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Quote from: DuckDodgers on June 05, 2013, 10:54:27 AM

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

Quote from: DuckDodgers on June 05, 2013, 10:54:27 AM

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

Quote from: Rama Set on June 05, 2013, 11:08:25 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on June 05, 2013, 11:00:25 AM

Quote from: DuckDodgers on June 05, 2013, 10:54:27 AM

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

How do non-metallic objects fall in a vacuum then?

Same way as any object would. There's no matter to arrest the fall.

Quote from: icanbeanything on June 05, 2013, 11:13:03 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on June 05, 2013, 11:00:25 AM

Quote from: DuckDodgers on June 05, 2013, 10:54:27 AM

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

Yeah, but air pressure has a buoyant effect (lift), not a "push you down" effect.

Also, gravity is weaker if you go higher up, it should be stronger if it was a magnetic repelling force from above.
You could, however, imagine it like a magnetic attraction force from below, in that way it gets weaker as you move higher.

What do you mean air pressure has lift?

How can gravity be weaker as you go up when your body feels more tired.

Quote from: icanbeanything on June 05, 2013, 11:13:03 AM

Quote from: sceptimatic on June 05, 2013, 11:00:25 AM

Quote from: DuckDodgers on June 05, 2013, 10:54:27 AM

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

Yeah, but air pressure has a buoyant effect (lift), not a "push you down" effect.

Also, gravity is weaker if you go higher up, it should be stronger if it was a magnetic repelling force from above.
You could, however, imagine it like a magnetic attraction force from below, in that way it gets weaker as you move higher.

What do you mean air pressure has lift?

How can gravity be weaker as you go up when your body feels more tired.

I thought about this then discarded it when I realised I was knackered just walking up 3 flights of stairs.

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

How do non-metallic objects fall in a vacuum then?

Same way as any object would. There's no matter to arrest the fall.

There is also no air pressure.

And?
We are talking about on earth here you know.

How is magnetic gravity able to act on non reactive objects like plastics and carbon and such?

It doesn't...that's where simple air pressure comes in.

A balloon doesn't float.

Quote from: icanbeanything on June 05, 2013, 11:38:18 AM

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A balloon doesn't float.

Funny, I filled one with helium the other day and it floated away.

That's nice but I'm not talking about helium.

For all you genuine viewers out there, can you see how these people immediately go into defensive mode when a simple "hypothesis" is made.
They go straight into conspiracy debunk mode. 

For all you genuine viewers out there, can you see how these people immediately go into defensive mode when a simple "hypothesis" is made.
They go straight into conspiracy debunk mode. 

Quote from: icanbeanything on June 05, 2013, 11:51:07 AM

Fine. If you don't want to discuss, it's the same to me, but why do you post then?

Because there is more than just you and Rama, who will immediately discard it.
I'd rather people asked the questions about the OP or even try and put some input into the feasibility of it, instead of an attempt to immediately debunk for the sake of it.

I'd rather people asked the questions about the OP or even try and put some input into the feasibility of it, instead of an attempt to immediately debunk for the sake of it.

Quote from: darknavyseal on June 05, 2013, 01:34:36 PM

Guys, bear with me. This may seem controversial, but treat this like a hypothesis.

I was playing basketball the other day, and only 1 out of 10 shots of mine went in. This got me thinking. I noticed that my shot percentage went lower the longer I played, and it became increasingly difficult to run up and down the court, as well as to actually shoot the basketball. Jumping was more difficult too. Could gravity increase while one is playing sports? It seems so.

I noticed that the super athletic guy never seemed to tire, so, I logically concluded that if one plays basketball a lot, gravity realizes you are determined to play the sport, and it doesn't increase for you as quickly. I propose that "gravity" is a live, animate being, and pulls people down with his wispy aether arms.

Also, this super athletic guy made at least 6 out of 10 shots that he tried to make. It seems that gravity is also more favorable to those who practice, and uses his aether arms to guide the ball in the hoop.

Oh, btw, gravity got mad with me and twisted my ankle. Damn you, gravity.

You didn't read the OP did you. 

