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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I still want to know what it is tho

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A force field generated by your mom's obesity

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So you are attracted to that, huh?

[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago

We all are, a non-zero amount anyway.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

that depends on his own mass and distance to her.

[–] daellat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRr1kaXKBsU try to follow along with this. Also, forces have force particles, there appears to be no such thing for gravity though I think scientists are still working on this problem to this day. Mass seems to be derived from the higgs field but I am not knowledgeable enough to answer how that relates to gravity per se.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If that were true, the gravity wave detector wouldn't work.

[–] paholg@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Are you sure about that? My understanding is that gravitational waves are predicted by general relativity, not inconsistent with it.

In any case, "all models are wrong, but some are useful". Gravity as curvature is a pretty damn useful model.