Is Gravity Truly a Force?

From StarTalk.

In this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, explores whether gravity should be understood as a traditional force or as the curvature of space and time. Using thought experiments, everyday analogies, and Einstein’s equivalence principle, Neil explains why gravity and acceleration are experimentally indistinguishable and why the distinction between “force” and “spacetime curvature” is ultimately a matter of perspective rather than physical consequence.

From ‘Confronting Neil with Our Burning Questions… Yet Again!’: https://youtu.be/-DBTGhbxL7k?si=jgn8spc6eLGXG4en

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