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by RuggeroAltair 3076 days ago
From a physics perspective, the many-world, as ridiculous as it sounds, is a more sound theory (believed to be correct by some top physicists) than negative gravity.

The explanation of why gravity is only positive is a complex one, but physicists believe it's almost axiomatic.

This doesn't mean that you can't have repulsive type of effects, similar to one of the contributions that's believed to make the universe expand more quickly than with the simple 4 fources (often called fifth force, maybe related to dark energy, and to the rate of the universe expansion acceleration).

PS. There are a number of Sci-Fi stories that use this idea, including a famous one from Asimov, in which if I recall correctly the normal gravitational force was working negatively when traveling in FTL speed. Obviously that seemed fishy but the book was cool (Nemesis).

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> The explanation of why gravity is only positive is a complex one, but physicists believe it's almost axiomatic

Isn't that a consequence of relativity, the speed of light being constant by definition? I'm not sure that makes any sense, though, what is the physical unit of gravity N? Jf you mean classical mechanics, than there has to be a negative counterforce by the three axioms of newtonian mechanics and it's just a question of frame of reference.

BTW: Stress on ax-iomatic, as in axis?!

> Isn't that a consequence of relativity, the speed of light being constant by definition?

No, because if it was then there would not be negative electric charge, and there is.