Reverting to previous edition I am reverting this page to my previous edition for the following reasons That which is being presented as the strong equivalence principle is in fact the general principle of relativity Indeed it has not been refuted but it is not the equivalence principle The point of the equivalence principle is that you are in an accelerated frame of reference when you are standing on the surface of the Earth That has been lost Also I included the following as a comment at the beginning of my source of this page PLEASE PLEASE do not edit without first discussing changes on the discussion page I meant that I know that the changes are sincere and well meaning but unless you have taken graduate level GR courses and I have then you should not be editting this page I will soon add in a Misconceptions section which will include use of the General Principle of Relativity as one of those misconceptions