Reaper79 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) I watched a "How the Universe works" documentary on gravity, Michio Kaku was one of the main speakers, and while watching a CGI clip on matter being attracted to other matter seemingly by the mass content. I had a wild notion... I dismissed it at first but since no one really knows what gravity is I'll throw this in for some discussion and make of it what you will. Rather than gravity "sucking" things down, what if gravity was "Pushing" things down. ... I imagined the 'shell' of the universe generating gravity inwards somehow, and like a flashlight casting a shadow but in all directions, since I assume the universe like every other stellar object out the universe is round, stars, planets, galaxies etc. The more massive an object, the more of a gravitational shadow it casts and objects are pushed into the space where the shadow is cast. This.... at the time seemed like a breakthrough because it would not only help explain why the universe is expanding (excluding BB Theory ) but also why it seems impossible to master. Basically I am taking the current theory of gravity and flipping it on it's head. If the skin or shell of the universe generates gravity inward as it expands outward. It might also have a note or two to play in the Higgs field song, since theorist say somehow somewhere the higgs field just switched on a few milliseconds after the expansion of the universe began. Granted it's probably not a great theory of gravity, but it's another idea that should be explored before dismissing it completely. After all, if at first you don't succeed, try something else.... or as the Great One might say, "madness is the definition of repeating the same actions and expecting different results" Think on it, meditate on it, throw it in the trash. Edited August 26, 2016 by Reaper79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 A very old idea that was abandoned a long time ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Sage%27s_theory_of_gravitation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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