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Article #1335Re: EINSTEINIANS BOTHERED BY EINSTEIN'S 1954 CONFESSION
From: Tom Roberts
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:49
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:49
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Pentcho Valev wrote:
> EINSTEINIANS BOTHERED BY EINSTEIN'S 1954 CONFESSION
I rarely respond to idiots and smarmy trolls, but chose to make an
exception in this case because there is a lesson involved that others
might find either useful or interesting.
> Albert Einstein 1954: "I consider it entirely possible that physics
> cannot be based upon the field concept, that is on continuous
> structures."
Einstein created several interesting and elegant theories, SR and GR,
which have served as the foundation of other interesting and elegant
theories, QED, QFT, the standard model, etc. All are based on fields
(continuous structures), including the quantum theories.
People who understand what science actually is, know it is a QUEST, a
process, a journey, and not merely a static body of knowledge. Such
people are not "bothered" by Einstein's statement at all. He is merely
saying that his theories ("castle in the air") are just steps along the
path that is physics, and are not the final endpoint -- obvious to
anyone who truly understand science.
Indeed, modern approaches to quantum gravity are not based on fields or
continuous structures. Unlike Valev's narrow-minded opinions, real
physicists are not "bothered" by Einstein's remark, many have been
INSPIRED by it.
[Don't expect me to respond to further nonsense and insults.
I will respond to a substantive discussion.]
Tom Roberts
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