Or even better, let's assume that the man in raft "x" is 10 times stronger than the man in raft "y". We'll assume that "x" is the Earth and "y" is the moon. If they are both pulling at the same time, but "x" has a stronger pull, then "x" will pull "y" towards itself faster than "y" pulls "x" towards itself because the man in "x" is stronger.
There, I've destroyed your raft analogy in one fell swoop. What bullshit are you going to try and refute me with now?You still don't get it.
You have only described HALF the forces involved.
That is, you are describing the PULL of y towards x, and of course, the pull of x towards y.
But, that is only half the story.
The Earth’s attractive gravitation balances the orbital centrifugal force of the Moon.
The Moon’s attractive gravitation balances the orbital centrifugal force of the Earth.
At first this may seem like an orderly and balanced attractive force system; however,... the following paradox exists. If the seat, source and cause of the "apparent" attraction forces are "internal" to each of the bodies...the attraction concept produces twice the force that is necessary to balance the centrifugal orbital forces of a planet moon system. The concept of "attraction" between bodies requires that the force “from” each separate body acts on the remote body,-- and equally on the originating body. Another example of a balanced system is a rope under tension; each end has an equal amount of opposing force. As noted by Newton's third law of motion, " To every action there is always an opposed equal reaction".
This example may help visualize the double force issue.
Let there be two rafts ( x and y ) freely floating on a clear calm lake with a rope between them.
Both rafts are still and are a rope length apart.
The man on (raft x) pulls on the rope which is attached to raft y.
Raft x will move toward raft y,…
and raft y will move toward raft x.
Both rafts will receive equal and opposite force and motion.
It is not possible for (raft x) to remain still and be the source of the force. Within the "attraction" concepts:
From Earth, the concept requires that Earth's gravity is attracting the Moon; and an equal Earth anchored “attraction” force is pulling the Earth toward the Moon.
From the Moon, the Moon's gravity is attracting the Earth; and this Moon seated force is equally pulling the Moon toward the Earth.
Using: 1 ) Newton’s equation as given above, 2 ) basic arithmetic, 3 ) common logic and 4 ) the mechanics of force, it is shown that the assumed Earth and Moon seated forces are equal; and as a result;…"all attraction models" produce twice the force that is required to balance the centrifugal forces of orbit!
Earth attracts the Moon, BUT ALSO an equal Earth anchored “attraction” force is pulling the Earth toward the Moon.
The Moon attract the Earth, BUT ALSO this Moon seated force is equally pulling the Moon toward the Earth.
There are FOUR FORCES INVOLVED HERE.
"All attraction models" produce twice the force that is required to balance the centrifugal forces of orbit!
That is why Newton dismissed the law of gravitational attraction as PURE GARBAGE.
This quote expresses his firm opinion opposing the concept that gravity (attraction) acted through empty space as an “inherent” property of matter.
Quote "...that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man, who has in philosophic matters a competent faculty of thinking, could ever fall into it." Unquote
Since Newton considered the attraction concept "so great an absurdity"; it seems reasonable to assume that he would not have spent time contemplating the detailed mechanics of an absurd attractive system. Therefore he may not have encountered or addressed the double force paradox. People do not normally study hypothesis that they believe are not correct, or hypothesis that they do not have an interest in.
It also appears certain that Newton would never have believed that for one hundred plus years our Twenty and Twenty First Century Natural Philosophy Societies, learned professors, authors and students would fall into believing, teaching and propagating the concept “that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of anything else”."
Flat earth model also cannot explain, but the earth must be flat anyway!But it can, in fact it is the only model that can explain the barometer pressure paradox.
It is the periodic waves of the telluric currents (discovered by Moray, and proven by Dayton Miller and Galaev) which produce the semidiurnal variations.