Re: What is Gravity? Why/How does it work?

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From: Cletus Awreetus Awrightus
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:21

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On Sep 13, 2:59 pm, sdr <sdrodr...@sdrodrian.com> wrote:

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>
> Consider: In an elevator in perfect "free-fall" there
> is no "effect of gravity." If you are inside it and
> drop Newton's apple it will simply "float" in place.
> You need to add 1) an acceleration to the "speed" at
> which something falls, vs/and 2) a "floor" not moving
> away from Newton's apple with a matching speed:
>
> Think of the earth's ground (in the latter case, or #2
> above): The relatively uncollapsing "framework" of the
> earth's matter keeps it from going into any sort of
> "free-fall" (observable by us)... unlike what happens
> to an actual black hole star's "ground." Therefore the
> falling Newton's apple can only accelerate until it
> hits the earth's surface. Why should it/does it
> accelerate at all?
>
>   The reason for this acceleration is that the
>   "shrinking" universe is "an energy-conservation
>   engine." [In "shrinking" the universe is forever
>   hopelessly forced to observe the conservation of
>   angular momentum law--Yes, the same effect one
>   sees when a spinning skater pulls in his arms.]
>

Balderdash! There is no such thing as gravity, nor any "shrinking
universe". There is but one logical explanation for the action of
Newton's fabled apple. And that sir, is that the Earth sucks! ;)

--
Dystopian USA
http://dystopianusa.blogspot.com/
Ruminations On A Nation In Decline

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