Le_Forgeron wrote:
> What if, instead, it was just the universe which was repelling, and the
> "mass" of the other object was in fact a shield against that repulsion.

Already considered and tested. You would weigh less on the "back" of the 
earth than the "front" because the earth was blocking repulsion particles 
that are assumedly not moving along with the earth in its orbit.

Also, the "everything is expanding, so if you jump you don't fall but rather 
the earth and your feet expand towards each other" theory can be trivially 
disproven as well.

> Hence there is no graviton to find for the "fifth" force.
> It's just made up from the known ones (the 4 united...)

I'm pretty sure gravity is one of four, not five. :-)

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