Quote from: sokarul on June 05, 2013, 03:28:37 PM

Quote from: sceptimatic on June 05, 2013, 03:18:43 PM

Quote from: darknavyseal on June 05, 2013, 01:34:36 PM

Guys, bear with me. This may seem controversial, but treat this like a hypothesis.

I was playing basketball the other day, and only 1 out of 10 shots of mine went in. This got me thinking. I noticed that my shot percentage went lower the longer I played, and it became increasingly difficult to run up and down the court, as well as to actually shoot the basketball. Jumping was more difficult too. Could gravity increase while one is playing sports? It seems so.

I noticed that the super athletic guy never seemed to tire, so, I logically concluded that if one plays basketball a lot, gravity realizes you are determined to play the sport, and it doesn't increase for you as quickly. I propose that "gravity" is a live, animate being, and pulls people down with his wispy aether arms.

Also, this super athletic guy made at least 6 out of 10 shots that he tried to make. It seems that gravity is also more favorable to those who practice, and uses his aether arms to guide the ball in the hoop.

Oh, btw, gravity got mad with me and twisted my ankle. Damn you, gravity.

You didn't read the OP did you. 

He is just showing how flawed your argument is. You know, the flaws that made you delete all your posts last time you asked why people got tired climbing mountains.

Your hypothesis is terrible. As they pointed out, metallic objects should fall at a different rate than non metallic objects. Not to mention some metals are attracted to magnets and some are repelled. Also for non metallic materials in your theory surface area, aerodynamics, and mass would all effect the rate at with the object falls.

You also didn't read the OP.

Quote from: Rama Set on June 05, 2013, 11:19:44 AM

You could also feel more tired because of the cumulative effort to climb so high, or because of there being less oxygen.

I thought about this then discarded it when I realised I was knackered just walking up 3 flights of stairs. 

Quote from: sceptimatic on June 05, 2013, 11:22:32 AM

Quote from: Rama Set on June 05, 2013, 11:19:44 AM

You could also feel more tired because of the cumulative effort to climb so high, or because of there being less oxygen.

I thought about this then discarded it when I realised I was knackered just walking up 3 flights of stairs. 

Because you're out of shape!  It's called muscle fatigue.

Go to a gym, get a barbell with some weights, and do several repetitions of lifting it.  What happens?  It feels heavier the more you do. 

Hmmm, is gravity suddenly deciding to concentrate its force on those weights, or are your muscles getting tired?

Quote from: darknavyseal on June 05, 2013, 09:23:30 PM

Quote from: 29silhouette on June 05, 2013, 09:16:16 PM

Quote from: sceptimatic on June 05, 2013, 11:22:32 AM

Quote from: Rama Set on June 05, 2013, 11:19:44 AM

You could also feel more tired because of the cumulative effort to climb so high, or because of there being less oxygen.

I thought about this then discarded it when I realised I was knackered just walking up 3 flights of stairs. 

Because you're out of shape!  It's called muscle fatigue.

Go to a gym, get a barbell with some weights, and do several repetitions of lifting it.  What happens?  It feels heavier the more you do. 

Hmmm, is gravity suddenly deciding to concentrate its force on those weights, or are your muscles getting tired?

As I stated in my Nobel Prize worthy hypothesis, gravity decides to help those who practice, or who are determined. However, if you over strain yourself, gravity might injure you because he doesn't want you to get too strong.

That's because gravity doesn't like hubris, do you know who else doesn't like hubris? That's right... Jesus. My theory is that gravity is the ghost of Jesus.

Quote from: Scintific Method on June 05, 2013, 06:03:51 PM

Here's one you could try yourself scepti:

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Coins being metallic could be effected by your idea of gravity, but the feathers are not magnetic, and there is no air in the tube (when it is evacuated) to apply any kind of pressure to them , so what makes them fall at the same speed as the coins?

Setting this experiment up for yourself would be fairly easy. You would need a strong piece of clear plastic tube, one solid plug, one plug with a good valve in it, and (possibly the hardest piece to get) a vacuum pump.

This isn't about a vacuum.