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I'm high right now, so I decided to find out how Einstein arrived at his theory of general relativity that time and gravity are related.
Turns out it started with his use of the Equivalence Principle, which suggests that an observer cannot distinguish between the effects of gravity and acceleration. Kind of like those fighter simulators that simulate acceleration by tilting the cabin up.
This principle led him to consider the gravitational field as a curvature of spacetime.
@stuartblair holy sh*t….I need some of what you’re on—STAT.
@stuartblair Weird. I get high to _stop_ noticing shit like that!
@stuartblair Now toss some spin into it.
So, I'm high and pondering all this. Considering for the first time in my life that the timeless pull of gravity on my bones is akin to a dented arc of spacetime that suspends the sensation of acceleration towards the ground and draws it out over eternity, perpetually accelerating and yet going nowhere.
Man, this is great weed.