Nature can't pull

I think you are correct, to some extent here. I completely understand your concept here, However my counter claim here is to debunk your standing as well, so from there we can build to a new, shared perspective perhaps. With regards to the pushing and pulling notion you have raised - This is the part I agree with you. The result that we call 'pulling' is purely subjective - If you were on the opposite side of the object or mass, it would seem more of a 'pushing' motion. The standing I am debunking now is that if that is the case, then pushing is purely subjective too. To the object being pushed, it would most certainly feel like you are instead being 'pulled' in one direction at least - which creates the "illusion". However this is more of a play on words than the actual outcome that we are both able to witness. Our language has signified these results as either "pushing" or "pulling", which is subjective to the viewer (The speaker being the Viewer, this make logical sense for the word to be subjective as well). If we were to have created a word for "Forces resulting from one object or mass, causing a displacement of a second object or mass", then this discussion would not even be occurring - We would both accept that there are forces exerting upon the others, and that our language has made perfect descriptive sense. Now if we were to look at this objectively, and to take the veil of specific language away, then it is much easier to explain the causes and effects that are constantly occurring around us. The Earth that we currently inhabit is spinning - It is a massive mass of molten rock, minerals and a core. The high movement mixed with a combination of mass and spin cause the effect that we have named Gravity to be increased exponentially. Gravity affects all objects that surround the 'generator' of the gravity, which is why we have perceived notion that the objects are 'pulled' towards the object. Of course this is subjective, as while the object is being 'pulled' it is still exerting its own gravity - sort of like a tug of war; Every mass that exists possesses and controls its own gravitational field - the only problem is that for us, as humans - our gravitational fields are immediately and severely hampered by our parent gravity field - the Earth - so that causes us to forget that this occurs. The subject you raise regarding Aether and the Dark energy link you have provided as evidence is doing quite a poor job unfortunately, In the site provided, there are no claims that Dark matter is real, unless you were to believe that dark matter was real to begin with - Which is a Logical Fallacy. (i. e. Dark matter is everywhere, because Dark matter must be everywhere that we cannot currently see yet - as that is how dark matter works). The site also lowers their standing in my opinion when they claim that the universe is currently accelerating in its' expansion. Our current technologies have determined that the speed of light is the fastest speed perceivable by us - Please show me how and where they have been able to determine this faster force? The final point I will raise about the site is that even at the end, the percentages provided of dark matter, it is all what I like to call "Guess-timation" - or "I don't Really know, but it should maybe be in this ball park. .. . probably". Are you able to go over your source material regarding dark matter, as the search I have done has not shown me much valid or logically acceptable answers. However I would like to know more about it, so any good site you know, please share with me. In Summary, I have shown that both sides of the debate have in fact been led on a merry goose chase due to language barriers, and that either a pushing or a pulling motion, is in fact subjective - We have no word for the result that exerted force creates on another object. I have shown that the source provided by my opponent appears to be unworthy of consideration, due to the lack of factual information - It appears more to be a blog upon personal beliefs than a site which proves anything. I await the response of my opponent on this one, to see where this debate leads too - However I am greatly enjoying this learning experience - It has already opened my perspective on the matter.