Far out cosmology: LIGO finds waves? (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, February 12, 2016, 13:16 (3206 days ago) @ David Turell

QUOTE: "Experts were pretty certain that mergers of black holes of this size happen on a fairly regular basis — gravitational wave astronomy might soon show us something completely unanticipated. Perhaps it will teach us surprising facts about the numbers or properties of black holes, neutron stars, or other massive objects. Perhaps it will help us solve some existing mysteries, such as those of gamma-ray bursts. Or perhaps it will reveal currently unsuspected cataclysmic events that may have occurred somewhere in our universe's past."-David's comment: Einstein's spacetime fully validated!-No mention of your theory that all of these events were part of God's plan to create humans! Once all the excitement has died down, I suspect we shall find that we have actually learned very little (so far). This breakthrough has served to confirm what scientists already believed. The remainder of the quote is a series of “perhaps”. Since the universe is full of unknowns, I have no doubt that increasingly sophisticated instruments will reveal more and more properties, numbers and cataclysms. Three cheers for technology, but “perhaps” we should wait for some sensational new discoveries about the origin, history and composition of the universe before we go dancing in Stockholm.