General relativity has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong

The postulate of equivalence principle turns out skipping over the mechanism behind itself
------------------------------------------------ by Bingcheng Zhao


Imagination is more important than knowledge ---- Albert Einstein.
Using imagination to reveal the mechanism behind postulates is fundamentally important in science -------- Bingcheng Zhao.


Core reminding!!! Fact 1: after revealing the mechanism behind the postulate of equivalence principle, it turns out that this postulate utterly skips over the mechanism behind itself. Fact 2: Einstein’s general relativity does not and cannot solve the fundamentally most important problem in front of itself, i.e., why time and space are variable thus relative in gravitational field; that is also a well-known and undeniable fact. Fact 3: the long-standing fundamentally important problem of cosmological constant. Fact 4: the crucial incompatibility of general relativity and quantum mechanics has been a fully recognized fact in modern physics. These four facts will be tangibly helpful to digesting and accepting another proven fact that Einstein’s general relativity is mechanistically thus essentially wrong ---- the central topic of Ch.4A (P. 399 ~ 444, Ch.4A, reference #1).

[*Six acronyms & one note: (1) EP = equivalence principle. (2) EPBGR = Einstein’s postulate-based general relativity (note, Einstein’s general relativity is based on a series of assumptions and postulates (e.g., EP postulate), so its real name should be Einstein’s postulate-based general relativity). (3) EPBSR = Einstein’s postulate-based special relativity (note, Einstein’s special relativity is based on two postulates, so its real name should be Einstein’s postulate-based special relativity). (4) MRSRT = Mechanism-Revealed Scales Relativity Theory (P. 133 ~ 147, Ch.1C, reference #1; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz3.blogspot.com/ ). (5) OMDW law (= the law of object’s mass doing work, P. 93 ~ 109, Ch.1A, reference #1; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz1.blogspot.com/ ). (6) MRGT = Mechanism-Revealed Gravitational Theory [Establishing and Verifying Mechanism-Revealed Gravitational Theory (in brief), http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz20.blogspot.com/ ; P. 445 ~ 514, Ch.4B, reference #1]. Note: the legacy of postulate-based modern physics is several dozens of the postulate-based theory system of modern physics (PBTSMP) inherently and permanently incapable of solving fundamentally important problems in physics (P. 589 ~ 618, Appendix, reference #1), such as dark matter, dark energy, the Higgs boson, the Pioneer anomaly, and quantum gravity, …etc…].

The central point of Ch.4A (P. 399 ~ 444, Ch.4A, reference #1) is that: Einstein’s postulate-based general relativity (EPBGR) has been comprehensively and systematically proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong, literally due to it utterly skipping over the mechanisms thus essences behind its describing phenomena via the “help” of a series of postulates and assumptions, on which EPBGR is based. This central point is far more than sufficiently proven by the following four core evidences.
Evidence 1: EPBGR’s equivalence principle (EP) postulate has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong, because the postulate utterly skips over the mechanism behind itself, which turns out to be OMDPW-caused MC, consequently this postulate is equally unable to reflect the reduction in the scales of mass, space (length) and time under the action of acceleration either due to gravity or due to inertial force (P. 404 ~ 415, 4.3, Ch.4A, reference #1). [*Note, OMDPW = object’s mass doing positive work (P. 96 ~ 99, P. 102 ~ 103, reference #1), being a product of OMDW law (= the law of object’s mass doing work, P. 93 ~ 109, Ch.1A, reference #1; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz1.blogspot.com/ ); MC = Mass Consumption (P. 118 ~ 120, 1.7.1, Ch.1B, reference #1; Mass Consumption caused by object’s mass doing positive work, http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz16.blogspot.com/ )]. The mechanism behind EP postulate is proven to be OMDPW-caused MC under the action of acceleration either due to gravity or due to inertial force. [*Narrator: finding out the mechanism behind EP postulate is the proving that there is mechanism behind EP postulate]. However, due to EP postulate having been proposed long before the discovery of OMDW law, the mechanism behind EP postulate could not be revealed, thus EP postulate utterly skipped over the mechanism behind itself, i.e., EP postulate is proven to be mechanistically wrong. [*Narrator: finding out the mechanism behind EP postulate that has not been and cannot be reflected in EP postulate is the proving that EP postulate skips over its own mechanism]. Consequently, EP postulate is equally unable to reflect the reduction in the scales of mass, space (length) and time under the action of acceleration either due to gravity or due to inertial force, i.e., EP postulate is proven to be essentially wrong.
The consequences of EP postulate turning out to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong are profoundly catastrophic. (a) Any verifications or tests of EP postulate cannot be mechanistically thus essentially valid, because none of the so-called verifications or tests can touch or involve the mechanism thus essence behind EP postulate. (b) Any interpretations of observed phenomena with EP postulate cannot be mechanistically thus essentially correct, because none of these so-called interpretations with EP postulate can include or reflect the mechanism thus essence behind observed phenomena. (c) The predictions of EP postulate or the predictions of EPBGR via EP postulate cannot be mechanistically thus essentially correctly interpreted, because these predictions are literally injected into mechanistically thus essentially wrong physical implications by mechanistically thus essentially wrong EP postulate. (d) EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong, because EP postulate is the heart and soul of EPBGR, and EPBGR is literally the consequence of EP postulate. (e) The conceptual core of EPBGR, i.e., EPBGR’s curvature of spacetime, is mechanistically thus essentially wrong, literally because it is the direct consequence of EP postulate.

