Acceleration of Energy Provides the Same Outcome as Bending Spacetime
Core Idea
This mind experiment explores an alternative understanding of gravity that excludes space as a fundamental component, focusing instead on time and energy.
Explanation
Traditional View: Gravity is conceptualized as mass bending spacetime. Energy is seen as being affected by gravity, but not as the primary cause.
Alternative Perspective: This experiment proposes that gravity is related to how energy moves through time.
Competing Hypotheses:
Hypothesis 1: Gravity arises from changes in the passage of time.
Hypothesis 2: Gravity is a consequence of changes in the speed of energy moving through time, influenced by permeability (ε₀) and permittivity (μ₀).
Proposed Explanation: The study suggests that changes in the speed of energy provide a more compelling explanation for gravitational effects than changes in the interval of time passage.
Role of Space: Space is not considered a fundamental component but rather a result of energy density. This lumpy energy density or μ0ε0 field alters the speed of energy through it resulting in energy bound gravity. The combination of these appears to us as the spacetime mass we call the universe.
In simpler terms, this mind experiment explores the idea that the idea of gravity might not be about mass warping space, but about how energy flows through time.