Newton discovered gravity, but he still found it inconceivable that inanimate matter caused it:
“It is inconceivable, that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact;…” (Wilczek, 2008), p77.
How can the earth affect other matter without touching it? For example, its magnetic field affects compasses in a plane far above it and its gravity holds the moon in orbit from afar. A router can spread Wi-Fi waves to provide Internet for a whole house, so does matter do something similar?
According to quantum theory, matter has a quantum distribution around it that represents the probability it exists there, which this model attributes to the unstoppable spread of its processing. By Gauss’s law, a flux spreading over a sphere diminishes as the inverse square of its radius (Figure 5.8) (Note1), so if a processing flux is the same, it will also weaken as an inverse square. In effect, matter spreads its existence around itself in a way that weakens as gravity does.
The huge mass of the earth then has a huge distribution around it that imposes a processing gradient on the quantum field generated by the network of space. Essentially, it spreads its existence around itself to give the quantum network closer to earth more to do, which can affect local objects.
As established earlier (5.3.3), objects tremble more often where the quantum field around them is stronger, to move in that direction, so the earth’s distribution will have that effect. The earth’s gravity then comes from the quantum field gradient it imposes around it, which acts at a distance, reduces as an inverse square, and is unstoppable.
Classical objects are solid substances that exist in a fixed region but quantum objects spread their existence around themselves, and the earth does that on a massive scale. Classical objects also just sit there until pushed, but quantum objects constantly jiggle about based on the quantum field around them, so quantum theory lets the earth keep the moon in orbit without touching it, in a way that Newton’s theory can’t explain. The earth as dead matter doesn’t exist beyond its surface but as quantum matter, its effect is far beyond that. Objects then fall to earth because the quantum field around them biases their natural tremble that way.
Note that the quantum field proposed here isn’t the quantum fields of the standard model, which don’t explain gravity. They are particle fields, and quantum theory doesn’t support particles. Given that the strong, weak, and Higgs fields are unnecessary (4.5.3), this model aims to replace all the current fields of physics with one genuine quantum field.
Note 1. The flux transferred across a sphere surface reduces as the inverse square of its radius 1/r2. Newton’s law of gravity F = g.m1.m2/r2 with m1 and m2 masses and g constant is an inverse square flux law, as is Coulomb’s law F = k.q1.q2/r2 with charges q1 and q2 and k constant. Both laws come from Gauss’s flux law.