General relativity is often illustrated as a stretched fabric with objects “bending” it. This is visually effective but ontologically misleading. Space is not a material sheet, and gravity is not a force pushing objects along slopes. Curvature is a description of relational constraints between events, not a physical deformation. To think of it as a bend reinforces Newtonian intuition and obscures the subtle relational geometry that defines the movement of matter and light.
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