Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by Gorman91
For instance, what on earth are thy going on about with the cross shaped thing? I don't get what they're trying to prove.
If you are talking about "Einstein's Cross" phenomenon for seeing 'around' another heavenly body, then one of my ex-professors mathematically modeled and proved Einstein's theory in this regard. His computer modelling was skewed to the lower right quadrant for some reason that he is still working out, but the theory panned out!
This is the ability of gravity to "bend" light around an object. A star hidden behind another heavenly has a visual effect of a cross around the obstructing body. By modeling this and extrapolating backwards we can "see" the hidden source!
This has simplistic attributes in Astronomy, and more complicated attributes in Physics and Mathematics. Plus it is always a big bump on your resume to confirm any of Einstein's theories!
He didn't "prove" anything.
He made a computer do what he wanted it to based on physics that don't have a basis in reality.
I can make computer models of flying monkeys, that doesn't mean they exist.




