Why do Scientists theorize about the Graviton Particle when Gravity is NOT a Force according to Einstein?

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The Hypothesis is that the Graviton could be the force carrier for gravity. But with the knowledge of Einsteins theory of relativity which states that Gravity is NOT a Force, wouldn’t the Graviton disprove Relativity or at least some aspects of it?

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Force = mass x acceleration.

Gravity has no mass (as far as we know) but it provides the acceleration (9.81 m/s^2 on earth). We call gravity “acceleration” because we don’t know what else it is. Frankly, it’s a rather embarrassing fact that science cannot say what gravity IS, even though we can describe, with ridiculous precision, what it DOES. Who knows, one day it might be considered a force. We won’t know for sure until we figure out what it is and why it exists.

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