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		jayd16 on Sept 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Einstein's Other Theory of Everything It just needs force, no? You could use magnetism or even intertia if you accelerated the system, right?

bobbylarrybobby on Sept 1, 2024 [–]

Sure, but the problem is that the geometry of the sheet alone doesn't indicate what will happen to the matter on it; you need something external. Whereas in actuality the curvature of spacetime alone is sufficient.

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