I've run into many people who "claim" to have evidence demonstrating that relativity or quantum mechanics is false. It bugs me every time. Even if you could prove them to be wrong, it would be a worthless proof. Mainly, because both predict many things that have been verified countless times. If you were to prove that they were wrong, then at the same time, you would have to present your own theory, that is different, but comes to the EXACT same conclusions. The people making these claims never seem to realize this. It seems to me that most of the general public considers these "theories" (quantum especially) to be completely theoretical in nature, and don't realize that a lot of our modern technology and most of the information age wouldn't be possible if quantum mechanics weren't true.
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