Brent, According to Einstein it takes massive objects to warp spacetime. Therefore a warped spacetime cannot be empty.
The apparently flat spacetime that exists is due to dark energy, dark matter and visible matter. Although flat, it is hardly considered to be empty. Richard On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 10/11/2012 5:17 AM, Richard Ruquist wrote: > > Spacetime could not be warped if it were a void. > > > Why not? Spacetime is just the set of relations, i.e. intervals, between > events. If those intervals satisfy the Minkowski metric the spacetime is > flat. If they don't the spacetime is warped. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
