Posted on 10/18/2004 12:27:05 PM PDT by roaddog727
Imagine the weight of a nagging suspicion that what held your world together, a constant and consistent presence you had come to understand and rely on, wasn't what it seemed. That's how scientists feel when they ponder gravity these days.
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"George W. Bush is responsible for the miserable failure of gravity anomalies. When John Kerry is president, gravity will be increased only on the top 2% of taxpayers. Gravity will be normalized again and obesity will vanish"
Speaking of gravy, has anyone seen Michael Moore on TV lately?
Oh wait.....this post is about gravITy.
Never mind.
Pull definitely has more conceptual problems than push. There's a third option: speed of light (SOL) gradients. It's a somewhat passive effect where light wavefronts curve towards regions of lower speed. Say the SOL depends on the density of "space", whatever that is. Light and other electromagnetic waves would be "attracted" to areas of greater density. With the right gradient, em waves could orbit around the more dense region.
Because of a supposed error in the position of the Pioneer spacecraft of less than .03% (3/100 per cent), they would throw out a theory that accurately predicts ALL other gravitational behavior?
Has it crossed their minds that it might be a little tough to measure the location of something that's several billion miles away?
Oh brother. I will keep my mouth shut. I will. I have been using the same tag line for months.
Gravity is not what it seems.
Bush did it.
No No No No No.
Perhaps gravity is simply a happenstance, a side effect of another phenomenon. Not a "force", and certianly not a "fundamental force". Perhaps G is neither universal nor constant. Perhaps the explanation is actually pretty straightforward.
Perhaps I'll be derided as a looney tune again, even though those doing the deriding never bothered to ask me what I meant.
it's 42...
Then again, I seem to remember reading something (an uncomfortable number of years ago) about "gravitons", that impart the force.
Heck, I don't know any more. I don't think anyone else does either :-)
The fools. Gravity isn't a problem, it is a necessity.
My favorite related saying is:
GRAVITY:
It's Not Just a Good Idea...
It's the LAW
You mean, "what would the moon weight on Lizzie".
LOL....perfect...i lobbed a softball hoping for a home run
nice swing !
That's a fair analogy. But consider that the reason the analogy works is that another agent (real Gravity) is pulling normal to the surface of the trampoline. Is it fair to have an analogy of gravity that is dependant on gravity to work?
I don't like to dwell on gravity for too long. It always brings me down.
Has Edwards promised to repeal the law of gravity yet?
Yep. It's neither.
regards,
I independent of Newton discovered Gravity.
This may seem like a bold claim but since I was only 5 years old and never heard of Sir Issac, I think I can firmly claim the right.
I was a tiny child. I secured a rope to a 5 gallon bucket and threw the rope over the top of the jungle gym. I was small enough to entirely sit in the bucket.
My improvised elevator was moved by arm power to the top of said jungle gym. My ascent was relatively slow compared the the speed of my descent.
I in my juvenile mind thought that since I went up slow that I would go down slow when I released the rope.
As I impacted I discovered gravity, the law of acceleration of a falling body and the law of the bloody nose in the same moment.
I completing my body of research in physics decided I did not want to further my studies in this area. I decided that the medical field and the repair of bloody noses suited me better.
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