Does it bother you that Hawking Radiation has never been experimentally confirmed? It is just a theory.
I think it's clear that he means, "It is just a theory which has yet to be emperically confirmed." That certainly makes it less certain that a theory with confirmation.
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AHEM... Someone needs to brush up their terminology. In physics, and mathematics for that matter, a theory is not a speculation or an idea based on someone's opinion. However, if what you meant was, that Hawking Radiation is more like a conjecture or even just a speculation(I mean something generally believed to be true), then sure; it might be a concern. I'm not familiar with Hawking Radiation, though, so I won't be able to tell if it's a theory or not. Just noticed your little statement about something being 'just a theory'
]]>how can i find out whats inside, i know, ill hit it *crack*
hmmm, this new object is stronger, i have to hit it harder *CRACK*
darn, i cant smash this one, need to hit it harder again *CCRRAACCKK* ah there we go
And theories in physics often have a stronger meaning than theories in other sciences. Because physics is typically so darn easy to test. No having to travel out in the wilderness and try to count the number of species. No having to collect samples of rocks from across 30 acres of land. Tests in physics can be very strongly controlled. Not only that, but physics has a strong basis in mathematics, which of course we know can never be wrong.
Edited to add: Anyone else not find it all that unbelievable that physicists spend so much of their time trying to smash things together as fast as they can, much like little children?
Physicists think they are God. God thinks he's a mathematician.
]]>Does it bother you that Hawking Radiation has never been experimentally confirmed? It is just a theory. It certainly bothers me. I'm sure in the past you could find example after example of experiments which have proved theories wrong. We're risking everything for the advancement of science.
Read on:
http://www.risk-evaluation-forum.org/anon1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadr … y_concerns
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