Mass Bending Space: Theories Explored

[brian44cali]

It seems obvious to me that mass isn't just bending space but it's essentially bent space. Have any previous theories shown this before?

 

[Dale]

What do you mean by that?

 

[brian44cali]

What do you mean by that?

To put it metaphorically: Space is a web and mass is just the pulling and clumping of that web.

 

[DaveC426913]

Well that's the trouble with metaphors. Metaphors make something complex seem simpler, but that doesn't mean that one can take the simple model and interpolate properties into the complex model.

Which is why theories don't deal with metaphors.

 

[Dale]

To put it metaphorically: Space is a web and mass is just the pulling and clumping of that web.

What do you mean by that.

 

[khemist]

Mass is NOT spacetime (rather, it is extremely compact energy), though if I remember correctly they are dependent on each other for existence.