Well, if Newton's Third Law says that "For EVERY action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.", then how does the entire scientific world make this one exception for gravity? And if matter is the "force" keeping you from falling, could it be possible that gravity is caused by antimatter?
2007-12-04 22:52:27 · 10 answers · asked by chizzle_30 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I put it iin this forum cuz I wanted some feedback from a religious persons understanding of science
2007-12-04 23:01:21 · update #1
No force is known to counter gravity. (or be its opposite) But antimatter can be produced on this earth in a lab, it is very tiny, but it physically exists.
2007-12-04 23:03:15 · update #2
Well, whatever deletion man, this is a serious topic yall. And I am talking about gravity not gravitation. I dont agree with einsteins general relativity theory about matter going through the space-time continuum in order to create gravity, but gravity has to have an opposing force, the normal force in generally accepted as what stops you from falling further, but matter also can give you lift if you have enough thrust (because the wing cuts the air in half, causing 2 different coefficients of pressure, but even then with airplanes attaining lift, this is not a pure counterforce.
The theory I am talking about deals with matter, antimatter, and the origin of gravity and the beginnings of the earth.
Matter= Regular atoms
Antimatter= Atoms with negatively charged protrons and positively charged electrons. (opposite charges)
2007-12-04 23:14:51 · update #3
Any force can oppose gravity. If I push in one direction, it can be opposed by the same type of push in the opposite direction. If I'm standing on the ground, the ground is pushing me up with the same force that gravity is pushing me down.
Forces don't have opposites. It's not like matter which has anti-matter. The four forces we know of are: gravity, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear. Physicists theorize that they all might be related. We don't know why they exist.
2007-12-04 23:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Gravitation" is the attractive influence that all objects exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force which all massive objects (objects with mass) are theorized to exert on each other to cause gravitation.
Modern physics describes gravitation using the general theory of relativity. it is possible to describe gravity in the framework of quantum field theory like the other fundamental forces. In this framework the attractive force of gravity arises due to exchange of virtual gravitons, in the same way as the electromagnetic force arises from exchange of virtual photons. However, this approach fails at short distances of the order of the Planck length, where a more complete theory of quantum gravity is required.
Antimatter has nothing to do with it. As for the "equal and opposite" thing, Newton's laws describe relationships between the forces acting on a body and the motion of the body. You can't just randomly apply that to anything.
2007-12-04 23:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gravity does obey the thrid law. It basically says that if the Earth pulls you down then you are pulling the Earth up. No mystery here.
The source of gravity is stress energy. Stress energy is effectively the relativistically adjusted mass and energy per unit volume of space. Even photons experience and give rise to gravity. ALl this is known from General Relativity. No mystery here either.
2007-12-04 23:21:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity is caused by matter. Everything has gravity. A pencil has gravity (extremely small of course)
Edit: Whoever gave me thumbs down doesn't know a thing about physics.
2007-12-04 22:58:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think many theists oppose gravity, After all, it's just a theory like evolution.
2007-12-04 23:03:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Centrifugal force is the opposite of gravity. In you example Lift<>Gravity.
2007-12-04 22:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by Beavis Christ AM 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
This is a very dificult question to answer.
A basic plain english explanation is here..
http://www.simplegravity.com/
although there is still much debate on this issue
2007-12-04 23:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by Sly Phi AM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*slowly backs out of debate* This is why I dropped out of Physics... My head hurts.
2007-12-04 23:00:28 · answer #8 · answered by skame 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong forum ?
But interesting enough.
2007-12-04 22:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by Groucho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you want this in the R/S section?
... god did it then ran away!
2007-12-04 22:59:39 · answer #10 · answered by numbnuts222 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