>>11339712We have experimental evidence of atomic clocks running at an altered rate the further they are from Earth's gravitational field. We've seen light from distant stars take altered paths as they pass by extremely massive celestial objects. They all behaved exactly as general relativity predicted. You agree length is real and time is real, correct? These are just universal dimensions. Even before Einstein, time was considered to be a dimension, but it was also considered to be exactly the same at all points in the universe, so there was no need to think about it when describing an object's location (1 second is 1 second everywhere). Einstein of course showed this wasn't the case. Now time has to be considered when fully describing an object's position in the universe, ergo we get space-time.
>>11339724Lots of things cant be properly represented, but are true none the less.Take quantum mechanics for example. Subatomic particles behave in a such strange and unintuitive way that we have no decent analogies that can properly explain what's going on. Analogies are fun and easy to understand, but don't take them to be rigorous truth.
