Was Einstein slightly wrong?

Question

Does gravity streach space in every direction instead of warping it?

The warping of space is a illusion created by a finite streach/compression of the surrounding matter. The greater an object's mass the greater its effect.

Answer 1

That IS what is meant by "warping". It's just the terminology you're having issues with.

Answer 2

Assuming that Gravity is present then the difference between stretching and warping is a play on words. We are often confused by simple plans on the TV showing warping or stretching. To understand, it it is like being inside an onion with many layers that vary in thickness depending on the force exerted on them.

One Gravitational force should produce symmetry. Another force aproaching will cause one side and the layers of the onion to expand in the direction that the force is comming from.

Answer 3

Since space is contiguous, that would be impossible. You misunderstanding the nature of reality implied by einstein. Space is not discrete. It's not like a lump of playdoh you mold and shape (or stretch) in your hands, in an area seperate from itself. What einstein is simply saying is that dimensions are connected to eachother and "bleed" into eachother when subjected to change.

Reality isn't like a ball that you kick through the air. It's more like a ball in motion through the water. When it moves fast, it pulls the water along for the ride with it. The water, however, isn't like a sink, where it can slosh out of it. It's functionally infinite, like the ocean. Stretch, or movement outside the parameters of the system, is not possible. Reality bends, it does not break. It can't break because it's reality. There is nothing underneath it.

Get it?

Answer 4

A gravitational field is an energy field. It inversely increases strength with distance - so as a person approaches the very center of a mass the force becomes very intense very suddenly. The space about a solar mass acts as a magnet does to iron dust particles. The further away from the source of force the weaker the lines become. "Space" itself is not acted upon. It is the energy existing in a particular location in form of gravitational/time attraction that changes. c2 = E/m.

Answer 5

Hi, Joshua H, I believe Einstein was wrong when he said "God doesn't play dice with the universe.

There is a new theory about membrane space explained at the link www.space.com. You should check it out. If the theory works out...

I just wikipedia-ed the theory and there is not enough room here for me to talk about it. I don't believe I can discuss membranal science intelligently. It will take much more than a cursory examination of www.space.com to get my head around it. Good luck with it.

Hank Feral

Answer 6

Einstein had an hypothesis than explained the facts as he knew them. Since his time, numerous other hypotheses have been proposed to explain his and additional facts. You cannot discuss right or wrong in science except in relation to hypotheses and evidence. So, what is the evidence for your hypothesis? And how would I develop an experiment to test your hypothesis? What fact, if any, would disprove your hypothesis? (Note that no fact or set of facts ever "proves" a scientific hypothesis because you may have overlooked a crucial fact.)

Answer 7

How is stretching space in every direction not warping?

There are still few people who understand all that Einstein hypothesized despite his popularization. If you do, please answer my latest question.

Answer 8

I am not sure how that would explain gravity wells - tell me more