> Just because its comparatively weak doesn’t mean its ineffective thought and there are two
> reasons it has a larger effect on the universe as a whole. Firstly, gravity can exert its
> influence over a very long distance, whereas all the other forces act over small distances,
Mike, if one views space (distance) as nothing more than a wavelength, then gravity is no different! Also, some of us subscribe to the view of the Electro-Magnetic EM Universe (or "Electric Universe" as some just call it!). So, in this case, space and time are just slaves to the EM forces...
> and secondly that, since the source of gravity is mass it only comes in positive
> quantities,and taking the example of say an electric charge, it has both positive
> and negative quantities which cancel each other out.
So you don't understand, see or accept "anti-gravity"!
I thought that this was the exact "point" that Dave L just introduced here from what the "U of N" scientists have been working on...
If anti-gravity was to completely or fully cancel out gravity, then we would have a big crunch... So, to a certain extend, outer-space and inner space are also in balance, since those forces also cancel each other out when stuff is in balance...
So, nuclear force is strong in inner space and gets weak on outerspace and weak force is weak in inner space, but become strong as EM in outer space. This what string/matrix theory suggests and EM/wave theory shows plenty of evidence of the strength of EM forces in outer space as you have
correctly suggested...
I guess that we just see the Universe differently!!!
-wirelessguru1