Cause of Gravity Force: Explaining Monopolar Attraction

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The discussion centers on the nature of gravity as a monopolar force, contrasting it with electromagnetic forces, which are bipolar. Participants reference Einstein's rubber sheet analogy, which illustrates the curvature of space-time in General Relativity. The conversation highlights the need for a comprehensive theory of everything to fully explain why matter follows space-time geodesics. Additionally, the analogy is critiqued for being misleading in understanding the true mechanics of gravity.

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Force is naturally associated with something acting on anything. Eletromagnetic forces are bipolares, i.e., charges are of opposite signals to atract one another. Why gravity is monopolar ? The einsteins elastic rubber example imply on a kind of hyerarchy of forces, so, it would possible that such hyerarchy of forces possibly causes what we know as gravity ?
 
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General Relativity theory describes gravity as the geometry of space-time and as Wheeler said:

Matter tells space-time how to curve and space-time tells matter how to move.

Why matter likes to travel space-time geodesics can't be answered until perhaps we have a theory of everything when all will be revealed until we find something that isn't...

I like the old story of the Earth being supported in the heavens by sitting on the back of a giant. The giant? He's standing on a turtle. The turtle? It's standing on another and its turles all the way down...
 
Let's keep it to actual physics, please.
 
Bob Nesil said:
Force is naturally associated with something acting on anything. Eletromagnetic forces are bipolares, i.e., charges are of opposite signals to atract one another. Why gravity is monopolar ? The einsteins elastic rubber example imply on a kind of hyerarchy of forces, so, it would possible that such hyerarchy of forces possibly causes what we know as gravity ?

You're taking that rubber sheet analogy too seriously. It doesn't "imply" anything because it's not really how gravity works, it's just a generally misleading analogy.

You might try searching this forum for other discussions of the rubber sheet analogy, as well as poster A.T.'s videos and animations of gravity at work.
 

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