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To: Right Wing Assault; A. Pole
Right. Heavier things fall faster.

You're kidding, right?

104 posted on 11/23/2005 7:33:06 PM PST by phantomworker (A new day! Begin it serenely; with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense!)
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To: phantomworker
Right. Heavier things fall faster.

You're kidding, right?

Yes and no. When Aristolte developed concepts of matter, energy, form, space etc he was approaching things from very different perspective. He meant subtly different things that Newton or Einstein meant by same words. Actually these words themselves often were badly translated from Greek into late Latin.

And he was the giant on whose shoulders later scientists stood. And in many disciplines!

110 posted on 11/23/2005 7:38:21 PM PST by A. Pole (Marcus Lucanus: "Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves.")
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To: phantomworker

OK, I missed your post #77. Except for air resistance (which is very minor) they both fall at the same rate. (Grade school physics experiment. Drop a penny and a ball from the roof of the school.)


111 posted on 11/23/2005 7:39:41 PM PST by phantomworker (A new day! Begin it serenely; with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense!)
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To: phantomworker

OK, I missed your post #77. Except for air resistance (which is very minor) they both fall at the same rate. (Grade school physics experiment. Drop a penny and a ball from the roof of the school.)


112 posted on 11/23/2005 7:39:49 PM PST by phantomworker (A new day! Begin it serenely; with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense!)
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To: phantomworker
You're kidding, right?

Yes and no. (Actually, I was just saying what Aristotle said many years ago. Of course, he was not completely correct.)

You have to read ALL of my posts on this thread and those of "A. Pole". The correct answer is that heavier things can fall at greater, lesser, or the same rate as light objects, depending upon the situation. One way is by varying the upward force exerted by air as each object falls.

124 posted on 11/23/2005 7:46:00 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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