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Originally Posted by xelasnave

I still say general relativity is geometry and tells us little of how it all works and if I understand it even string theory is really geometry...the maht gives us limits but we understand nothing of what it is that can run around in those limits..unless that is the HB's job...I dont know really....now that is probably a simple statement but if either are more someone can say so... I think until gravity is seen as a force other than that of God we will stay in darkness..and therefore need dark matter as such
the force of attraction does not exist that is the stumbling block...well I have been in the bush I have to say something
alex

Alex,

Dare I say it, but science attempts to explain nature as we see it rather than providing a total picture of the mechanism.

For example elementary quantum mechanics provides an astonishing accurate picture of the energy levels of the hydrogen atom but tells us absolutely nothing about why the energy levels are quantized in the first place. The observation that hydrogen existed in discrete energy levels amongst other things led to the development of quantum mechanics.

The theory of gravity goes down the same lines. The closest we will come to a "mechanistic" theory of gravity is when someone finds the graviton and sorts out the mathematics of quantum gravity with the graviton as the virtual particle of interaction.

The speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,458 m/s. Do we really need to understand why it doesn't travel at 299,792,459 m/s or 765,897,432 m/s or any other speed for that matter?

Regards

Steven