Einstein's special theory
of relativity does not say that nothing can go faster than light.
That is, the theory
of relativity does not have a theory of matter.
Similarly, people often compare Cubism and abstract art to Einstein's spacetime, but his general theory
of relativity did not appear until the middle of World War II — and artists could not possibly have understood it.
Not exact matches
The reason some scientists want to prove time really
does not exist is that if times
does not exist then they can unify the «subatomic atomic world
of quantum mechanics with the vast cosmic one
of general
relativity.»
The theory
of Evolution is more
of a fact but since there is still some that we don't know, it is still a theory but the most supported theory (that and the theory
of relativity)
Some new additions to the theory
of evolution could (like it has
done before) very well make it better, or perhaps a new theory could turn up that explains things even better like it happened to Newtons theories on gravity with Einsteins theories
of relativity, but rocketengineers often still use Newtons laws because they are good enough for many, many apllications.
Did you just group the creator
of Facebook with the creator
of Relativity or the Atomic model?
Scientists don't consider the theory
of relativity, theory
of evolution, quantum theory, etc., truth.
What the
relativity of values
does show is that no one system
of preferences can win assent for all people and under all circumstances.
The neutrino test you are referring to was a huge deal, which is why most
of the scientific community was skeptical and didn't immediately rewrite Einsteins theory
of relativity.
We know a great deal today about how our thinking is conditioned by culture, gender, and class interest, and is thoroughly perspectival in character, and we become rightly suspicious
of every claim to truth that
does not acknowledge its own conditionedness and
relativity.
The infusion
of historical
relativity into the orders can also break their linkage to an ethical conservatism that finds it necessary to stand against every revolutionary development, thus denying the freedom
of God to
do any new thing in the world.
I personally think it's just presumptuous
of us to think that some fairy tale about a God and his prophet explains EVERYTHING... look up chaos theory, quantum theory,
relativity,... there are SO many FUNDAMENTAL things we
DO N'T know (any physicist worth anything will agree with you!)
Although Hartshorne has not articulated the inconsistencies
of the idea
of divine
relativity as openly as we
did earlier, it seems that he is willing to take recourse in something like a spectator God who remains in «mere happiness» (not fearing) just as much as Plato denied existence to forms
of negative elements
of the world such as mud.
But actual entities
do fall under the principle
of relativity; therefore, the view in question must be false.
More specifically, how
do we reconceptualize the three concerns
of traditional theology which seemed to call for divine
relativity if, in fact, the thesis that God feels the world is not acceptable?
Of course, people have generally concentrated upon the attempt to describe things in detail, but that is just the point at which it doesn't work very well — when you try to understand the quantum mechanics and
relativity together.
(3) Kraus also insists that only a «tota simul» in God is compatible with faith, arguing much as she
did above that the Hartshornean alternative is by the principle
of relativity irreconcilable with faith as well as freedom — with free faith, that is.
For further definition
of «the problem
of radical particularity,» the position from which Hartshorne is criticized later in this article, and for more detailed discussion
of Hartshorne's theory
of divine
relativity, please see my «Omniscience and the Problem
of Radical Particularity:
Does God Know How to Ride a Bike,» International Journal for Philosophy
of Religion 42 (1997), 1 - 22, and «Divine Passibility and the Problem
of Radical Particularity:
Does God Feel Your Pain?
Hartshorne's theory
of divine
relativity allows God to know in exactitude the experience
of the individual whereas a denial
of divine
relativity does not.
On the other hand, finding a unitary principle for the manifold
of discreet entities, which includes human experience, is made problematic by a denial
of divine
relativity because the relative nature
of God
did at least that unify the world into an ordered and organic whole.
But it is necessary in
relativity to explain the essence
of matter, and this has never been
done.
Once you realize that the Bible
does not purport to be a textbook
of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes... The doctrine
of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in
relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible.
You don't sound like a Scientist, Scientists
do not use words like «prove» or «fact» even when discussing Newton's Law
of Gravity or Einstein's Law
of Relativity.
In dealing with God, we are like ants who demand Albert Einstein explain to us the theory
of relativity, then when we can't understand the answer, we choose to believe Einstein doesn't exist.
And like Evolution, the Theory
of Mechanics has been supplanted by more complex and more accurate theories (in the case
of Mechanics, both Quantum Mechanics and
Relativity have arisen to deal with its flaws; in the case
of Evolution, the technical theories - such as gene borrowing and virus - guided genetic drift -
do not have catchy names).
