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our understanding of physics might have changed permanently
mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 4:20 AM, Friday September 23, 2011 EDT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484

they have meassured neutrinos at overlight speed. this might have profound effects for our understanding of physics.


but be careful, einsteins theories might still be true, the same way newtons theories still are true.

by this I mean, all our equations are very good approximations. so we can still use newtons equations on most cases, even tho the einstein equations are alittle bit better.

in most calculations we needed to use the equations, changing from the newton to einstein would just make maybe a difference in the 10th number. that is such a small error that one usually have bigger errors from other parts (like the messurement).

one only needed einsteins equations when one was calculating things where there where great forces, or great speeds.

probably this discovery (if indeed correct) will lead to finding the limit of einsteins equations. they will not be invalidated, but will no longer be thought of as as universal as they were.

futhermore it has been known for a long time that einsteins equations were not completely correct, they had a discrepancy when meting quantum physics. this is why people have been searching for the unifying theory of physics for many years. this discovery might be an important steppingstone on the way there.


also, it might all just be a meassuring error

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its really chase wrote
at 1:16 PM, Monday September 26, 2011 EDT
to be fair tho, if you want a very basic and kinda flawed way to explain a black hole, best way to do it is with Newton's gravitation law. at least thats what i did with my high school students
BAMMBI wrote
at 3:47 PM, Monday September 26, 2011 EDT
WTF STFU NEUTON AND ENESTIEN DIDNT KNOW WAT WAZ TALKIN ABOUT. IF THEIR WAS RELITIVITY WHY DO GUYS PISS ME OFF ? WED ALL BE HAPPY TOGETHER. ITS BS.

SPEED OF L,IGHT LMAO LIGJHT DUSNT HAVE SPEED ITS LIGHT FFFS
Lucky Loser wrote
at 11:10 PM, Monday September 26, 2011 EDT
MY TEACHER TOLD ME I HAD A LOT OF POTENTIAL

THEN HE PUSHED ME OUT OF THE BUILDING

Louis Cypher wrote
at 2:59 AM, Tuesday September 27, 2011 EDT
And like normally in kdice, ignorance takes over and is most likely to win... Sad but true.

Honestly, this theory might be quite influencial in the futur, but by then I hope to have simplified, more easy to understand versions of it. Those may be partially wrong, but atm I don't feel like working myself through that paper. This is a bit far of from my field of expertise...
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