@[email protected] to Today I [email protected]English • edit-216 days agoTIL Gravity is not about mass pulling other mass. It's mass bending time spacetime that makes other mass get closerwww.youtube.commessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down113
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•16 days agoBut it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•16 days agoIt’s just meant as a physical analogue to demonstrate some features (namely how the shape of the sheet/gravity affects things that travel on/through it) in a way that people can understand easily.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•16 days agoIf it’s the demonstration I’m thinking of, it uses gravity to visualise the affects of an otherwise invisible force.
But it’s kind of a terrible one, because it uses gravity to explain gravity.
It’s just meant as a physical analogue to demonstrate some features (namely how the shape of the sheet/gravity affects things that travel on/through it) in a way that people can understand easily.
If it’s the demonstration I’m thinking of, it uses gravity to visualise the affects of an otherwise invisible force.