Recent content by A Troubled Man

That's what I thought, too. This is probably where the confusion lies with the discussion I'm having.

Thanks, you have reaffirmed my understanding of GR and that I'm not going crazy. Actually, I am going crazy in my other discussion trying to get this same understanding across, but that's more out of frustration than anything else.

Only the Newtonian force?

That is my understanding as well. Thanks.

That's what I was trying to explain, but was told that was wrong even when it is a clear representation of the effects of an accelerated surface.

Again, as asked above, would a test particle follow the same path? As well, considering that the difference in time dilation between one's head and feet is infinitesimally small, how can it account for such a major role in the path followed? But, in relativity, it is the surface that is...

Would a test particle follow the same path considering it doesn't have that same difference in time dilation? That is exactly what I was objecting. That's what I was trying to explain but he told me I was out to lunch claiming the surface couldn't possibly be an accelerated frame because...

He said that we exert a force on the Earth while in free fall.

How is it that gravity is the result of the difference in time dilation between ones' hand and head? How can a body in free fall be exerting a force? Isn't the surface of the Earth an accelerated frame, hence it is the surface accelerating upwards towards the body in free fall?

Hi all, I'm having a discussion with someone who believes they understand GR, here is their understanding of how gravity works... "The time and space at your feet are different from the time and space at your head. This has been experimentally verified, especially in terms of the time...