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Sure, i could have specified i was talking about the gravitational pull rather than the concept of gravity as a whole.

I was, however, replying to a message that was specifically talking about gravitational pull, so i assumed it was understood i was referring to the same.

Nevertheless i stand by my assertion, I’ll be specific though so it’s clear.

The idea of some sort of magical control of gravity (and all of the concepts covered by that word) wouldn’t necessarily be a binary on/off.

in a theoretical system where gravity was an objectively provable truth that consisted of an on/off state, control would mean being able to turn that system on or off, either as a whole, but more specifically in this case, for a specified subject.

in a theoretical system where gravity was an subjective phenomena, control would mean being able adjust the effect of that phenomena to some degree.

The systems I’m talking about here are my interpretation of the the systems posited by the person to which i was replying.

Which , again, brings me back to:

There’s no reason gravity control requires a subjective truth

For completeness, I should have probably said:

There’s no reason gravity control requires a subjective truth ( using the exmples of subjective/objective truth as proposed by the person to which i am replying )

That’s why technical definitions (so we speak the same language) and education (si we understand that language) are important!

Agreed

As an aside:

You’re just using the wrong word to describe the acceleration produced by gravity, rather than gravity itself.

What word was i using incorrectly and in what context? , genuine question.

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i_love_FFT@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I was, however, replying to a message that was specifically talking about gravitational pull, so i assumed it was understood i was referring to the same.

You know, reading the thread I had the completely opposite understanding of the topic that was being discussed. Even now, I believe the other user was talking about the concept of gravity at large.

When having this type if discussion in academic situations, almost half of the time will be spent on defining terms to prevent misunderstanding.

Just using the word “gravity” is not specific enough. I’d recommend to talk about “gravitational pull” or “force” for the general concept, the one that applies the same everywhere. Then there could be the gravitational acceleration near the surface of Earth (or Gee’s for short), which is subjective to the location of an object.

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