My Gravity Challenge

[tampasteve]

The American education system, and/or home schooling, has a lot to answer for.

Geeze; come on, I said I was open to changing my idea, to learning. Please educate me rather than ridicule me and my education.

 

[lesliedellow]

Geeze; come on, I said I was open to changing my idea, to learning. Please educate me rather than ridicule me and my education.

Gravity is a force which acts between any two massive objects. The strength of that force is proportional to the product of the two massives, and inversely proportional to the distance between them.

So, whilst it is true that you feel the force of Earth's gravity, it is also true that the Earth feels the force of your (extremely weak) gravity.

 

[AV1611VET]

I have never "seen gravity". Or do you mean "If you have never seen something fall down,...?"

Seen gravity.

 

[AV1611VET]

I´d never have guessed that things fall down until I was taught the theory of gravity.

Did they teach you what it looks like?

 

[Chesterton]

My Gravity Challenge

Oh AV please don't challenge gravity. Gravity will win and you'll hurt your self.

 

[AV1611VET]

If you've never seen electroweak interaction before, how do you know it exists?

By observing its effects and/or its byproducts.

 

[davedajobauk]

Gravity, is 'duplicitous'
it is mimicking The Law of Attraction

 

[AV1611VET]

Oh AV please don't challenge gravity. Gravity will win and you'll hurt your self.

Too late for that, my friend!

 

[Dave RP]

Did they teach you what it looks like?

I guess you're just having a bit of fun, but of course no one can "SEE" gravity, they can see the EFFECT of gravity, or feel it if they wish to, you cannot see heat or cold but you can see the effect of heat or cold.

 

[tampasteve]

Gravity is a force which acts between any two massive objects. The strength of that force is proportional to the product of the two massives, and inversely proportional to the distance between them.

So, whilst it is true that you feel the force of Earth's gravity, it is also true that the Earth feels the force of your (extremely weak) gravity.

Correct, I fail to see how my example differs in any great measure. My example of Earth pulling on a cosmic fabric could be extrapolated to a human also having a similar, if minor, affect. I am quite aware that a planet, or any object, does not "sit" on a some sort of dark matter blanket as the force of gravity extends to all sides at the same time. My "falling" statement is also meant as a common speech example to make it easier to understand. Perhaps my example is not a good one, but I also do not think that it is worthy of outright ridicule.

 

[AV1611VET]

I guess you're just having a bit of fun, but of course no one can "SEE" gravity, they can see the EFFECT of gravity, or feel it if they wish to, you cannot see heat or cold but you can see the effect of heat or cold.

Can you tell if a person lived or not by the same way?

 

[davedajobauk]

Let us wish, for you to avoid difficulty ~escaping Gravity Well


The denser you are
the more inevitably-inclined you are, to SHARE / ACCRETE Mass

 

[greenguzzi]

OK, I am open to changing my idea on it, but would you mind explaining how it is "rubbish"?


The force is increasing with proximity. If it were decreasing with proximity/closeness to an object of weight then we would never be able to escape a gravity well of a planet....but once we get further away the gravity from said object lessens.

Yes. That's what I meant. But I munted it. No excuse. What you said is right.

 

[Jimmy D]

If you've never seen gravity before, how do you know it exists?

I've seen it, and it definitely exists, I preferred Interstellar though to be honest, not really a big fan of Sandra Bullock.

 

[Dave RP]

Can you tell if a person lived or not by the same way?

Do you mean can you tell if a person lived by the effect they had, I would say yes. If you KNOW a person (for example) built a house, there were witnesses and that house was there, and they said "I saw Dave build that house" and the witness statements were unbiased and verifiable then you would have to conclude that Dave existed.

 

[greenguzzi]

I've seen it, and it definitely exists, I preferred Interstellar though to be honest, not really a big fan of Sandra Bullock.

I do agree, Interstellar is much better. But please don't write off Sandra Bullock's performance in Gravity, she carried that movie! (Well, she carried it second to the SFX.)

 

[greenguzzi]

Do you mean can you tell if a person lived by the effect they had, I would say yes. If you KNOW a person (for example) built a house, there were witnesses and that house was there, and they said "I saw Dave build that house" and the witness statements were unbiased and verifiable then you would have to conclude that Dave existed.

No, man! Dave was just a figment of your imagination, man!

 

[tampasteve]

I do agree, Interstellar is much better. But please don't write off Sandra Bullock's performance in Gravity, she carried that movie! (Well, she carried it second to the SFX.)

I totally agree with this, I watched most of Interstellar again last night, as a matter of fact.

 

[Jimmy D]

I do agree, Interstellar is much better. But please don't write off Sandra Bullock's performance in Gravity, she carried that movie! (Well, she carried it second to the SFX.)

Yeah, she was pretty good in it. I regret not seeing them on the big screen rather than on TV.

 

[greenguzzi]

Yeah, she was pretty good in it. I regret not seeing them on the big screen rather than on TV.

Oh my, you missed out big time. There are not too many movies that deserve the big screen.
2001 is one (I saw it at the London premier). Gravity is another.