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> physicsts don't want to give up the beautiful and geometric simplicity of 1/r^2 Eh, just like MOND proponents don't want to give up the beautiful simplicity
by yongjik 2y ago
> physicsts don't want to give up the beautiful and geometric simplicity of 1/r^2
Eh, just like MOND proponents don't want to give up the beautiful simplicity of "If something is attracting me gravitationally I'd better see it!"
When you think about it, there's no a priori reason why a particle with mass should interact with any other force. We'd just like to assume it because it seems "simpler" that way.
- Filligree 2y agoNor that there should be just one family of interconnected fields. We’ve got, what, two dozen or so? Some affect each other, some don’t. You can create a graph from that, and you get one that’s dense in places but have some nearly disconnected regions. Why not a graph with actual disjoint subgraphs? We’d only be able to tell through gravity.