Re: what is the relation between force and energy?

From: TomGee (lvlus_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: 18 Oct 2004 08:00:45 -0700

"N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)" <N: dlzc1 D:cox T:net@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<Wcycd.2397$SW3.1334@fed1read01>...
> Dear TomGee:
>
> > But wasn't it Einstein who claimed in GR that curved space, and not
> > gravitation, is real? Or was that just media hype, or more
> > Theoretical Physics?
>
> Gravitation is the name that Newton (or someone before him) gave it.
> Gravitate is what bodies do. Curvature of spacetime is the model GR
> proposes to describe the phenomenon.
>
> David A. Smith

So you concede it was Theoretical Pysics. Spacetime is not a real
place, so it is only a model, as you say, just like mine. But many
claim it is reality, and that's the rub, where they argue
nonsensically that curved space exists! Never mind that Einstein
failed to explain where the power of curved space comes from - that
power it must have in order to force objects to change directions
continually into its curved shapes. And never mind that "frame
dragging" is no less expected from gravitation than it is from "curved
space". Some people still take the leap of faith from reality to
fantasy as it regards spacetime. I seem to remember that Einstein
specifically stated that GR was not a replacement for gravitation,
only an alternative explanation. Why then do some argue vehemently
that GR has replaced Newtonian gravitation? Are they trying to
convince themselves of that? Or trying to convert others to their
silly beliefs? TomGee 101804

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