JRE #2152 - Terrence Howard · Aired May 22, 2024
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I can 'kill gravity' and gravity is actually an electric force.
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Gravity and electromagnetism are separate forces with different behaviour. Gravity acts on mass and energy, only ever attracts, and has no charge to cancel it out. Electric force acts on charge, pushes as well as pulls, and is around ten to the thirty-sixth times stronger between two protons. General relativity, which treats gravity as curvature in spacetime, is what GPS satellites correct for every day to stay accurate.
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Is it true that I can 'kill gravity' and gravity is actually an electric force?
No, not as stated. Gravity and electromagnetism are separate forces with different behaviour. Gravity acts on mass and energy, only ever attracts, and has no charge to cancel it out. It was said on JRE #2152 - Terrence Howard, aired May 22, 2024, at 88:10. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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