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

The Doctor.

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13. Hehehe... sur la contraire mon ami...
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 01:26 PM
Mar 2012

Remember, the reason we experience what we call 'gravitational lensing' is through observation. If you are standing on an object of significant cosmic inertia (massive), you would perceive the same result as if there were some 'mysterious force'.

An object's relative velocity only really affects the time it spends in a given portion of space. Keep that in mind for a few moments while I explain what's really happening:

Let's say there is an object above the planet. The Earth is accelerating toward that object at a rate dictated by the effect of the cosmological constant compounded by the mass of the Earth. By this very same rule, the CC works on space as well. Therefore the space between the Earth and the object is also 'expanding' by the rules of the constant. Now, since all things are 'relative', and the space between the object and all points of the universe are expanding by the same constant, that object may remain 'stationary' until acted upon by a force. So, at a certain point, since the object is NEO, if the space between the Earth and the object is reduced to the point where the acceleration/inertia of the planet supersedes the expansion of that space, the object begins to "Fall". As the acceleration of the Earth reduced the space between it and the object, the space would have less and less of an 'anti-gravitational' force and the Earth would 'gain' on the object with ever greater velocity.

It is exactly this 'reduction in space' caused not by the mysterious 'force of gravity' but simply by the actual acceleration of the Earth which makes anything, including light, subject to being observed as 'falling'. What is actually happening is that when something passes through that envelope where the acceleration of the planet exceeds the separating potential of the space between, the Earth, by virtue of it's acceleration, 'sheds' the space between. Since light travels so fast, it is obviously less susceptible to be intersected by the accelerating mass simply because it's not at that point for quite as long, but we still see the reduction in space between the massive object and the beam of light.

IOW: Everything would appear exactly the same.


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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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