That baseball sitting at the bottom of a curved blue surface is experiencing what physicists call a gravity well. Just like how massive objects bend spacetime, that blue fabric is bending under the ball's weight, creating a potential energy minimum. Exactly what Thanos is referencing—using one manifestation of gravity to explain another. Recursive physics humor at its finest. Next week's experiment: replace the baseball with a grad student's will to continue their dissertation.
The Gravity Of The Situation

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