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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 26, 2010, 07:28:04 PM »

Bah, I'm done posting any new threads on here. All it ever does is escalate into a battle between intellectuals who 'know' they're right. Okay, there's nothing more to argue, my questions were answered. I was curious; even if you don't believe in this theory doesn't mean you have to be a dick about it. That's like being a dick to someone for their religion, or lack thereof...

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 25, 2010, 05:11:31 PM »

It isn't just my eighth-grade education. I used to be a physics nerd. And besides, what Wilmore posted was very easily understandable. Now, I finally understand the whole 'acceleration' thing. Before, for some ludicrous reason, I thought the theory was that only WHEN an object raised would the Earth accelerate. Now, it's gotten into my thick skull that the Earth is, under FE Theory, ALWAYS accelerating upwards. Hmmm...now I have another question. Does that mean that the entirety of the universe is also accelerating? Or is collision with other celestial bodies imminent in the future?

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 24, 2010, 05:41:10 PM »

Nah, I understood most of what Wilmore had posted with the summary. Hmmmm, so gravity and gravitation are virtually indistinguishable to the common man, then? So Plebb, is there any simple experiment one could use to quickly distinguish the two (IE: not staying local)?

Slightly off-topic: Now I want to get a big box and drop it into a bottomless pit so I can experience a zero-g-esque experience.

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 23, 2010, 06:06:42 PM »

Thanks; could you summarize that, please? After all, I'm only in eighth grade and so don't fully understand what that entire thing meant. So could you put it in easier-to-understand words?

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 23, 2010, 05:49:48 PM »

So, Parsec, what is it that you have come here to contribute with? Any other insightful bits of info so I can further understand this whole theory?

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 23, 2010, 05:12:41 PM »

Well, if you're standing on a board, and then a spring underneath it moves upward whilst you stand on it, you will be propelled upward. So, as the Earth is propelled toward an anvil I drop to the ground, and when it suddenly stops, what forces are at work keeping me, and every other free object, from not flying up like it's on a giant springboard? I'm assuming I'm misunderstood in how the whole FE gravitation (as Too Fast called it) works, then? Or is there another part of the theory addressing that?

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Lack of Gravity

« on: February 23, 2010, 05:06:34 PM »

First off, is your name SUPPOSED to contain STFU in it, albeit a bit jumbled? Secondly, what about the whole 'object in motion stays in motion' thing? What would the argument be, then, for people not being launched into the air while other people fell?

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Flat Earth Q&A / Lack of Gravity

« on: February 23, 2010, 04:46:44 PM »

Alright, now, just to start us off, I'm sorry if my name offends. I, uh, I wanted a quick name for this, so I mean in no way to offend anybody...so I just don't want you thinking I'm another troll or something. But, uh, yeah...so, am I right in saying that FE theory states that the Earth propels toward you, instead of you falling, as there is no gravity? Well, does that mean that inertia is not a problem? If I dropped a bouncing object from, say, fifty feet, and it kept on bouncing, and there WAS inertia, would I not be thrown upward? Or is the fact that there is no gravity the reason for me not being thrown upward? Also, when I 'propel' myself upward via jumping, am I not moving MYSELF up, but the entire weight of the Earth down? And why does the Earth always go up at the right time? Lastly, I read somewhere on here someone's argument. He said, basically, that some evidence for the Earth moving, not you, would be freefalling. After all, when you're in freefall, you don't feel motion; the Earth appears to come towards you, so why isn't it? But from what I've observed, you DO probably feel motion as you fall through all the matter around you. You know, the atmosphere. Well, I can't back this up because I haven't skydived before, but ARE there any people here who have? And have any proof of it, say, like a video, so both FErs and RErs don't claim it is a lie? I don't want to compromise my credibility, but just read this assuming I'm not just a kid...yeah, just saying, I'm only 14, so I doubt I'm part of a 'conspiracy', 'kay? And I'm by no means wealthy; I'm poor, in fact. So I'm not being paid off...well, yeah, I just want to hear your responses to my arguments.

EDIT: My bad, thank you for moving it before too many people had begun arguing over where it should be moved to.