Why is gravity still described as a “force” when Einstein described it as the curvature of spacetime?

Question

Gravity- it’s known as the “weakest fundamental force”, but we know the “attraction” is really just objects falling along the curvature of space toward a more massive object. I don’t understand how this explanation of gravity relates to the other fundamental forces.

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Answer 1

Easy, local observation, you can’t distinguish the two, so it is. This is why Quantum Physics breaks Standard Physics as well. At Human size level of observation things act one way, at Atomic size they act another and at Planetary/Galactic size, yet another.