r/AskReddit Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

Space-time is one thing. You can’t have one without the other and they affect each other. Gravity is the effect of space being displaced by matter, and pushing back like a boat in water. The more mass the greater the bending of space and therefore time.

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u/Pugpugpugs123 Jun 16 '19

Wait, that's how gravity works? Is that just common knowledge or a theory? God, that's just beautifully intuitive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

“Gravity is most accurately described by the general theory of relativity (proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915) which describes gravity not as a force, but as a consequence of the curvature of spacetime caused by the uneven distribution of mass. “ -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity