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Those LLMs cannot give a truly accurate and complete—and short—answer to a complex question any more than a physics professor can explain the fullness and the intricacies of quantum theory or general relativity 100% accurately in a few sentences to a general audience.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Dark energy does help the universe add up but only on the macroscale—the one that falls under the jurisdiction of general relativity.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
For the community, Wheeler’s work sparked a massive revival in general relativity.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Projects have been proposed to use an orbital constellation of optical atomic clocks to support the search for dark matter and dark energy, detect low-frequency gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy and probe the fundamental limits of general relativity.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of general relativity was
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“General relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20relativity. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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