FAUX News Goes Back in Time and Demands Einstein Prove His New Theory

[Procrustes Stretched]

Einstein cannot "prove" his theory of relativity.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Well, he was wrong about how many dimensions there are. Science is only relative to the discoveries of the day.

Back when he proposed the general theory of relativity in 1916, Einstein didn't know that the universe was expanding. In his mind, the size of the cosmos was fixed — what was being held in place by this thing he called the 'cosmological constant.' Without it, the universe would have contracted or expanded in accordance to the amount of mass within it. This mysterious force, argued Einstein, was what held everything together in place.

Of course, he had to revise his idea during the late 1920s after scientists discovered that the universe was in fact expanding. After he removed the constant from his equations, Einstein referred to it as the biggest blunder of his career.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Well, he was wrong about how many dimensions there are. Science is only relative to the discoveries of the day.

Back when he proposed the general theory of relativity in 1916, Einstein didn't know that the universe was expanding. In his mind, the size of the cosmos was fixed — what was being held in place by this thing he called the 'cosmological constant.' Without it, the universe would have contracted or expanded in accordance to the amount of mass within it. This mysterious force, argued Einstein, was what held everything together in place.

Of course, he had to revise his idea during the late 1920s after scientists discovered that the universe was in fact expanding. After he removed the constant from his equations, Einstein referred to it as the biggest blunder of his career.

what is one of your biggest blunders, coming to usmb?