Falling Fruit

[Erthona]

nah, if there is such a thing as gravity, that is to say what a large mass does to time-space, then a very large mass could create waves that move through time-space. Just like a small piece of sand will make a dimple in the water, a rock will create ripples. However, I still disagree when people talk about gravity as a force, gravity is not a force, it is an effect. There will never be a unification of forces since gravity is not a force. Gravity does not exists at the sub-atomic level as there is not enough mass to effect space-time. Then you say, well, what causes of molecular hydrogen cloud to collapse?  I would guess the elector-magnetic force cause the cloud to clump until it becomes dense enough to effect space-time, which leads to greater mass density leading to the effect called gravity, and eventually a star if the molecular is large enough to ignite fusion. Just so, gravity waves are only the effect of a huge mass acting on space-time to the extent it sends out ripples, not unlike a stone dropped into a pond. So maybe it is a problem of semantics, that is the way it is being said implies that there is such a thing as gravity as a force in and of itself, when this is simply not true. When they say gravity waves, more properly what they should say is they are picking up the disturbance (in the form of ripples in space-time) created by two massive objects coming together, like two super massive black holes. These two objects coming together is not dissimilar to dropping a stone in water. So although the wording was unfortunate, the actuality was in fact correct.

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