It wouldn’t surprise me if at some point in the future we realise mass shields us from a gravitational field that pushes everything in all directions at once as opposed to our current thinking that mass emits a field that pulls us towards it.
Eg. imagine the earth below you shielding you from a force that otherwise pushes all mass in all directions constantly. You’re now more shielded from the push in the direction of the earth so you feel pulled that way.
It’s the same thing. Just a sign change from a convention we had no real basis to believe one way or the other.
Eg. imagine the earth below you shielding you from a force that otherwise pushes all mass in all directions constantly. You’re now more shielded from the push in the direction of the earth so you feel pulled that way.
It’s the same thing. Just a sign change from a convention we had no real basis to believe one way or the other.