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bequanna
6 months ago
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Why does current flow the opposite way from the el...
As a layperson, that makes sense to me. It also explains the time dilation effect when near a large mass.
AnotherGoodName
6 months ago
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Thinking of it as directional action potentials that are blocked by mass? I agree it does feel intuitively nicer that way honestly.
bequanna
6 months ago
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Yep. Coming from everywhere and moving outward in all directions at all times and ‘absorbed’ or ‘blocked’ by mass
marmadukester39
6 months ago
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Physicists: Has anyone ever looked into this?
abecedarius
6 months ago
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Yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_explanations_of_gra...
(but I only play a physicist on HN)
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