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    Re: Relativity Question —Jeromy Irvine
   (...) I think the answer is that we'll all grow old faster by stressing ourselves out trying to solve this. :-) Don't forget that the Theory of Relativity is just that, a theory. Also, it's based on the assumed constant of the speed of light. The (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Relativity Question —Paul Davidson
    (...) Everything in science is a theory. But Relativity is a working theory -- its various effects (time dilation, etc.) have actually been proven with high-speed jets, atomic clocks, and so on. Paul Davidson (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Relativity Question —Matthew Miller
   (...) Right. The theory of *gravity* is just a theory. (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Relativity Question —Sean Forbes
   (...) Um, actually, it's the Law of Gravity. It's been proven (at least the basic aspects) over and over enough times that you can accept it as a Law. "I know this defies the Law of Gravity...but I never studied law" -Bugs Bunny -Sean The Wascally (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Relativity Question —Paul Davidson
    (...) basic (...) The only Law of Gravity is that it exists. Many *theories* of gravity of been used to explain it, Relativity being one of the most recent (prior to that, Isaac Newton's was used). Paul Davidson (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Relativity Question —Doug Dropeskey
   Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> wrote in message news:G3qGAn.LCs@lugnet.com... (...) That is a misleading statement. General relativity explains and reliably *predicts* the observed behavior of matter far better than anything that came before it. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
 

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