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Who or what put together this guiding intelligence and then before that and before that? Why does it think according to your specifications?

(Which is impossible because matter has to exist before gravity can exist.)

Re: brianjakub (Post 6661370)
brianjakub wrote:
(Which is impossible because matter has to exist before gravity can exist.)

That is incorrect. Where do you get ideas like this?

Entropic gravity, also known as emergent gravity, is a theory in modern physics that describes gravity as an entropic force—a force with macro-scale homogeneity but which is subject to quantum-level disorder—and not a fundamental interaction. The theory, based on string theory, black hole physics, and quantum information theory, describes gravity as an emergent phenomenon that springs from the quantum entanglement of small bits of spacetime information. As such, entropic gravity is said to abide by the second law of thermodynamics under which the entropy of a physical system tends to increase over time.

At its simplest, the theory holds that when gravity becomes vanishingly weak—levels seen only at interstellar distances—it diverges from its classically understood nature and its strength begins to decay linearly with distance from a mass.

Entropic gravity provides the underlying framework to explain Modified Newtonian Dynamics, or MOND, which holds that at a gravitational acceleration threshold of approximately 1.2×10−10 m/s², gravitational strength begins to vary inversely (linearly) with distance from a mass rather than the normal inverse-square law of the distance. This is an exceedingly low threshold, measuring only 12 trillionths gravity’s strength at earth’s surface; an object dropped from a height of one meter would fall for 36 hours were earth’s gravity this weak. It is also 3,000 times less than exists at the point where Voyager 1 crossed our solar system’s heliopause and entered interstellar space.

The theory claims to be consistent with both the macro-level observations of Newtonian gravity as well as Einstein's theory of general relativity and its gravitational distortion of spacetime. Importantly, the theory also explains (without invoking the existence of dark matter and its accompanying math featuring new free parameters that are tweaked to obtain the desired outcome) why galactic rotation curves differ from the profile expected with visible matter[citation needed].

The theory of entropic gravity posits that what has been interpreted as unobserved dark matter is actually the product of quantum effects that can be regarded as a form of positive dark energy that lifts the vacuum energy of space from its ground state value. A central tenet of the theory is that the positive dark energy leads to a thermal-volume law contribution to entropy that overtakes the area law of anti-de Sitter space precisely at the cosmological horizon.

The theory has been controversial within the physics community but has sparked research and experiments to test its validity.

http://idahoptv.org/sciencetrek/topics/gravity/facts.cfm

This was suggested by Erik Verlinde and some version of it will be proven true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic_gravity

The theory has been controversial within the physics community but has sparked research and experiments to test its validity.

You are not qualified to say that it will be proven true.

Gravity has to be entropic

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cicerone imposter wrote:
http://idahoptv.org/sciencetrek/topics/gravity/facts.cfm

Please tell me that you didn't just provide me with a cartoon link to a grade school explanation of Gravity.

You don’t need a background in science to know the truth. To be able to discern what is solid evidence or not