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Previously on "Is gravity a force?"

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  • scooterscot
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    Interesting comments. I'm of the opinion that gravity is the sum of other things, which we call a force.

    I push a ball from a standstill. The ball moves. We don't call this a force however, rather acceleration.

    The same thing is happening with a mass following the curvature of spacetime, it's accelerating.

    It makes you wonder about the other fundamental forces.

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  • vetran
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    its an ok movie

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  • Bee
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    Imagine that you are in a balcony and you jump

    Force = G (gravity) [m1(floor) m2(you)] / r2(distance between you and the floor)

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  • darmstadt
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    Its a force of nature. If it wasn't for gravity you'd have brown and yellow ceilings...

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  • AtW
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    Is gravity force for good or not?

    That's the real question ...

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Magnetism is a bit more interesting.
    I'll take your word for that :

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
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    But how all these different theories reconcile IS where you need to be a proper physicist who understands the maths, I reckon.
    I asked one. He said gravity is a force that can be modelled by treating it as a curvature of spacetime.

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  • WTFH
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    Is gravity a force?

    Gravity is a force which acts between two objects.

    Magnetism is a bit more interesting.
    Last edited by WTFH; 14 January 2016, 19:01.

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  • Troll
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    Heard on the radio there is an imminent announcement due confirming the detection of "gravity waves"

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  • NickFitz
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    Maybe we've got it the wrong way round, and gravity is a repulsive force from the rest of the universe pushing us down?

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  • barrydidit
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    Gravity sucks

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  • BrilloPad
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    Objects are forced towards large objects. Like MF.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Relevant Physics Stack Exchange thread

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  • SlipTheJab
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Mass tells space how to curve, and space tells mass how to move.

    According to GR

    HTH
    As in 'move your mass-ive ar$e MF I need some space' HTH

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  • OwlHoot
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    Mass tells space how to curve, and space tells mass how to move.

    According to GR

    HTH

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