The Science of “Romantic Gravity”

How Gravitational Laws Affect Your Love Life

Shawn Forno
The Bigger Picture

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I’m in a new relationship for the first time in a few years, and it’s going really well. And like most people that find themselves in an exciting new romantic tryst, I’ve been thinking about gravity a lot.

Yup, you read that right—gravity—one of the four basic universal forces that distorts time, bends light, and shapes the very fabric of the reality itself. I know it’s nerdy, but I can’t help but wonder: If gravity influences all the matter in the universe, what affect does it have on my romantic relationships?

Like I said, I’ve been single for a while.

photo credit: Thanks NASA!

Gravity Defined

Gravity is insanely hard to understand. No one understands it—not really. Ok, like 35 people on the planet get it, but they could be proven wrong tomorrow. General relativity is weird man…

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But I’ve never been one to let complete ignorance of a topic stop me from writing about…

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Shawn Forno
The Bigger Picture

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