The Hypothesis is that the Graviton could be the force carrier for gravity. But with the knowledge of Einsteins theory of relativity which states that Gravity is NOT a Force, wouldn’t the Graviton disprove Relativity or at least some aspects of it?
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> wouldn’t the Graviton disprove Relativity or at least some aspects of it?
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That’s literally the entire point of science you’ve just written there. Let’s run down the exactly three options here, though their likelihood will differ vastly from a precise 33/33/33 scenario. Either…
A- The particle doesn’t exist, and someone manages to prove it doesn’t exist. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity lives to see another challenger, unscathed.
B- The particle does exist, and some scientist in the near-ish future who found it gets to make new physics theories to accommodate for it, replacing Einstein’s Theory of Relitivity with a newer, more complete model.
C- The particle does exist, but it’s a resulting particle, not a causing particle, or more clearly, the bends in spacetime “create” gravitons, instead of the gravitons “creating” the bends in spacetime. This would be a bit like discovering neutrinos, when light is already a complete theory. This would essentially not cause much trouble for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, it would just cause a few textbooks to need a re-write to include the graviton particle as part of the spacetime bends side-effects.
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