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Post #Am6FvZpuKgrd65WnYm by [email protected] |
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When you jump off a chair, the Earth's gravity pulls you down and you accel… |
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Post #Am6GKwvHdMoTwH8npI by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez one thing I would note is that this depends on your choice of r… |
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Post #Am6H5t8LXYKjnTdKCG by [email protected] |
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@Smoljaguar - In Newtonian mechanics an inertial reference frame is unaccelerat… |
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Post #Am6IIJOVpSp4fkgNyi by [email protected] |
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@DoesntExist - Acceleration doesn't imply that the speed changes, only the… |
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Post #Am6KroI39QWYXOiMLI by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @Smoljaguar \(9.8m/s^2 >> 0.03 m/s^2\) explains why we’… |
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Post #Am6OKgdcynU349GhX6 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez So hmm, does that mean you can tell your latitude when you'… |
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Post #Am6Xz2AFGSxkzyq4EC by [email protected] |
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@penguin42 @johncarlosbaez Hard to do precisely, especially since things like a… |
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Post #Am6bE27I1XIj3bIfmS by [email protected] |
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@Diffgeometer1 @Smoljaguar - the upwards pull we feel on the Earth (or would fe… |
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Post #Am6cQulWlXgNydpLyC by [email protected] |
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@dpnash @penguin42 - Let me try to calculate:Looking it up, I see the accelerat… |
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Post #Am6d7OkXfxyH8Lcl7o by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @penguin42 Could easily be me being wrong then. I remembered th… |
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Post #Am6dGOPwHT2oi2HBTs by [email protected] |
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@dpnash @penguin42 - it looks like it's not dominant but still a close runn… |
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Post #Am6gBGCXhTUVdsFpUe by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @Smoljaguar Thank you! That clarifies it completely. |
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Post #Am6nwLQgmMUL99Gn4K by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @dpnash Hang on - can you explain why being further from the ce… |
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Post #Am6qhBHiVwtPCaXBce by [email protected] |
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@penguin42 @dpnash - Great question! There'sA) more mass between you and t… |
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Post #Am7LrMkTqMzeEQKBfc by [email protected] |
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@Diffgeometer1 @johncarlosbaez @Smoljaguar An even easier explanation: The cent… |
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Post #Am7LrMrvOgwqbVo8H2 by [email protected] |
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@thebluewizard wrote:"Now, the force of pull by Earth, Sun, etc. pulls the… |
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Post #Am7OOvIEd3y6plF4QC by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @Diffgeometer1 @Smoljaguar OK, by "going (or trying to go)… |
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Post #Am7OSwgzMuikKdjr4i by [email protected] |
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@thebluewizard - I suggest reading the Wikipedia article on Newton's laws o… |
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Post #Am8JftPGaioRIDlOFc by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @Diffgeometer1 @Smoljaguar I read that, then clicked on the lin… |
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Post #Am8JftX47j3DgPPcPI by [email protected] |
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@thebluewizard - the term 'reaction' is archaic: modern physicists neve… |
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Post #Am8SEODTLZdQKKCtma by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez When you jump off a chair, the Earth's gravity pulls you do… |
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Post #Am8bb5Su81KcQ3K5o0 by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Just to be contrary: when you're sitting 'still' in… |
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Post #Am8dJozeJiEKJmXB0y by [email protected] |
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@RobJLow - yes, my post was Newtonian, and if you read all the comments you'… |
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Post #Am8eDFrK8Gm9ZG4YiG by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez Yes, I just took a look. It reminds me of my old suspicion tha… |
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Post #Am8sC3kR4fp14gAuEi by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @Diffgeometer1 @Smoljaguar I didn't know the term "rea… |
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Post #Am8sC3rAfdD3PZKHjc by [email protected] |
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@thebluewizard - I haven't been talking AT ALL about quantum mechanics or g… |
