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Originally Posted by sjastro
"What is gravity" is actually a philosophical or metaphysical question.
Science struggles with "what is" questions. "How" questions are easier to answer.
A person of religious disposition would argue that God created gravity, a philosopher might answer that gravity is part of our consciousness. 
Steven |
Well to be honest, this thread went over my head several pages ago. Although I asked the question, I didn't expect it to be such an involved or debated subject. It wasn't meant as a philosophical question. Perhaps I should have asked, "How does gravity work?" I'd been reading some books on gravity and it wasn't clear to me if GR was the generally accepted description of gravity (and thus geometric) or if Quantum Physics covered it (and thus the graviton). I see now why the books weren't so clear. No one seems sure.
However, I believe that everything has a "mechanism", including gravity. Even if there is a God who created gravity, it still has to work some how. Or if it is a result of our consciousness, again it works some how. That's why I love science. It tells us how things work. The individual can then ponder, Why?
I think we will work it out one day. I just hope I can understand the explanation
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Regards,
Shane