Re: Physics is not metaphysics (was: Equivalence principle)

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gauge
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bilge) wrote in message
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>> Pmb:
>>  >
>>  >"Patrick Reany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>>  >
>>  >> Physics is not metaphysics. The current theory is not necesarily
>>  >> closer to metaphysical truth than what it replaced. Newton had his
>>  >> formal point of view; Einstein had his. Einstein's formal point of
>>  >> view is just more instrumental for getting the description of events
>>  >> right than was Newton's. That doesn't mean that space is "really"
>>  >> curved ..
>>  >
>>  >Who said that space is "really" curved?
>>
>>   Spacetime, not space and al einstein said that in general relativity.
>>
>>  >                                       The term 'curved' is a term which is
>>  >used as an analogy to curved surfaces. It doesn't literally mean that space
>>  >itself is curved. It literally means that distances are altered and
>>  >in a way
>>  >which is different than Euclid would have guessed.
>>
>>    And, general relativity does say that spacetime is "really" curved.
>> That is the point of the theory. It isn't a metaphor or a semantics game.
>
>Oy! You're unreal. So closed minded!

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