[blinks in paradigm shift] "Gravity" is the curvature of spacetime. An inertial "straight line" follows that curvature, like going "straight" on the Earth's su

[blinks in paradigm shift] "Gravity" is the curvature of spacetime. An inertial "straight line" follows that curvature, like going "straight" on the Earth's surface draws a spatial curve. Remove what's supporting me (dirt, bridge) and I'll continue on my inertial straight line, which actually orbits and settles down to the center. Even "at rest" at the center/bottom of the gravity well is not zero inertia per se, it is a continuing inertial line orbiting with still-constant velocity at zero radius. Ergo gravity isn't a force; gravitational attraction is just masses' inertial lines being distorted by the infinite-reaching distortions of other masses. There is no "gravitational force" to unify with other forces. OMG. I've been trying to get my head wrapped around gravity for years. You just tied the knot. Next questions: why does mass distort spacetime? As E=mc^2, does/can energy distort spacetime? Mass & energy being just different units of the same thing, what's the nature of that thing without thinking in terms of divided mass/energy colloquial thought? And then questions on to weak & strong nuclear forces, and reconsideration of electromagnetic force.