Can Gravity Affect the Laws of Physics?

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Gravity does not affect the laws of physics; rather, it alters the "stage" on which these laws operate. According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity is the dynamic curvature of spacetime. In the context of black holes, general relativity predicts a singularity, indicating that the theory becomes ineffective in those extreme conditions. This understanding clarifies that while gravitational interactions are integral to physics, they do not modify the fundamental laws themselves.

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Ok, try to simplify anything you say a bit, I am only fourteen and haven't had much time to be interested in physics, i love quantum physics though and I am trying to understand it as early as possible.
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My question is, can gravity affect the Laws of Physics? I understand it sounds odd, and hard to measure i suppose... as one (the laws) is something more real yet abstract, and the other is a property. But I have no clue where i heard this, probably Einstein, but i heard that everything could be turned into numbers, and 100% described that way, wouldn't that include the laws of physics? then gravity could be affect it. If you're wondering where I am getting this from, i was thinking about black holes, and how the laws of physics "crumble" when you attempt to understand them. Of course, all my knowledge comes from online articles and the Science channel, so it's most likely out-dated and only partially correct, i love hearing about science, so any helpful replies are welcome :) unhelpful too, ill make them helpful in my head somehow haha
 
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No, gravity does not affect the laws of physics. Fundamentally, gravity changes the "stage" upon which those laws are played out. This is because from Einstein we know that gravity is really just dynamic curvature of spacetime. The issue with the black hole is that general relativity predicts a singularity, i.e. a point where some physical quantity goes to infinity. All this really means is that general relativity doesn't work here, and isn't making sense. It's rather nice, because the theory tells us straight away where it isn't helpful and might need to be modified.
 
Gravitational interactions are part of physics like anything else is, I don't understand the question.
 
Ok, that makes sense :) thanks for the help
and to the second reply (sorry, forgot to check the name), i meant would gravity affect the laws of physics and as was explained it does not but it does change what the laws affect.
 

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