What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gravity
Veritasium · 7 HN recommendations
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Veritasium explains, with expert input, that in general relativity gravity is not a force and objects follow straight paths through curved spacetime, including why standing on the ground means you are accelerating.
Why HN recommends it: HN links it as a go-to intuitive explanation whenever gravity as spacetime curvature or free fall comes up.
“his videos on special [1] and general relativity [2] were real eye-openers for me” Read on HN ↗