So my understanding of the current models of gravity is that its supposed to be one of the fundamental forces of the universe, implying that there are gravitons that we havent been able to find yet. This is what they were trying to do at the LHC
On the other hand lots of models imply that the universe has other, higher dimensions than 3. A lot of people peg the "4th dimension" as being time but afaik this is contentious and isnt accepted by physicists generally, with the problem being that time doesnt fulfill what we should expect from a 4th dimensional feature of our universe
My understanding of dimensions is that as 3d beings, we should be able to perceive a 4th dimension, and interact with it, but be limited by its expression in our dimension. That doesnt really sound like time, but it sounds a LOT like gravity to me.
So this is the thesis: gravity is not a force, we just perceive it as a force. Instead it's a 3 dimensional expression of the 4th dimensional structure of matter.
This has a few implications to my mind. Firstly, it implies that gravity isn't just an amorphous force, but has a structure in a higher dimensionality. This means that all objects with the same "gravitational force" but different compositions would have a different higher dimensional structure. It seems to me you could conduct some kind of experiment to disprove the model, but I honestly don't know enough to know what that experiment would look like.
Can someone tell me if this is totally retarded? I've had this idea for a while and I havent been able to shake it (also if this helps you publish anything pretty please cite this thread in the paper)
On the other hand lots of models imply that the universe has other, higher dimensions than 3. A lot of people peg the "4th dimension" as being time but afaik this is contentious and isnt accepted by physicists generally, with the problem being that time doesnt fulfill what we should expect from a 4th dimensional feature of our universe
My understanding of dimensions is that as 3d beings, we should be able to perceive a 4th dimension, and interact with it, but be limited by its expression in our dimension. That doesnt really sound like time, but it sounds a LOT like gravity to me.
So this is the thesis: gravity is not a force, we just perceive it as a force. Instead it's a 3 dimensional expression of the 4th dimensional structure of matter.
This has a few implications to my mind. Firstly, it implies that gravity isn't just an amorphous force, but has a structure in a higher dimensionality. This means that all objects with the same "gravitational force" but different compositions would have a different higher dimensional structure. It seems to me you could conduct some kind of experiment to disprove the model, but I honestly don't know enough to know what that experiment would look like.
Can someone tell me if this is totally retarded? I've had this idea for a while and I havent been able to shake it (also if this helps you publish anything pretty please cite this thread in the paper)
