GlobalExplorer |
08-17-07 03:44 PM |
To clarify, science today sees light as a probability field (not as a wave or particle as we were taught in school), meaning that there is a very high probability that a light photon will be where you would expect it (i.e. very close to the perceived path of the light beam). However, there is also a very small probability that it will dissappear and appear somewhere else, possibly even at a completely random, far out place in the universe. This has led to claims that it is against the laws of relativity (because it must have moved with a speed much higher than the speed of light). But relativity should stay uncontested, theres rather the possibility of major breakthroughs on the structure of space. There is still a lot movement in this area of physics, with the possibility of extra dimensions at very small scales, the rebirth of the theory of a cosmic ether (superstrings), and energy and matter being just a strange stir in its fabric, something statistical rather than physical.
I'd say the experiment described by the two germans is a yet undigested new find related to quantum effects, which cannot break the laws of relativity, because quantum physics and relativity have never been united into one consistent theory. As Einstein did not disprove Newton (in fact the two working together might have made even more profound breathroughs), modern physics will not disprove Einstein, but rather extend towards the blueprint of space, which was beyond what he could study or experiment with at the time he lived.
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