Time dilation

[xelasnave]

Thanks G Day your confidence in the proposition is the most compeling I have met and very persuasive in changing my "beliefs". I have been making progress but it it difficult for me..its not that I dont read and read and have some small grasp but the more you look the more there is.. I have been months just looking at all the titles of different areas of maths.. the titles go on forever let alone the content.. it is intimidating but I go on. your input is very helpful to me and I sincerely thank you for taking the time. I understand space time does not see gravity as a force however I feel there must be a nuts and bolts machinery going on ..patricle to particle or energy to energy arrangement... I think you would say a quatum explanation is what I seek in addition.. my reasoning as to a pressure came from not finding a nuts and bolts explanation (not saying one is not available).
Thanks again
alex
alex

[g__day (Matthew)]

The trouble we have here is we experience a world every day at a level that makes us skeptical of the exotic. And when you consider the extremely large or small or energetic or short in time, well sorry but wierd just slips in.

Our everyday understanding doesn't help us intuit exotic extremes. So what is gravity given we really don't understand what is energy and matter and time at the extremes? Well my guess is all exotic models are possible until evidence rules them out. We can't connect the quantum to the relativistic yet, so until we can all our models will creak at the edges. Personally I think astronomy and/or high energy physics can provide that evidence, hence my interest in both fields!

[xelasnave]

Well I am working hard on a reconciliation of the two and everything else but it wont happen over night .
I can't help myself with the fasination and the questions even if none of the answers exsist in the world yet. I wish to assure you that I dont take myself too seriously in the gravity area as having the answers but I find having some questions is taking me forward. Thanks for your guidance.
alex