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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·21 days agoI think it’s neat that Newton is taught first. As in: gravity is a function of mass. Because that works in so many scenarios. But then you learn that gravity bends light and that photons have no mass. So… Gravity isn’t a force, it’s more like going downhill… in the dimension of time.
I think it’s neat that Newton is taught first. As in: gravity is a function of mass. Because that works in so many scenarios.
But then you learn that gravity bends light and that photons have no mass.
So… Gravity isn’t a force, it’s more like going downhill… in the dimension of time.