On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 9:56:00 PM UTC, Sam Wormley wrote:

Such waves are a measure of strain in space, an effect of the motion
of large masses that stretches the fabric of space-time--a way of
viewing space and time as a single, interweaved continuum.


This is based on a fictional 19th century science fiction novel via Newton's absolute/relative time,space and motion 'definitions' -

"'Really this is what is meant by the Fourth Dimension, though some people who talk about the Fourth Dimension do not know they mean it. It is only another way of looking at Time. There is no difference between time and any of the three dimensions of space" The Time Machine, 1898

http://www.bartleby.com/1000/1.html



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Going in the opposite direction is a real life situation in Society turned into a dystopian novel -


"Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as "the
truth" exists. [...] The implied objective of this line of thought is a
nightmare world in which the Leader, or some ruling clique, controls
not only the future but the past. If the Leader says of such and such
an event, "It never happened"--well, it never happened. If he says that
two and two are five--well, two and two are five. This prospect
frightens me much more than bombs [...]" Orwell

The empirical cult can manufacture history to suit whatever contemporary story is necessary and today is no different. The fact that they dumped 'gravitational waves' on the originator of relativity to continue a meaningless narrative is incidental to the overall agenda of empiricism.

Society can't support the strain of nonsense coming from theorists as it weakens the standards to the point where generational differences are beginning to show themselves. You have an entire group here showing autistic tendencies in the ability,dubious though it may be, to override the most basic astronomical facts,observations and experiences for ideologies that were created centuries ago.