[–] edblarney 9y ago ↗ I wonder if someone can say if this is very serious science, or fringe type stuff. [–] adpoe 9y ago ↗ Not a physicist, but looks like this was done by researchers at a legitimate observatory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_ObservatoryAnd results published in a journal from Oxford: http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/09/mnr...So that's a good sign. Can't say much more than that though, since my knowledge of the field is minimal. [–] DonaldFisk 9y ago ↗ He's well-qualified. His background is in string theory.His theory is described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.0785v1.pdfAnd the Wikipedia article about it is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravityIt's argued here that there's observational evidence against it: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425220/experiments-show-g...I'm not familiar with the areas of physics the theory draws on. I am familiar with General Relativity, which agrees very well with observations, and (I think) makes fewer assumptions.
[–] adpoe 9y ago ↗ Not a physicist, but looks like this was done by researchers at a legitimate observatory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden_ObservatoryAnd results published in a journal from Oxford: http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/09/mnr...So that's a good sign. Can't say much more than that though, since my knowledge of the field is minimal. [–] DonaldFisk 9y ago ↗ He's well-qualified. His background is in string theory.His theory is described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.0785v1.pdfAnd the Wikipedia article about it is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravityIt's argued here that there's observational evidence against it: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425220/experiments-show-g...I'm not familiar with the areas of physics the theory draws on. I am familiar with General Relativity, which agrees very well with observations, and (I think) makes fewer assumptions.
[–] DonaldFisk 9y ago ↗ He's well-qualified. His background is in string theory.His theory is described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.0785v1.pdfAnd the Wikipedia article about it is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravityIt's argued here that there's observational evidence against it: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425220/experiments-show-g...I'm not familiar with the areas of physics the theory draws on. I am familiar with General Relativity, which agrees very well with observations, and (I think) makes fewer assumptions.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 28.4 ms ] threadAnd results published in a journal from Oxford: http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/09/mnr...
So that's a good sign. Can't say much more than that though, since my knowledge of the field is minimal.
His theory is described in this paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.0785v1.pdf
And the Wikipedia article about it is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity
It's argued here that there's observational evidence against it: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425220/experiments-show-g...
I'm not familiar with the areas of physics the theory draws on. I am familiar with General Relativity, which agrees very well with observations, and (I think) makes fewer assumptions.