Of course gravity is not a force. And neither the chair in front of you is not a chair. They are all ideas in consciousness.
On Friday, 14 March 2025 at 16:31:55 UTC+2 Alan Grayson wrote: > On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 6:46:05 AM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: > > On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 3:59:42 AM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: > > Maybe the EP just showed Einstein that graity is not a force, so it must > be modeled differently, possibly by geometry? AG > > > No. The EP just shows that gravity is equivalent to acceleration ignoring > tidal forces, but the fact that no forces are exerted on a body in free > fall is what showed Einstein that gravity couldn't be modeled as a force. I > have to check; this might be called the Weak Equivalent Principle (WEP). AG > > > The WEP states that gravitaitonal and inertial mass are equivalent, which > is implied by the fact that all bodies, regardless of their mass, fall at > the same acceleration in a gravitiational field. Now I am puzzled by the > fact that an orbiting body is in constant free fall, or constant > acceleration, yet its velocity remains essentially unchanged.. Can someone > explain this? AG > > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 3:37:55 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: > > As precisely as possible, can anyone describe the function and value of > the EP in the construction of GR? Alternatively, how are the field > equations implied by the EP? TY, AG > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/8bb26e53-64ff-4c1f-89e9-4c7389912cc4n%40googlegroups.com.
