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Subject:
Gravity: Physical or Not?
Category: Science Asked by: thomaschico-ga List Price: $4.50 |
Posted:
13 Jan 2005 10:19 PST
Expires: 14 Jan 2005 10:37 PST Question ID: 456679 |
Does gravity have physical existence? |
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Re: Gravity: Physical or Not?
From: jack_of_few_trades-ga on 13 Jan 2005 11:40 PST |
Gravity is a property of every object with mass. It is a force, however I don't believe that being a force constitutes "physical existence" in my understanding of the words. It's not something you can single out and put in a container like you can with solids, liquids, and gasses. It is simply something that naturally exists inside every object of mass. |
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Re: Gravity: Physical or Not?
From: shockandawe-ga on 13 Jan 2005 16:57 PST |
Its actually not physical its purely psychological. If you only believed in yourself enough you could over come it. I believe in you. |
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Re: Gravity: Physical or Not?
From: hfshaw-ga on 13 Jan 2005 17:21 PST |
Actually, modern physics considers gravity the result of the distortion of space-time by mass-energy. It's not a property of objects. |
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Re: Gravity: Physical or Not?
From: bschukups-ga on 13 Jan 2005 19:11 PST |
a physical existence requires an interaction between living objects the earth is a living object (in the same sence as a tree bieng alive) only it creates gravity, the very phenomenon in question. our perception of gravity is only on a local level. So acute in fact if the earth had senses, could it feel us? so what my point i guess is, if there is some object that can appreciate or bennifit from an invisible force there is no denying its physical existance. |
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Re: Gravity: Physical or Not?
From: guzzi-ga on 13 Jan 2005 20:10 PST |
I tend to agree with ?jack_of_few_trades? (etc) insofar as you can?t take a lump of gravity. And you can?t take a lump of light either. But the effects of both have a physical presence on our perceptions and pretty much everything so I guess it?s down to semantics and the limitation of language. Mmmm, an interesting way of thinking though. I shall mull on it. Thanks. Best |
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