This simply cannot be

Quote from: Username on September 21, 2007, 11:30:41 AM

Quote from: Gulliver on September 21, 2007, 09:57:39 AM

Quote from: emailking on September 21, 2007, 09:41:39 AM

Quote from: Tom Bishop on September 06, 2007, 08:53:56 PM

Einstein maintained that gravity as a force did not exist. Are you saying that you're smarter than Einstein?

Einstein never maintianed this. He spent the last 30 years of his life trying to unify gravitation and electromagnetism. He understood it was a force.

Don't blame TomB on that error. He's following the bad explanations from TheEngineer.

You've said the same thing.  That gravity isn't a force but the bending of space time

Really where did I say that Bushy? Was it the same imaginary post where I had Newton's Second Law of Motion wrong?

I'm sorry, I thought you believed in General Relativity, in which gravity isn't a force. 

Had thought you said gravitons don't exist. 

To be honest, I can't be fucked to search through your posts so I'll believe you and say sorry.

Quote from: Gulliver on September 21, 2007, 11:44:27 AM

Quote from: Username on September 21, 2007, 11:30:41 AM

Quote from: Gulliver on September 21, 2007, 09:57:39 AM

Quote from: emailking on September 21, 2007, 09:41:39 AM

Quote from: Tom Bishop on September 06, 2007, 08:53:56 PM

Einstein maintained that gravity as a force did not exist. Are you saying that you're smarter than Einstein?

Einstein never maintianed this. He spent the last 30 years of his life trying to unify gravitation and electromagnetism. He understood it was a force.

Don't blame TomB on that error. He's following the bad explanations from TheEngineer.

You've said the same thing.  That gravity isn't a force but the bending of space time

Really where did I say that Bushy? Was it the same imaginary post where I had Newton's Second Law of Motion wrong?

I'm sorry, I thought you believed in General Relativity, in which gravity isn't a force. 

Had thought you said gravitons don't exist. 

To be honest, I can't be fucked to search through your posts so I'll believe you and say sorry.

Apology accepted.

GR does not say that gravity isn't a force. Just because you have a fundamental udnerstanding of what causes a force doesn't mean it's not a force anymore.

GR does not say that gravity isn't a force.

Yes, GR does.

Just because you have a fundamental udnerstanding of what causes a force doesn't mean it's not a force anymore.

I don't think I said it did

GR does not say that gravity isn't a force. Just because you have a fundamental udnerstanding of what causes a force doesn't mean it's not a force anymore.

Well said. I'm glad you've joined us. Welcome.

"Yes, GR does."

No it doesn't GR provides an explanation for the fore of gravity. It gives a geometrical explanation based on minimizing the action. That doesn't mean gravity is not perceived as a force. F=ma for gravity as for any other force.

"I don't think I said it did"

But that's why you think that.

And thanks Gulliver.