(M.H)The fallacies of gravity

Spaceman_Spiff · #**201** 13th June 2006, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by DJ_Ghost

Was the documentary “Alien worlds” by the BBC by any chance?

If so they made 3 all together and I’ve got 2 of them on tape (sadly I forgot to set the vide for the 3rd one). So if I can dig out the tape I can find out the name of at least 2 of the 3 imaginary planets they designed.

Fascinating stuff. In one of them they included an aquatic hive mind like thing that was rather reminiscent of a terrestrial Gretch/Dictiostelium.

Ghost

possibly she means Alien Planet from the discovery network.

A fun "What if" Scenario if we found life on another planet. The fictional planet was named Darwin IV.

bisqwick · #**202** 13th June 2006, 01:25 PM

The bird and airplane thing for one... silly! They don't defy gravity at all, they just work with it. The gravity is relative, and as you know is not strong enough to suck you against the earth begging for mercy, as much as some might like to see.

Instead it is strong enough to pull you down if you try to escape it's hold by jumping. The way your legs have the power to propel you momentarily in the air, doesn't mean you should get a big fat head and think that you are Breakin' tha Rulez. Woohooo!

A bird works as well with the dynamics of physics as well. Gravity isn't the only force. Heat causes evaporation and heat, and water rises to the coulds. Air blows all around us and yes it is composed of matter. Well, matter of any kind provides resistance, especially that which is rising against what is falling. Naturally, as you, or a bird or any other thing that is falling towards the earth pummels downward, you will be feeling the resistance. Your hair will be flying wildly in the wind. This my friend is resistance of air and matter. Gravity puls down wind blows up, or at least floats around because of temperatures, and viola! You have a conflict.

If you like a bird had bigger wings, or the ability to flap them in a sophisticated manner, or like a plane had a propulsion system to move you along, you would have means to fight eht pull of gravity. But you, humble human were born a creature of the ground, and not the air. You must work with what you got.

Don't think however that because you don't have wings, or a propulsion system that to fly is some king of crazy voodoo, or suspension of the rules. That's what the authorities at one time thought about boats floating on water. They thought it was divine intervention. Well, hope it doesn't mess with your theory.... well, actually, if it does, then I do, but it is simple dynamics.

Life is more complex than one simple force. You have to take them all into account, or at least be willing to ask.

DJ_Ghost · #**203** 13th June 2006, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Spaceman_Spiff

possibly she means Alien Planet from the discovery network.

A fun "What if" Scenario if we found life on another planet. The fictional planet was named Darwin IV.

Looks like the same basic idea as the one I was thinking of, but a diferent programme.

As I say the one I'm thinking of they did 3 worlds, I can't recall teh name of any of them.

Ghost

Edit;- Found episode 1, the planet in that one was Aurelia. Still looking for episode 2.

Patzak · #**204** 13th June 2006, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Spaceman_Spiff

possibly she means Alien Planet from the discovery network.

A fun "What if" Scenario if we found life on another planet. The fictional planet was named Darwin IV.

There's also National Geographic's "Extraterrestrial" with two constructed worlds (Aurelia and the Blue Moon). Though I found the Alien Planet more enjoyable.

@DJ_Ghost
You might be thinking about a different BBC series that presented a possible course evolution might take on Earth? I can't remember the name of the series but it presented three different epochs (1 million, 50 million and 200 million years in the future).

Freodin · #**205** 13th June 2006, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Patzak

@DJ_Ghost
You might be thinking about a different BBC series that presented a possible course evolution might take on Earth? I can't remember the name of the series but it presented three different epochs (1 million, 50 million and 200 million years in the future).

"The future is wild".... at least that was the title on german TV.

DJ_Ghost · #**206** 13th June 2006, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by Patzak

@DJ_Ghost
You might be thinking about a different BBC series that presented a possible course evolution might take on Earth? I can't remember the name of the series but it presented three different epochs (1 million, 50 million and 200 million years in the future).

No I wasn't thinking of that one, I have that one on another tape.

The one I was thinking of is the one on the tape I've just found. It was called "Alien World" as I thought, although since I’ve missed the first few minutes off the tape I can’t be sure if it was BBC or one of the independent terrestrial UK channels.

I Know it was terrestrial because I watched it in the bed room and I don’t have the digital box set up for the bedroom TV. Hence it must have been on BBC 1, BBC 2, Tyne Tees, Channel four or Channel 5.

The first episode was about a world called Aurelia as I mentioned in my edit. Interestingly I notice the national Geographic one you mentioned was also called Aurelia so I suspect that may be the same programme. Doers it orbit a red dwarf star and have a forest of strange giant mushroom looking things that are actually animals not plants, and some little mud skipper like things that hide under ground during the solar flares?

Ghost