Forces in general are difficult to discuss in layman’s terms, and I don’t happen to have an advanced degree in general relativity.
The claim was made that gravity “...is no more detectable than God is and in no other way than God would be.”
This is nonsense. Whatever gravity is, it is detectable, measurable, quantifiable, consistent, predictable and all the other ables that make a phenomenon accessible to science.
Not so much.
...and I don’t happen to have an advanced degree in general relativity.
Just for kicks.....
Do have any kind of degree in ANY field of science?
For the record, say good by to Soliton.
I still challenge you to detect gravity in freefall.
Specifically you are in a space capsule with no windows. You are in freefall toward a large airless planet with the mass of Earth and you will impact on its surface in less than 24 hours. Said impact will be less than pleasant for you and your capsule. You have all kinds of instruments but nothing that will tell you anything about things outside your capsule.
How do you detect the gravity that is most certainly acting on your capsule, everything in it, including yourself? At what acceleration is said gravity acting on your capsule? How fast are you currently going and how fast will you be going when your head suddenly tries to occupy the same space as your feet?