The Physical Review, the Principle of Causality, and the Game of Deception

Dear Professor Wong:

I would like to report to you some of the events in the conference on general relativity in Moscow.

I point out an unpleasant fact that many current famous theorists actually do not understand adequately the principle of causality, the foundation of scientific research [1, 2, 3]. This problem is probably largely responsible for the lack of real progresses as claimed in some branch of physics, namely, in the area of gravitation.

This is a serious problem because it involves the editorial of the Physical Review, and worldly renounced theorists. Such a list includes Hawking, Penrose, Will (Chair of NASA's Science Advisory Committee for Gravity Probe B, and the President of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation) as well as the Wheeler School that dominates the area of gravitation in the US. Moreover, a recent Nobel Laureate ‘t Hooft is also in this unpleasant list, and for this reason alone, Professor ‘t Hooft is essentially still a mathematician, but not yet a physicist.

Currently, misinterpretations of Einstein’s equivalence principle and the acceptance of the invalid “covariance principle”, in effect, have developed into efforts conspired to give deceptive claims. For example, Will in a paper published in Physical Review D, claimed that there is only one covariant xxxxula for the de Sitter precession. However, explicit calculations have shown that there are no such covariant xxxxula. Will also has a record of being dishonest in science [3]. Thus, as a matter of facts, the Physical Review D has become a tool for Will’s game of deception.

Obviously, this is a very difficult situation to change. However, since the genii have been out of the bottle now, it is hope that the Science Foundation and companies supporting such research would check whether the tax-dollars and the company money are spent for the said purpose. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Sincerely yours,
C. Y. Lo

References
1. The Necessity of Unifying Gravitation and Electromagnetism and the Mass-Charge Repulsive Effects in Gravity, XIII Moscow International Conference on Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory, Monday 2 July – Thursday 5 July 2007
2. Einstein’s Equivalence Principle, its Justifications, and Misinterpretations, XIII Moscow International Conference on Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory, Monday 2 July – Thursday 5 July 2007
3. Einstein versus the Physical Review on Gravitational Waves and the Principle of Causality, XIII Moscow International Conference on Physical Interpretations of Relativity Theory, Monday 2 July – Thursday 5 July 2007