fafalone Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 I find this current situation disgusting. Thousands of newspapers and news services have declared the latest research to be conclusive proof of Einstein's theories. This experiment has NOT been peer reviewed and has NOT been published in a presitigous journal. Furthermore, most news sources also seem to be ignoring the massive amount of criticism from prominent physicists. Wouldn't want to let the possibility of error interfere with your sensationalist reporting of this like it's the greatest physics find of the last century! Science has a process, the mass media and the scienctists who went straight to a conference rather than a journal (hm, wonder why?) to inform people should respect this process. Please read http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301145 for a thorough explanation of the possible faults of this claim, this measurement warrants peer review before it's declared an absolute fact by the press. For god's sake people, the authors of the paper themselves said the speed of gravity was 1.06x the speed of light with a 20% margin of error! Chalk another one up to the blatant scientific ignorance of the mass media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 From what I've heard (though through the media) 25% is not a bad margin of error for this sort of work.. But yea, this is typical of the media. Unfortunatly, the casual reader holds what the media reports as FACT, especially when it comes to science. I had to tell my dad that the issue wasn't really settled yet, the results are still being debated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 Speed of gravity and light equal Einstein proved right on speed of gravity After 87 years, Einstein proved right on speed of gravity Scientists clock speed of gravity US Focus: Einstein's Theory Prevails Get a clue, wait till it's PUBLISHED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 It's something 'sciency' involving Einstein. The press jump all over such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajinVegeta Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 How embarassing. And, fafalone, you say that the press will not heed to the [productive] criticism inflicted by physicists?:lame: :bs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 The only people who should be embarrassed here are the media, who clearly either know nothing about the scientific method or the physics they are alledgedly reporting on, or just don't care as long as they sell papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Originally posted by Sayonara³ The media, just don't care as long as they sell papers. Way too many words there mate. I'm surprised people are surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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