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TheNerdyBushman
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how does gravity actually work? i understand the accepted theory is that mass bends space-time, how ever, the more i think about it, the more stupid the theory becomes to me. its just seems a bit "primitive"...ill explain.
if planets orbit around suns due to the sun bending space, then why do the planets and the suns collide together? if gravity is the bending of space then there must be a counter force that prevents two massive objects in orbit from colliding together.
plus, if gravity really is the bending of space, then it would be impossible for a massive object to move along the curved space without an initial force present to make it move. there must be some type of force that acts on massive objects besides the bent space. think about it, even if a large mass does bend space, then there is still no reason why smaller masses would move in orbit around the larger mass...to me, it seems like the smaller mass should simply just sit still in the bent space unless there is a active force that actually makes it move...i like to think of it this way, imagine a astronaut in space has a flat sheet of metal with a large, round dent in its center, now imagine the astronaut placed a small ball on the part of the sheet that is bent, what do you think happens? the ball will not just magicly start moving along the bent sheet because there is no active force that causes it to move in the first place...
if planets orbit around suns due to the sun bending space, then why do the planets and the suns collide together? if gravity is the bending of space then there must be a counter force that prevents two massive objects in orbit from colliding together.
plus, if gravity really is the bending of space, then it would be impossible for a massive object to move along the curved space without an initial force present to make it move. there must be some type of force that acts on massive objects besides the bent space. think about it, even if a large mass does bend space, then there is still no reason why smaller masses would move in orbit around the larger mass...to me, it seems like the smaller mass should simply just sit still in the bent space unless there is a active force that actually makes it move...i like to think of it this way, imagine a astronaut in space has a flat sheet of metal with a large, round dent in its center, now imagine the astronaut placed a small ball on the part of the sheet that is bent, what do you think happens? the ball will not just magicly start moving along the bent sheet because there is no active force that causes it to move in the first place...