactly one parallel line through a point not on a given line. Elliptic (no parallel lines) and hyperbolic (infinite parallel lines) are equally self-consistent geometries. Navigation and land surveying are elliptic not Euclidean.
Physics postulates the Equivalence Principle - all masses vacuum free fall along identical trajectories. There is no reason for this to be true (observation - e.g., the Nordtvedt effect - supports it). GR postulates the EP. Affine, teleparallel, and noncommutative gravitation theories ignore the EP and contain GR as a restricted case of EP = true.
There is no reason why a left hand and a right hand of identical chemical composition must obey the EP, nor has anybody ever looked,
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.pdf
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2
If the EP has a reproducible chiral anomaly then GR (the EP literally) and quanum field theory (isotropy of space and conservation of angular momentum through Noether's theorem) are both demonstrated to be wrong. Somebody should look.
2007-05-13 12:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Al 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think there are actually flaws, but i am open to discussion.
Physics have been alive and growing thanks partly to the fact that there are still unexplainable things in the universe and partly to how flawless the current take of physics is towards the problems that it has already solved.
Every single detail is considered and every single concept is accounted for, that's what I believe the most, if not one of the, powerful strengths the subject has.
2007-05-17 07:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by dizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am so happy that you know so much about physics that you can identify the flaws. They are there, but I think you better get more knowledge of what is between the flaws before you take the flaws on.
2007-05-13 12:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There lots of things that modern physics can't explain well, but they are generally all on the sub-atomic level or have to do with grand issues of cosmology. Our current theories of physics explain the macro world very, very well. But.... science is not about some facts that smart guys put in a book...... it's about the process of discovering truth by hypothesis, observation and testing.
2007-05-13 12:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by squeezie_1999 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no flaw in modern physics. There are unknowns, but gaps in current knowledge is not a flaw.
2007-05-13 12:43:49 · answer #5 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole reason science continues is because things dont all make sense.
2007-05-13 12:17:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