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Originally posted by apache:
Again, I will say that relativity is unproven.
This is true in the sence that a quite a number of scientific discoveries fall into the Category of things that cannot be proven, only disproven. However, so many of our current (and provable) understandings of the universe around us are based on these unprovable theories now. It might be that at some time in the future, they are disproven - and a whole branch of human understanding comes crashing to the ground - but at the moment, they are largely agreed upon.
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Nothing manmade has ever traveled to any significant portion of the speed of light.
Except man-made light. I understand that quite a few experiments were made measuring the effects of gravitational structures on the speed of light and the passing of time (two related issues).
However, I have to admit that I am not a physisist (I used to have a friend who worked with me in the accounts dept. as a general lackey - who was currently completing a doctorate in physics. Unfortunately we lost him to the SETI programme. Really) and can't fully comment on these ideas.
Cheers.
[This message has been edited by BKrani (edited 31 January 2001).]
[This message has been edited by BKrani (edited 31 January 2001).]