From: utzoo!decvax!cca!gwyn@BRL@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.physics
Title: Re:  black holes and gravity waves
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4225
Posted: Fri Nov 19 13:21:35 1982
Received: Sat Nov 20 07:28:56 1982

From:     Doug Gwyn <gwyn@BRL>
I think there are two main reasons why gravity waves are controversial:
1)  They have not been reliably detected.
2)  It is not obvious from a theoretical viewpoint that they are
    physically significant.  Recall that energy conservation is NOT a
    requirement in General Relativity!