Gravity defies the standard model; a new approach (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, January 25, 2010, 11:56 (5415 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George quotes Verlinde's new approach to explaining gravity, and for some reason finishes his quote:-"It's all down to chance, dhw's bugbear."-First of all, dhw's bugbear is not chance. Dhw's bugbear is people who insist that certain so far unexplained phenomena are the product of chance when they have no evidence of this other than their own faith in materialism. (Well, no, let's not go overboard. I really enjoy my discussions with you, George, and I have just as much respect for your personal faith as I do for David's, BBella's, Frank's and Mark's. It would be nice if you were able to show them similar respect.)-Secondly, the new approach has not yet even reached theory status. -Thirdly, even if/when it does, how will that prove that it's all down to chance? I'm reminded of someone who held the opposite faith to yours, and was equally confident that he was right:-"Gravity explains the motion of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion."-His name was Isaac Newton.