Re: Falling Objects, How They Fall

On Fri, "Rudi Menter" wrote:

>>> And since GR describes gravity without
>>> a "force" acting on freefalling objects, in contrast
>>> to Newtonian concepts, it is good to have a model
>>> that is simple (many will testify that Divergent Matter
>>> is that), that provides "_____A___W_A_ Y______"
>>> for gravity to work without a force acting on objects
>>> in freefall.
>
>Right. In addition, GR "works" with radiation (by e=mcc), too.

No, GR does not "work" with radiation.

GR does not say "how" gravity works.

If any "force" acting at a distance was how
gravity works, then that same force would have
to act to produce the "force" of inertia, and that
is nonsense if it involves acting at a distance.

The description by Baez is for a different
situation, and is meant for the novice.

While inertia is closely related to gravity,
absolutely nothing is known about how gravity
works, and almost nothing is known about how
inertia works.

For the same reason that gravity does not
work by "forces" acting at a distance, inertia does
not work by forces acting at a distance.
Inertia must work by internal forces which
are certainly quantum effects based on a changes
in the kinetic energy within matter.
And any model that has gravity work by the
close range internal dynamics of matter has a
big advantage.

Joe Fischer

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