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kiriri
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Hey,
I was wondering, are there any major theories about gravity that actually try to simplify it all? Like, I recently heard that potentially the universe is expanding exponentially. It got me thinking. Couldn't this be translated to what gravity is? I mean, we know that gravity depends on the mass of an object , that it is a force (therefore it accelerates) and that it "bends" everything, including time.
All of that seems to me like gravity is nothing more than exponential growth. If each particle that makes up a ball for example doubles in size for example, then the entire object becomes larger. Since a larger ball has proportionally less surface than volume, the effects would be stronger.
With that in mind, if we then imagine 2 spheres in an empty space, and then imagine we would stand on top of one of them and look towards the other, then the change in scales would be unnoticable because we're in the system (and we'd grow too). Rather to us it would like the other sphere is coming towards us instead.
This again would change the "force" gravity into a movement (in regard to surface points for example), which then according to Einstein creates a new system in which time moves more slowly.
Of course that's just me thinking, and I don't doubt that this has already come up and been found lacking. Which leads me to my original question. Are there any major theories about gravity that try to explain what it actually is? Not knowing what fields are has been buggering me for years now, and I thought gravity might be a nice start :D
kiriri
(PS: comments on my own "example" theory are also welcome of course :) )
I was wondering, are there any major theories about gravity that actually try to simplify it all? Like, I recently heard that potentially the universe is expanding exponentially. It got me thinking. Couldn't this be translated to what gravity is? I mean, we know that gravity depends on the mass of an object , that it is a force (therefore it accelerates) and that it "bends" everything, including time.
All of that seems to me like gravity is nothing more than exponential growth. If each particle that makes up a ball for example doubles in size for example, then the entire object becomes larger. Since a larger ball has proportionally less surface than volume, the effects would be stronger.
With that in mind, if we then imagine 2 spheres in an empty space, and then imagine we would stand on top of one of them and look towards the other, then the change in scales would be unnoticable because we're in the system (and we'd grow too). Rather to us it would like the other sphere is coming towards us instead.
This again would change the "force" gravity into a movement (in regard to surface points for example), which then according to Einstein creates a new system in which time moves more slowly.
Of course that's just me thinking, and I don't doubt that this has already come up and been found lacking. Which leads me to my original question. Are there any major theories about gravity that try to explain what it actually is? Not knowing what fields are has been buggering me for years now, and I thought gravity might be a nice start :D
kiriri
(PS: comments on my own "example" theory are also welcome of course :) )