[lbo-talk] climate change denial

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 11 16:49:30 PDT 2007


James Heartfield wrote:


>Science is not decided by consensus. It is decided by empirical
>verification.

Huh? News Release

May 9, 2005

Contact: Bob Kahn, Gravity Probe B Public Affairs: (650) 723-2540, <mailto:kahn at relgyro.stanford.edu>kahn at relgyro.stanford.edu

According to Einstein's 1916 general theory of relativity­our present theory of gravitation­space and time are inextricably woven into a four-dimensional fabric called spacetime, and gravity is nothing but the warping and twisting of spacetime by massive celestial bodies. Is this theory correct? The Gravity Probe B (GP-B) satellite recently completed its first year in orbit around the Earth and is continuing to collect data in the first controlled experiment specifically designed to answer this question.

http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/2005/pr-gpb-051105.html

The results still aren't in.



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