Re: "Is There a Force of Gravity?"

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Toob wrote:
"Is There a Force of Gravity?"

if you feel a pressure in your feet, then it is a force

Swing an object on a string. There is one force on
the object... that of the string.

There is one force in a body at rest on the surface
of a planet. That of the planet pushing up on "the
feet". Gravity is not a force. "Lithospheric friction" is.

Dear mister SMith

aparently what you say makes sense

let us just call all forces for lithospheric friction

i tell you what, it feels like a force - it is a force, by
the
pure definition of a very force

Good. Then an object in orbit around a larger body,
feels no force. Gravitation is not a force.

dear mister Smith

thank you for your e-mail.

you are clever man, thanks

if that object were a conscious observer or sensor,
than it would detect that force,

Astronauts feel no "gravitational" or "tidal" forces in the ISS.
Float a pen in front of one of these astronauts... and it only
drifts where the air circulation system takes it.

see tidal forces, how could it not feel

You can't see "tidal forces". That which produces tides does not
act locally, but is evident when spread over a "large" system.

David A. Smith


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