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    Undergrad Warping of Space-time, Confusion about the illustration

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    Undergrad Warping of Space-time, Confusion about the illustration

    Gravity is NOT an illusion. That's a crazy statement. It is real. In calssical Newtonian physics, which is very accurate for most purposes especially most gravitational situations, gravity is a FORCE GMm/r^2... It's a very good way to solve many,many problems. [vgopalak]: Whether gravity...
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    Undergrad Warping of Space-time, Confusion about the illustration

    Gravity is an illusion. There is no actual force that draws matter to earth. Objects appear to fall to the Earth because space-time is warped and in order for matter to be inertial, it has to accelerate towards the earth! In other words: When you are in deep space stationary, you are obligated...