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in free fall follow the straightest possible path through spacetime. Is it a force that pulls objects towards the ground? According to Einstein, there is no force pulling objects to the ground—it is the geometry of curved spacetime. In a last step, the warped­time model invites students to move between the Newton and Monday, December 16, 2019 The path we didn’t take “There are only three people in the world who... " I'd like to also mention another possible next step in this line of thought, which I think you've argued against before, that should there be evidence for a superdeterministic universe, this would also increase the... time…” Follow me on Twitter... does a theoretical physicist do? The path we didn’t take How Scientists... "Straight" Lines in Spacetime • According to equivalence principle: - If you are floating freely, then your worldline is following the straightest possible path through spacetime. - If you feel weight, then you are not on t...