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Originally Posted by bojan
Alex,
The problem here is that we perceive the gravity as a force. This is not necessarily the "mechanism" you are talking about.
The mechanism here actually is curvature of space, which just manifests itself (to us in our everyday life) as what we perceive as "force".
Mathematically, the force as a "mechanism" can be completely abandoned, and yet we can still have a consistent model which explains and predicts various observable phenomena..
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Yes I know what the approach currently is and I still think it fails to grab the issue... it sounds nice to say space is curved but I think folk believe it is the magic of the math on the papeer that actually does the bending
..I think there will be found a tangible explanation as to why we get what we get when we use the math of general relativity to make predictions..the math works there is no doubt there..there is no problem with the math being able to predict etc but I still say the current approach leaves everyone happy not to look further at a question begging for an answer....the things we arrive at dont happen by magic ..which is really what we say if we dont look past general relativity..in my humble opinion of course...
I think to leave the "force" as a manifestation of space curvature avoids placement of the "force" with anyone other than God... for my money I dont think God is the force that curves space and unlike those pioneering the science of gravity think we need to move way way past such a cop out of an explanation...
Looking to general relativity as the complete answer leaves so much to be desired in terms of a mechanical explanation which I feel is needed to move the matter forward.
Thanks for your input Bojan
alex