To me it seems the equivalence principle is actually false. It was an inspiration to come up with general relativity but the resulting theory supports it kind o

To me it seems the equivalence principle is actually false. It was an inspiration to come up with general relativity but the resulting theory supports it kind of, but not really. To start out with, it only holds either looking at an infinitesimal extent of space or in a homogeneous gravitational field. As soon as the gravitational field cannot be seen as homogeneous, you are going to know that you are falling instead of floating through space. E.g., spaghettification near a black hole. Another case in point is the somewhat well-known question if a falling electron radiates. Yes, it should, but that violates the equivalence principle.