(November 22, 2016 at 11:14 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Does emergent gravity imply gravity is not a force mediated by a messenger graviton, but merely a complex statistical phenomenon that cause other particles to behave in a collective way that we empirically describe with our theories of gravity?
Yes, in a sense though I think there still would be something like gravitons - it would probably at least imply that gravitons aren't fundamental particles but instead the quanta of something else. That's a good question to investigate in order to gain a better understanding of the whole thing.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition