Whats that stretchy stuff girls wear?

@Derek Nelson Ether was debunked not by special relativity but ok

Spandex

Spandex?

Yeah

Mickle and Morley is that what it's called

If i stretched spandex over a bar in the shape of a circle and put marbles in it and told you thats how space time works, what would you say?

I would say that's an accurate representation, according to relativity.

not quite sure why you included the marbles though

Lol.

The spherical bar is earth, the spandex is spacetime

Youre funny guy

When does it stop

What?

When does what stop?

So @Citizen Z why did you include marbles in that analogy?

What do the marbles represent?

I think it's supposed to represent distortions in the distribution of mass

btw guys, I will be in the flat earth chat vc

Mmk

@Hamburger Guy but that's the Earth right? so why include the spherical bar then?

@Pwnelius just telling you how they teach the fabric of space time

And actually... @Pwnelius the spandex represents the universe and the marbles represent mass like planets or stars

....?

what do various planets and stars have to do with general relativity?

Because I'm talking about GR in the sense that spandex is the spacetime distortion surrounding earth

Fabric of space time are bent by massive objects according to the theory

yes

correct

It's not really accurate, as the universe is bigger than possibly imaginable, the stars and planets would have to be replaced by...idk...a singular atom

https://youtu.be/MTY1Kje0yLg

yes, that video is absolutely right

Its not absolutely right

Lol

Its s crude representation of GR

it's a simplified version

which is fine

sometimes you just gotta dumb things down

Exactly

And that video is an amazing representation of that