Saturday, September 16, 2006

General Relativity survives

Admin1: Einstein's General Relativity survives yet another test, the newspapers report.

Dr. Gravytee: Einstein's General Relativity is the most frequently proved unproved theory ever. This is pure alphysics. Doctors could never get enough of proving General Relativity.

A1: The article also says that Einstein's General Relativity replaced Newton's theory of gravity.

Dr. G: Einstein's General Relativity is a variation of Newton's theory. You only need to look at Einstein's equations.

A1: I am looking at Einstein equations. The most beautiful set of symbols ever written by a human being. Do you want me to include the cosmological constant or not.

Dr. G: It doesn't matter. Cosmological constant come and go. There are Doctors of alphysics who specialize in removing and reinstating the cosmological constant according to the cosmic winds prevelant at academia at the moment. Try to locate the other constant term in Einstein's equations.

A1: Yes. I see it. It is the G. The Newton's constant of gravity.

Dr. G: For the time being, you are right, G is known as Newton's constant of gravity. We are working to rename G to be the fundamental constant of The Theory. So G is really the constant of Elegance.

A1: Would Einstein's General Theory of Relativity work better with the elegant G rather than the Newtonian G.

Dr. G: No doubt. Once G is combined with the cosmological constant Einstein's equations will be infinitely more elegant.

A1: Are you proposing G_lambda?

Dr. G: G_lambda is the unified fundamental constant of nature. What a universal remote control is to your entertainment gadgets at home G the unified universal constant of nature is to alphysics.

A1: What is its value?

Dr. G: Our group is working to define its value so that it agrees with all the past and future constants of nature defined by alphysicists.

A1: Great. I can imagine the headlines: "The universal constant of nature G proves Einstein's General Theory of Relativity."

Dr. G: Yes. In alphysics, once a theory is established it can never be removed. It could only be proved again and again.

A1: And again and again until science come.