The equivalence principle as fluid kinematics
RSI explains why all objects fall at the same rate: gravity is the acceleration of the medium itself, which carries every matter-knot equally.
The Equivalence Principle is the observed fact that all objects fall at the same rate in a gravitational field, whatever their mass. Standard physics treats it as the equality of inertial and gravitational mass, and General Relativity explains it as objects following curved spacetime. RSI holds that it is the necessary result of a continuous fluid medium.
In RSI, the 9.8 m/s² acceleration we measure is the acceleration of the background fluid itself, flowing into Earth's pressure sink. A leaf and a heavy raft dropped in a river move at the same speed, because the current carries them. Matter is made of the Eternal Consonance, so every proton-knot, in a feather or a lead sphere, rides the same streamline. More knots do not fall faster.
A falling object therefore feels no force. Weight is felt only when the ground blocks an object from riding the accelerating current.
From the paper: Chapter V, The Equivalence Principle: The Kinematics of the Fluid Frame. Read the full section
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