'GR is not only a formalism': a physics spat over general relativity's truth value
fkasummer · x · 2026-10-22
Science communicator fkasummer forcefully pushed back on the claim that general relativity is 'only a formalism': "GR is a proper theory. It has truth value. It's always these idiots with absolute certainty." The quoted post argued that technically mature studies of spacetime foundations remain a thriving discipline, with much left to interpret about what GR can and cannot say about the world. A philosophy-of-physics spat, tangential to AI.
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