alexsok
Jan20-04, 11:51 AM
Just stumbled upon this paper while doing some lookarounds on quantum gravity:
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0308042
The following words of the author induced quite a ruckus in my book:
I prove that “quantum” and “Einsteinian gravity” are in-
compatible concepts. Accordingly, the graviton is a mere object of scien-
ce fiction.
The current belief that below time T0, length L0, and mass M0 the Ein-
steinian theory of gravitation loses its validity is fully unfounded. Indeed,
its justification by means of a bold application of more or less sophisticated
quantum techniques does not possess any sound basis. General relativity
has nothing to do with the classical field theories in Minkowski spacetime,
or in “rigid” Riemann-Einstein spacetimes.
Further, “there is no experiment that tells us that the quantization of
gravity is necessary” [1].
Finally, the fictive nature of the so-called gravitational waves [4] is suffi-
cient to render meaningless any quantization program of general relativity.
Seeing as his library of papers, spanning 18 papers, all deal in one way or another with the ongoing quantum gravity research, it's a bold claim from a blunt man, or so it seems.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0308042
The following words of the author induced quite a ruckus in my book:
I prove that “quantum” and “Einsteinian gravity” are in-
compatible concepts. Accordingly, the graviton is a mere object of scien-
ce fiction.
The current belief that below time T0, length L0, and mass M0 the Ein-
steinian theory of gravitation loses its validity is fully unfounded. Indeed,
its justification by means of a bold application of more or less sophisticated
quantum techniques does not possess any sound basis. General relativity
has nothing to do with the classical field theories in Minkowski spacetime,
or in “rigid” Riemann-Einstein spacetimes.
Further, “there is no experiment that tells us that the quantization of
gravity is necessary” [1].
Finally, the fictive nature of the so-called gravitational waves [4] is suffi-
cient to render meaningless any quantization program of general relativity.
Seeing as his library of papers, spanning 18 papers, all deal in one way or another with the ongoing quantum gravity research, it's a bold claim from a blunt man, or so it seems.