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originally posted by: PBL666
The earth is flat like a record, and the other side is a 45 min drum solo... I know this because I read it on the internet, and therefor its fact...
originally posted by: Nothin
originally posted by: PBL666
The earth is flat like a record, and the other side is a 45 min drum solo... I know this because I read it on the internet, and therefor its fact...
Wasn't that interpreted into a rock-opera by The Rat Flounds ?
Or was it the Sphlat Feres ?
Slat Fpheres ?
Remember those guys ?
There was Charlie Pancake, Johnny Snowglobe, and... What was the name of the drummer ?
Good times...
Good times...
originally posted by: cooperton
Trust me i'm not an enemy. I am also looking for empirical truth that makes a more cohesive picture of the world we live in. Scientific investigation should be fun, otherwise it will begin to drain you. I have actually found another way to calculate gravity's 9.8m/s^2 acceleration from empirical well-known measurements and without the use of the gravitational constant. The units match and everything. message me if you're interested.
originally posted by: OneBigMonkeyToo
a reply to: turbonium1
Why is the 'mass of air' greater at ground level than at altitude?
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: cooperton
Trust me i'm not an enemy. I am also looking for empirical truth that makes a more cohesive picture of the world we live in. Scientific investigation should be fun, otherwise it will begin to drain you. I have actually found another way to calculate gravity's 9.8m/s^2 acceleration from empirical well-known measurements and without the use of the gravitational constant. The units match and everything. message me if you're interested.
I don't consider you an enemy, don't worry about that. I'm glad you are also interested in the truth, as well.
However, claiming the constant indicates 'gravity', or ANY other 'force' is involved, is mistaken, and based on faulty assumptions that there IS such a force, without ANY proof for its existence.
The fact that objects all fall at the same speed has nothing to do with some supposed 'force', within Earth. They simply find that objects fall at a constant speed, and falsely attribute it to their magical, non-existent force, called 'gravity'.
A constant rate of fall, or acceleration, is the OPPOSITE of how forces really work. As I told you earlier, forces are NOT constant, they always vary. The SOURCE of any force is the reason they vary. Forces are stronger, have more influence, when closer to their original sources. They are weaker, when further away from their sources. It is not an exact correlation, of course, but in general, it is always the case.
A magnet draws, or repels, metallic objects, as we know. The source is the magnet itself, of course. So when the metallic object is closer to the magnet, it is stronger, and pulls the object towards the magnet. At a distance, the magnet does not pull the object in, or less than at close range.
For 'gravity', the source is claimed to be within Earth itself, and 'pulls' objects down to Earth's surface, like a giant 'magnet' pulling everything to it. They claim that all objects are being 'held down' to Earth's surface, by that giant magnet within Earth, and any objects above the surface, are 'pulled down' to Earth, by the same giant magnet, too.
The problem is - if it WAS like a giant magnet, it would ACT the same way, but it obviously does NOT.
Objects higher above Earth would feel less 'pull' from a force within Earth, than objects closer to Earth would feel, because the source is claimed to be within Earth itself. That shows there is NO force within Earth 'pulling down' objects from above the surface, right there.
Another feature of real forces is that they RESIST opposing forces. Like when you pull away a metallic object from a magnet - there is RESISTANCE from the magnet, to the opposing force you provide for the object.
But when a bird or insect flies above Earth's surface, there is NO resistance from a force within Earth, at all. Birds and insects fly freely, without any resistance from a force, trying to 'pull them down' to Earth.
They try to excuse this, of course, saying that birds and insects must 'overcome gravity's pull' in order to fly. If that was the case, then birds and insects would have to RESIST a force, to start with, like when we pull away a metallic object from a magnet. But they fly freely, from the start, without any resistance from an opposing force 'pulling down' on them.
The reason birds and insects can fly above Earth, without resistance, is the fact they have little mass, and wings, to propel them into air. When they stop flapping their wings, within air, their mass brings them down to Earth again, because AIR is lighter than they are. Objects are NOT 'pulled down' to Earth by some magical force. Their mass is greater than the mass of air, so they fall through air.
'Gravity' is a complete fantasy, solely invented to support another fantasy - that the Earth is a ball, flying through endless 'space'. One lie to support another lie, to support another lie, and so on. If you simply look at the FIRST lie, everything else falls apart.
originally posted by: OneBigMonkeyToo
Still not willing to step off that building then? I can predict when you'll hit the ground.
Step off a building. The ground awaits your denial.
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: OneBigMonkeyToo
Reminds me of the track "Stargazer" by Rainbow off the classic 1976 album "Rainbow Rising".
I seem to recall that did not work out too well for a certain gravity denying "wizard".
originally posted by: dragonridr
Oh and elementary kids perform feather drops in vacuume at science fairs all the time.