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In reply to the discussion: There is No Such Thing as Gravity. [View all]
 

The Doctor.

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10. No, they don't.
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 12:59 PM
Mar 2012

Think about this:

Relativity demands that the cosmological constant (Which isn't entirely 'constant' even though time, space, and mass are all inextricably linked) keeps everything 'relative' spatially. That means the constant has an effect on mass and on space, obviously. Thing is, the effect on space acts as a linear, point-to-point, mechanism. The effect on mass is essentially the same, but many orders of magnitude stronger. The space between two massive objects grows at an accelerating rate as well. What happens when a subject 'falls' is that the acceleration of the massive object has superseded the accelerations of the space between the massive object and the falling subject. The more the acceleration of the massive object reduces the space between it and the subject, the less "anti-gravitational" force the dwindling space between can exert.

Now take two massive objects in equilibrium: The Earth and the Moon. It's a tenuous equilibrium. We know that we're going to lose the Moon. The fact that the Moon has a elliptical orbit creates greater and lesser spatial distances between them. What we have is not a 'mysterious pull' from the Moon when it is near, but rather an 'explicable reduction in push'.

'Gravity' has never been 'found'. There are no 'gravitrons' raining down from heaven to push us to the surface or some mysterious universal quasi-magnetic attraction to objects of mass. It just doesn't exist. Every single thing we attribute to 'gravity' can just as easily be explained by the notion that what is really going on is the inertial force created by the radiation of the 'Hubble' constant through mass and space in time.

And this perspective will help to explain many more things to come.

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There is No Such Thing as Gravity. [View all] The Doctor. Mar 2012 OP
Do I get to see inside the Tardis if I say yes? Nt napoleon_in_rags Mar 2012 #1
So then what causes tides? laconicsax Mar 2012 #2
No, they don't. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #10
Wow, that explains nothing. laconicsax Mar 2012 #12
I'm sorry that was over your head. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #14
Let's have the exercise then. laconicsax Mar 2012 #16
Very Well... The Doctor. Mar 2012 #18
You're begging the question. laconicsax Mar 2012 #20
Lol... I figured you'd nitpick. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #21
I think this was in one of the "Dilbert" books. krispos42 Mar 2012 #3
There is no gravity - the world just sucks. Marie Marie Mar 2012 #4
I don't think the world sucks, just some things on it mindwalker_i Mar 2012 #5
I take it you don't want to hear about gravitomagnetism, then? Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2012 #6
Talk to Hubby. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #17
then explain gravitational lensing Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #7
A thought experiment.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #8
I would assume so Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #9
Hehehe... sur la contraire mon ami... The Doctor. Mar 2012 #13
you are just playing.. right? Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #19
No one has ever actually *seen* Brooklyn Bridge, either. Orsino Mar 2012 #11
Didn't get it either, eh? The Doctor. Mar 2012 #15
Locking. eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #22
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