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It seems to me the best theory available for the origins of inertia is that inertia arises as a radiation bath caused by the interaction of matter with virtual particle pairs an accelerating frame. It makes sense to me that gravity arises from the same affect, I am implying that gravity and inertia are not only related but virtually the same thing (pun implied) if it is true, that would leave us a number of ways to modify the forces that cause gravity and inertia.If we could create a field that suppresses virtual particle pair production, and inertia arises from its interaction with this field, what with the physics be like within the space where ownership is suppressed?

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Hi Todd, and welcome to Physics Stack Exchange! This question runs afoul of the prohibition on fictional physics in our FAQ. We can't suppress virtual particle production, so asking what would happen if we could is not something that can be answered by physics. – David Zaslavsky♦ Jan 24 '12 at 2:52
@DavidZaslavsky There are situations where virtual particle distributions can be changed, in the Casimir effect, as the questioner has pointed out in a new question: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect . On the other hand I am agnostic on his statement "gravity and inertia are not only related but virtually the same thing" sounds like a long shot. Maybe it should be opened for debate. – anna v Jan 24 '12 at 8:24
Yeah, but the Casimir effect doesn't allow us to suppress virtual particle production however we want, wherever we want, which is what I understood the point of this question to be. Such a thing would need to be much more explicitly specified. In any case, it's pretty close to being a duplicate of Todd's other two questions. – David Zaslavsky♦ Jan 24 '12 at 10:04

closed as off topic by David Zaslavsky♦ Jan 24 '12 at 2:49

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