Evidence 2: EPBGR’s crucial postulate of ‘photons have inertial mass’, due to being derived from the phenomenon of photons having momentum, has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong (P. 415 ~ 419, 4.4, Ch.4A, reference #1). The newly established electron-photon momentum relation (equation) shows that the momentum of photons originates from the electron that emits them — the momentum of photons is given by the electron that emits them, rather than because photons have inertial mass; the source of the momentum of photons is the electron that emits them, rather than because photons possess inertial mass. [*Ref., Establishing electron-photon momentum relation (equation), http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz6.blogspot.com/ ]. However, because the mechanism of why and how photons get their momentum from the very electron emitting them had not been discovered before EPBGR was developed, the observed phenomenon of photons having momentum was forcibly ascribed to the hypothesized but factually not existing inertial mass of photons. Consequently, the postulate of ‘photons have inertial mass’ turns out to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong. Catastrophically, any so-called verifications or tests of EPBGR based on the postulate cannot be mechanistically thus essentially valid; any so-called interpretations of observed phenomena based on the postulate cannot be mechanistically thus essentially correct. [*Related information: the current method of calculating the momentum of photons has been shown to be clearly and undeniably wrong, and has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong (P. 262 ~ 270, 3.5.3, Ch.3A, reference #1)].

Evidence 3: EPBGR’s postulate of ‘invariant scales of length and time’, which states the scales of length and time at different points over an entire gravitational field are invariant, has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong (P. 419 ~ 426, 4.5, Ch.4A, reference #1). This conclusion is sufficiently evidenced by each of the following two evidences. (i) EPBGR’s postulate of ‘invariant scales of length and time’ is the direct consequence of EP postulate that has just been proven incapable of reflecting the reduction in the scales of mass, space (length) and time under the action of acceleration either due to gravity or due to inertial force. (ii) With the establishment of Length Scale Reduction and Time Scale Reduction (P. 137 ~ 139, 1.11.2 & 1.11.3, MRSRT, Ch.1C; Establishing Mechanism-Revealed Scales Relativity Theory, http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz3.blogspot.com/ ), it is clear and undeniable that the postulate of ‘invariant scales of length and time’ turns out to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong. Consequently and catastrophically, EPBGR’s curvature of spacetime, as being the consequence of its postulate of ‘invariant scales of length and time’, turns out to be evidently mechanistically thus essentially wrong, simply because the postulate forces the spacetime to be curved, in order to be able to contain the “extra” energy in the vicinity of massive astronomical objects where the space scale is factually reduced.

Evidence 4: EPBGR is based on mechanistically thus essentially wrong EPBSR in multiple crucial aspects (P. 426 ~ 428, 4.6, Ch.4A, reference #1) — EPBGR’s curvature of spacetime originates from EPBSR; EPBGR is the combination of EPBSR with EP postulate; EPBGR is based on the Time Dilation and Length Contraction in EPBSR, …etc. (*Ref., Special relativity has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz73.blogspot.com/ ).

The affirmation of EPBGR being mechanistically thus essentially wrong: EPBGR is proven to be crucially self-contradictory — the frequency and period of a photon do not simultaneously exist under certain condition, and EPBGR’s gravitational redshift and EPBGR-based black hole theory are crucially self-contradictory either (P. 428 ~ 431, 4.7, Ch.4A, reference #1).

The demonstration of EPBGR being mechanistically thus essentially wrong from multiple crucial aspects: (1) Demonstrating EPBGR is wrong via gravitational redshift (P. 470 ~ 477, 4.12.4*, Ch.4B, reference #1). (2) EPBGR is wrong in its interpreting gravitational light bending (P. 488 ~ 489, 4.13.4*, Ch.4B, reference #1). (3) EPBGR is wrong in interpreting the perihelion precession of Mercury (P. 495 ~ 496, 4.14.4*, Ch.4B, reference #1). (4) Demonstrating EPBGR is wrong via gravitational time dilation (P. 501 ~ 504, 4.15.5*, Ch.4B, reference #1).


The key to understanding of the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong: (1) knowing the greatest equation in the history of science, which is the famous mass-energy equation (E = mc^2 or E0 = mc^2), because the physical law (OMDW law; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz1.blogspot.com/ ), which reveals the mechanism behind the greatest equation in science (P. 114 ~ 118, 1.6, Ch.1B, reference #1; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz2.blogspot.com/ ), is also the ultimate foundation that proves why EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong. In other words, after knowing of why mass has energy, you will easily understand of the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong; any denial of the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong is actually denial of the greatest equation in the history of science. (2) Once having known why time and space are variable thus relative in gravitational field via the newly established MRGT (P. 445 ~ 514, Ch.4B, reference #1; http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz20.blogspot.com/ ), you will easily understand that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong, simply because EPBGR does not and cannot know why time and space are variable thus relative in gravitational field ---- being a well-known and undeniable fact. (3) Thinking of and thinking over the following two facts simultaneously and connectedly. Fact 1: EPBGR does not and cannot solve the fundamentally important problem of why time and space are variable thus relative in gravitational field; fact 2: EPBGR has been proven skipping over the mechanisms thus essences behind its describing phenomena via the “help” of a series of postulates and assumptions, on which EPBGR is based. (4) Any postulate-based theory, including EPBGR of course, as long as it is proven skipping over the mechanism thus essence behind its describing phenomena, is inevitably mechanistically thus essentially wrong. Specifically, discovering the mechanisms thus essences that have not been and cannot be discovered in EPBGR is the proving that EPBGR skips over the mechanisms thus essences behind itself; the proven fact is that behind EPBGR describing various phenomena, there are solid physical mechanisms thus essences, whereas these mechanisms thus essences utterly evaporate within the paradigm of EPBGR.

Available clues can be helpful to digesting and accepting the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong. Clue 1: EPBGR does not and cannot know why time goes slower in gravitational field, being a well-known and undeniable fact. Clue 2: the crucial incompatibility of EPBGR and quantum mechanics has been a fully recognized fact, also the deepest disaster of modern physics. Clue 3: EPBGR utterly destroys energy conservation law ---- also being a well-known and undeniable fact. Clue 4: the problem of cosmological constant is a long-term unsolved fundamentally important problem in physics. Clue 5: the legacy of postulate-based modern physics, along with that EPBGR is one of the most important theoretical pillars of postulate-based modern physics, i.e., EPBGR is the active creator of long-standing fundamentally important problems in physics.

