OK jokes aside their has been much discussion elswhere regarding "The Final Theory" by Mark McCutcheon.He postulates that an ever expanding universe accounts for what we feel as gravity.I have trouble with this reasoning that, rather than gravity, the earth rushes up to meet a falling object. My problem apart from what happens to dohnuts?, is that adhering to that theory, why would a dropped object not just stay in place and get bigger along with the rest of the Universe.Im probably asking about a topic that is a whole load of old cobblers anyhow. Though I believe the current understanding to be that the Universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, as per a balloon inflating, but more like a sponge released from compression.If true that the Universe is expanding, then it must be expanding from a point in time when it was highly compressed. Am I on the right track here?
bagpi
