The New Gravity: Zero-Sum Theory

Redefining "Space" and Why Gravity Works

General Relativity tells us that gravity is the effect of a distortion in time-space caused by the presence of matter. The basic idea is that if a mass is placed in space, it will bend it in a fashion very much like a heavy object placed on taut rubber sheet would, except in all dimensions.

General Relativity tells us the how of gravity, that the slope in space generally follows the Law of Inverse Squares, but not the why of it. Why does gravity do what it does? Is it something that is radiated by a massive body? Is it a force-field, like a magnet? Is it caused by a mysterious particle that transmits the opposite of force, a pull instead of a push?

Perhaps, if we alter our viewpoint just the slightest bit, we can see ever so much farther.

Instead of thinking of space as a generic 'emptiness', we can consider it to be a vast electromagnetic field, alive with energy, set at an exactly neutral charge of zero. Instead of nothing, visualize two perfectly overlapping fields of (for simplicity's sake) infinite positive and infinite negatively charged energy, exactly canceling each other out. Space isn't just a void, it is the full vastness of all the energy of the cosmos; matter is just a rare anomaly.

Got that picture? Good. Now, take a small bit of that energy, the tiniest droplet imaginable, and split it into its component parts, a positive point and a negative point. In sum, they cancel - but, if separated, they can exist as independent deviations from the 'zero' field. We can call these odd bits that crop up occasionally in the infinity of space and time "matter" and "antimatter". If ever the two should meet, they'll return to neutral nothingness, but, for now, they can remain points of fixed somethingness.

Now, if we take one of these bits of cold, hard, reality, and set it in the zero field of space, it will cause a distortion in the immediate area. The sympathetic field's strength will be slightly enhanced in the region, and the antithetic will be slightly weakened. The net effect then, seeing space as 'nothing', would be a localized field of 'something'.