Debunking Kinetic Gravity: Examining Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation

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The discussion centers on the validity of Le Sage's theory of gravitation, commonly referred to as kinetic gravity. Participants assert that kinetic gravity fails to incorporate fundamental principles of General Relativity (GR), which has been established as the most accurate model of gravitation since the early 20th century. The consensus is that disproving kinetic gravity is unnecessary, as it lacks widespread acceptance and foundational support in modern physics.

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Nothing could prove it "impossible" in the purest sense. One could continually add various rules to it to make it "work" with our current observations. General relativity was developed in the early 20th century and has proven to be the most accurate way to model the gravitation. Kinetic Gravity doesn't even take into account the most basic principles of GR, so it cannot be considered to be accurate. (Or correct if you prefer to call it that.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity

It is extremely unlikely that you will find an article "disproving" the theory, as it never saw widespread acceptance and is lacking key things that we already understand, as the wiki article explains. Not much point in disproving something that never proved anything to begin with.
 

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