(02-01-2021, 10:41 AM)Professer E date Wrote:I believe it was a "gumby factor" he put in to balance the equations, he thought it was an error. It ended up being the cosmological constant.Because his equations produced a result he didn't believe in, he removed the factor that in effect by chance represents the force on expansion created by dark energy. But he didn't really know about dark energy, he was just using a mathematical technique to paint the picture of the universe he thought was true. He was correct in his initial thoughts, and wrong to remove that term just because it led to something he didn't believe to be true.
(02-01-2021, 09:14 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Einstein wasn't always right.He was also wrong about Bohr and Quantum Theory/Mechanics, which is where his famous "God doesn't play dice" and "Spooky action at a distance" quotes comes from, and many will probably refer to the God reference as a mistake as well, but I don't see that as part of science, just a faith that he is free to believe in.
He was wrong.....at least once.
What he was wrong about was when he said a statement he made was incorrect (Essentially about the universe expanding). He was actually correct to begin with. His doubting of himself was what he was wrong about.
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