You've probably heard
of the attempts at unifying quantum physics and
relativity and finding a single theory that can explain everything,
did you?
Gravity from space (Einstein's
relativity) operates on mass through space and matter interaction is a natural process like centrifugal force which made its appearance when a body is morning in circle Jean mass is the amount
of matter that must be present before gravity becomes effective or felt, once this minimum amount
of matter is reached or exceeded, gravity with mass interact with space - time to bring geodesics and gravity begin to control other bodies and then orbit around each other, another aspect
of the twin effect
of gravity and mass is the necessity to account for energy required to sustain gravitating mass and where
does this energy originating from Einstein's field equation says from space but never refer to the origin
of gravitation.
Indeed, to the best
of my knowledge Hartshorne
does not explicitly link his position on creation with his position on
relativity, contingency, and potentiality, as he
does link the latter with his position on temporality.13 On the other hand, he
does present other arguments against the traditional position, none
of which seem tome to have any substance.
This question,
of the
relativity of different types
of religion to different types
of need, arises naturally at this point, and will become a serious problem ere we have
done.
This probably has to
do with our broad use
of QM and the fact that Maxwell's Equations are the basis
of Relativity.
Placher cites Frei's Barthian - like emphasis on the factual historicity that the gospel narrative contains, and, with Lindbeck, Placher argues that the
relativity of our understanding
does not negate or preclude the reality
of that which we seek to understand.
To return once more to our historical example: in the history
of the theory
of relativity, the Michelson - Morley experiment
did not play the determinative part most textbooks assign to it.
Unlike some feminists, I
do not rest my conclusions on any supposed contradictions within the writings
of Paul, or between Paul and Jesus, on any alleged «rabbinic interpretations,» or on the cultural
relativity of any text.
Later Einstein on other grounds developed the theory
of relativity; only then
did the Michelson - Morley experiment, performed twenty - five years earlier, appear as important evidence against all ether theories.
I am a disciple
of Alfred North Whitehead, who
did develop a metaphysics able to deal with the complexities
of relativity and quantum theory as well as with religious experience.
Einstein's Special
Relativity speaks
of «the creation and annihilation
of matter», but I
do not know what the elaboration
of this amounts to.
Special
relativity showed, however, that space - time has a more subtle four - dimensional structure, in which it
does not make sense to speak
of the past, the present, or the future
of the universe as a whole.
Even if we don't remember — or never learned — what Einstein meant by general or specific
relativity, we need to understand that theoretical physics has drastically changed our understanding
of reality.
But I would remind you that Durrell came to write the fantastically structured Alexandria Quartet, in which, even though the selves in it
do not escape from the
relativity of their own selfhood, nonetheless memory, and thus the past, plays a central and creative role.
In a senior class in atomic theory they may enter seldom, though even in this field
relativity and quantum mechanics
did involve precisely such examination
of basic assumptions.
As Holloway puts it, «It involves also «I», «myself and again «myself in a threefold and different
relativity, and in
doing this it realises «me» as me, itdoes not disintegrate but manifests the unity
of my person.»
What seems important is the distinction
of the Church from the realm and rule
of God; the recognition
of the primacy and independence
of the divine reality which can and
does act without, beyond and often despite the Church; and the acceptance
of the
relativity yet indispensability
of the Church in human relations to that reality.
John's premise is true in that Einstein's Theory
of General
Relativity, The Big Bang Theory, The Particle Physics Standard Model, Quantum Physics / Mechanics, etc., let alone Darwin's Theory
of Evolution,
DO NOT PASS the «Modern Scientific Method» when tried!
Do not also the atheists have faith in much of sciences theories that many atheists can less understand yet do remain faithfilled by thoughtless amalgams in obscured relativitie
Do not also the atheists have faith in much
of sciences theories that many atheists can less understand yet
do remain faithfilled by thoughtless amalgams in obscured relativitie
do remain faithfilled by thoughtless amalgams in obscured
relativities?
Acceptance
of this
relativity, however,
does not mean that theology is forced to accept relativism, the view that nothing is absolute.
But again, why
did the majority
of thinkers prefer Einstein to Whitehead on the subject
of relativity?
Oddly enough, in The Principle
of Relativity, where one expects a rigorous treatment
of such topics, one
does not find Whitehead's own definition
of simultaneity or even an argument against Einstein's.
This, however,
does not constitute an essential insight into reality but an existential one, that is the radical
relativity of God, World and Man.
You don't believe in the theory
of relativity: either you understand it or you don't understand it; there is no question
of belief.