So I’ve been doing a deep dive on gravity/spacetime recently and I keep coming across a theory about how the geometry of spacetime is fundamental.
Are these people suggesting that the topography of spacetime predates mass itself or am I misinterpreting the theory?
This doesn’t make sense at all because that would mean we could observe areas of space where there is no mass but gravity (potentially explaining dark matter)?
This would mean that these spacetime “wells” could only be observed when there is mass present so there’s no way of truly observing its gravitational effects without something being affected. It’s always masked by something in the same way the event horizon veils a singularity.
It still wouldn’t explain the mechanics of it anyway because we would still be asking- why is mass attracted or “compelled” to fall into these regions. Why does it matter? (;p )
I like to humor different theories for Higgs and gluons but also genuinely trying to get a better grasp on gravity/spacetime, so if there is anyone who’d like to elaborate on the matter (;p), I’d appreciate your frame of reference.
Imo, Quantum Gravity seems more plausible to me. I like to think that gravity is a sort of “electromagnetic gravity polarity tension” between mass/energy and spacetime’s “desire” to be relatively flat where mass is pushing “outwards” or wants to expand outward and spacetime is pushing inwards on mass where spacetime itself is a quantifiable value. This tension is balanced in the sense that electromagnetic fields can consolidate particles enough to excite spacetime to push inward leading to more matter being pushed together. These fields are intertwined in such an exotic way that spacetime becomes a tangible medium through which gravity (¿spacetime force?) can “piggyback” on the electromagnetic force.
In black holes, this tension is so extreme it creates a runaway effect. Negative mass enthusiasts, anyone? :D
Is that pretty much the premise of quantum gravity theory and other adjacent theories like QLG or is this more crackpot jargon? :B