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To: Dan Day
"Please explain how, exactly, you believe that the speed of propagation of light and/or gravity in any way relates to whether one would "bend" the other."

It's rather easy, actually. Objects emit more Gravitons the faster they travel. Thus, at speed, Light can be bent by Gravity. Likewise, when Light is slowed down, Gravity affects it less and less.

This was experimentally verified in the lab by the recent demonstrations wherein Light was reduced in speed to under 30 miles per hour. At that speed, Gravity no longer bent it appreciably. Yet speed it up to its natural rate and once again Gravity bends it.

Heck, you can see that Gravity bends Light by simply holding your thumb between your eye and a light source and looking at the edges, however, this phenomenon doesn't happen when Light is traveling at slower speeds because so few Gravitons are being emitted.

77 posted on 01/07/2003 11:53:26 PM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack; Dan Day
ROFL. Heck, you can see that Gravity bends Light by simply holding your thumb between your eye and a light source and looking at the edges, however, this phenomenon doesn't happen when Light is traveling at slower speeds because so few Gravitons are being emitted.

Ah, c'mon, Dan, no response to this? PLEASE PLEASE I enjoy reading your responses. And if ever there were a highly inflexible, NON-bended straight line, Southhack's given you one.

Now, some will say it's a cruel sport. It's too easy. It's like hunting elephant in a zoo. But I say: Go for it!
113 posted on 01/08/2003 11:25:23 AM PST by FreeTheHostages (making the popcorn)
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