THE VIDEO SHELF · general relativity
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gravity
Veritasium explains, with expert input, that in general relativity gravity is not a force and objects follow straight paths through curved spacetime, including why standing on the ground means you are accelerating.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN links it as a go-to intuitive explanation whenever gravity as spacetime curvature or free fall comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Veritasium
- Topic
- general relativity
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 13
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I think he is easily one of the smartest people on YouTube and is producing some of the very best videos. He is also a brilliant educator. For examples, his videos on special [1] and general relativity [2] were real eye-openers for me, even though …
fsh on Hacker News · 2022-03
In We're building computers wrong [video]When you are at rest on the surface of the earth, you’re actually accelerating. I barely understand it but veritasium explains it in the newest vid [VIDEO]
doomrobo on Hacker News · 2020-10
In Gravity is not a force – free-fall parabolas are straight lines in spacetimeOriginal page kinda doesn’t explain the idea in simple terms. This Veritasium video gives detailed “popsci” explanation: [VIDEO]
vl on Hacker News · 2020-10
In Gravity is not a force – free-fall parabolas are straight lines in spacetime
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