The mechanistically thus essentially profound implications of EPBGR turns out to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong. (a) All the previously believed observational verifications or experimental tests of EPBGR cannot be mechanistically thus essentially valid, because none of these so-called verifications or tests can touch or include the mechanisms thus essences behind what are verified or tested, simply due to EPBGR utterly skipping the mechanisms thus essences behind its describing phenomena. Be clarified, all the so-called observational verifications or experimental tests of EPBGR turn out to be purely good mathematical approximations that happen only under the circumstance that the strength of gravitational fields generated by Sun and Earth is exceedingly weak; consequently, EPBGR gradually collapses with the increase in the strength of gravitational field (P. 435 ~ 438, 4.9.1, Ch.4A, reference #1). (b) All the predictions of EPBGR are mechanistically thus essentially misinterpreted by EPBGR itself, since all the predictions are utterly injected into mechanistically thus essentially wrong implications by mechanistically thus essentially wrong EPBGR. (c) EPBGR actually becomes the main root and prolific cradle of the legacy of postulate-based modern physics (*the above ---- the 3rd paragraph).

The catastrophic consequences of not accepting the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong: (1) physics, cosmology, and astronomy will continue to be built upon the mechanistically thus essentially wrong foundation and paradigm of EPBGR. (2) It is impossible to establish mechanistically thus essentially correct concept of time and space in the universe. (3) It is impossible to solve the legacy of postulate-based modern physics ---- several dozens of postulate-based modern physics inherently and permanently incapable of solving fundamentally important problems in physics, such as dark matter, dark energy, the Pioneer anomaly, the mysterious source of gamma ray bursts, the mysterious source of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, the GZK paradox, …etc. Related Q-and-A (P. 899, Q2-and-A2, reference #2), Q: how many main and obvious routes pointing to the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong? What are some of them? A: one dozen (12) of routes. Some of them are: the mystery of dark matter, the fundamental nature of black holes, the mystery of gamma ray bursts, the mystery of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, the GZK paradox, the long-standing “black hole information paradox”, the long-term perplexing problem of cosmological constant, gravitational waves, quantum gravity, the Pioneer anomaly, dark energy. {*Narrator: when a foundational theoretical pillar (e.g., EPBGR) has incurred a series of long-term unsolved fundamentally important problems, in science it is not a wise or correct thinking way not to examine whether the theoretical pillar is mechanistically thus essentially correct or not}. 11 pieces of related information: (1) the problem of dark matter has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz30.blogspot.com/ ). (2) The problem of dark energy has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz35.blogspot.com/ ). (3) The Pioneer anomaly has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz27.blogspot.com/ ). (4) The newly established Mechanism-Revealed Black Hole Theory, based on the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz28.blogspot.com/ ). (5) Revealing the fundamental nature of Mechanism-Revealed Black Hole (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz29.blogspot.com/ ). (6) The problem of gamma ray bursts has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz31.blogspot.com/ ). (7) The problem of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz32.blogspot.com/ ). (8) The famous GZK paradox has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz33.blogspot.com/ ). (9) The problem of cosmological constant has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz36.blogspot.com/ ). (10) The problem of gravitational waves has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz39.blogspot.com/ ). (11) The problem of quantum gravity has been completely solved with the newly established and verified mechanism-revealed physics (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bz38.blogspot.com/ ).

Four pieces of related information: Special relativity has been proven to be mechanistically thus essentially wrong (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz73.blogspot.com/ ); The law of object’s mass doing work (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz1.blogspot.com/ ); Establishing Mechanism-Revealed Scales Relativity Theory (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz3.blogspot.com/ ); Revealing the mechanism behind the postulates of Einstein’s special relativity (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz19.blogspot.com/ ).

By comparison: after establishing and verifying the Mechanism-Revealed Gravitational Theory (http://mechanism-revealedphysics-bcz20.blogspot.com/ ) that completely solves the fundamentally important problem of why time and space are variable thus relative in gravitational field, there is no reason or excuse not to accept the proven fact that EPBGR is mechanistically thus essentially wrong, simply because EPBGR does not and cannot solve the fundamentally important problem of why time and space are variable thus relative in gravitational field.


Reference #1: 2009, Bingcheng Zhao, From Postulate-Based Modern Physics to Mechanism-Revealed Physics [Vol. 1(1/2)], ISBN: 978-1-4357-4913-9.
Reference #2: 2009, Bingcheng Zhao, From Postulate-Based Modern Physics to Mechanism-Revealed Physics [Vol. 2(2/2)], ISBN: 978-1-4357-5033-3.

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