Raist is trying to imply that a motor affects the motion of the pendulum. The magnetics only replace the loss due to friction, they do not prevent it from moving in a certain direction. Hence, absent from any man made influence, FE'ers need to come up with a reason why the pendulum behaves the way it does.
So far... nada.
It does effect the motion. Without the motor it would move differently. Other than that I've said nothing. You have projected motive onto me and continued a senseless debate. I never said the fact that they weren't free swinging mattered in any way. You guys having to be right argued it is in fact free swinging.
I believe this goes to show you, RE'ers will argue anything no matter how untrue it is to further their agenda.
Wait -- so all along you agreed that the pendulum was evidence for a rotating Earth? Am I right?
No.
Ok, I'll agree that the Pendulum is effected by the magnet, in so much as it can be used to counter act air resistance. However, will you agree that although the system effect there magnet, the system does not influence any rotational motion of the pendulum?
If the system does not effect the rotational motion of the pendulum, then we can rule out that the pendulum is rotated by the system and we need find another reason that the pendulum rotates. FET says that the Earth turns, not the pendulum. So there is at least one explanation for the rotation of the pendulum, but it is RET not FET. Does FET have a reason for the pendulum to rotate (in light of the fact that although the system does influence the pendulum's amplitude of motion, it does not influence its rotation motions)?
Wait -- so all along you agreed that the pendulum was evidence for a rotating Earth? Am I right?
The rotating pendulum is evidence for a rotating pendulum.
It is also evidence for a rotating Earth. If you make the assumption that the Earth is not rotating, then sure you are correct, but if you make the assumption that the Earth is rotating, then you are not correct.
But can we eliminate any assumptions.
Well, An object in Motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.
If the Pendulum is rotating, and it start off not rotating, then we can say that it had to have been
acted upon by an outside force.
If there is an outside force that is causing the pendulum to rotate, then we should be able to detect it by other means.
Other objects balanced carefully should also feel this force, even if they are not rotating. Therefore if we balance a pencil on its end, then if there is a force acting on the pendulum it will also act on the pencil and knock it over. If the Pencil does not fall over, then we can eliminate an outside force.
If there is no outside force acting on the Pendulum, then the laws of Inertia state that the Pendulum can not be moving. If the pendulum appears to rotate, and we can eliminate an outside force causing it to rotate, then we can be certain, as long as the conservation of momentum hods, that the pendulum is not moving,
we are.
I have done this pencil experiment and so far it has remained standing for 2 days (48 hours) and hasn't fallen. Well as far as I am concerned, that eliminates any outside force that is influencing the pendulum, and therefore we are the ones actually rotating.