Do gravitons mean the end of General relativity?

[Peron]

I hear a a lot of science programs talking about the graviton, but wouldn't the graviton exclude Einsteins theory of general relativity?

 

Thanks.

[ajb]

Not really. They could be very consistent with general relativity in fact.

 

Gravitons are to general relativity as photons are to classical electrodynamics.

 

I know we have discussed this before. See here for example.

[insane_alien]

any theory of gravity by gravitons must necessarily approximate general relativity in the circumstances where general relativity is accurate.

 

if it does not then it does not reflect reality as general relativity has been proven time and time again to be accurate in a vast variety of circumstances only deviating under the most extreme of conditions, this is where a gravitonic theory of gravity must provide different answers from GR and also reflect reality.