Gravitation: curved spacetime or a force?

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Einstein's theory of general relativity posits that gravitation is a result of curved spacetime rather than a force acting between masses. The pursuit of the graviton suggests a conflicting view that gravitation may still be interpreted as a force. Current discussions highlight the contradictions between quantum gravity and general relativity, indicating that while the laws of gravity are understood, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Many physicists believe that a unified theory reconciling these two frameworks may be on the horizon.

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In the Einstein's theory of general relativity, the gravitation is an attribute of curved spacetime instead of being due to a force propagated between bodies.
But the quest for the famous graviton does not presume that gravitation is due to a force?
Is the quantum gravity conflicting with the theory of relativity?
 
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Gravity is a phenomenon that we just don't fully understand yet. We are familiar with "what it does", the laws governing its consequences, but we don't understand exactly how. There are contradictions in the current state of the two theories, but many physicists (not necessarily a majority) seem to believe that we may be close to a model that reconciles the two theories into one uber-theory.
 

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