Do you believe in gravity?

[Coyote]

It's just a theory after all. I'm having some serious doubts about it myself....

[steveox]

Gee Coyote you still havent studied the laws of gravity yet? Still chasing that road runner arent ya? :D

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[Coyote]

Gee Coyote you still havent studied the laws of gravity yet? Still chasing that road runner arent ya? :D

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I'll get that sucker yet.....


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....stupid brainless twit

[steveox]

But in Realty man you still havent got him. Like this one
http://video.aol.com/video/tv-road-runner-and-wile-e-coyote-tired-and-feathered/1828767

[palerider]

I'm afraid that he has you there Coyote.

It is newton's law, not newton's theory.

If object A has mass Ma and object B has mass Mb,
then the force F on object A is directed toward object B
and has magnitude

F = G Ma Mb / r2

[r0beph]

I don't believe gravity is something, per se, but rather the observation of simply moving through space. Gravity is just an abstract term used to describe the effect of moving through space/time which is warped by mass.

[dahermit]

I don't believe gravity is something, per se, but rather the observation of simply moving through space. Gravity is just an abstract term used to describe the effect of moving through space/time which is warped by mass.Einstein thought that gravity was the effect of a large mass on the time and fabric of space like a bowling ball resting on the center of a trampoline. The weight of the ball would make a depression in the fabric into which objects would be drawn in. However, current scientific theory no longer embrace that view inasmuch as it only works for large objects but not small ones like atoms.

[Coyote]

I'm afraid that he has you there Coyote.

It is newton's law, not newton's theory.

If object A has mass Ma and object B has mass Mb,
then the force F on object A is directed toward object B
and has magnitude

F = G Ma Mb / r2

Damn...and I was getting ready to spring my velcro theory of gravity.

[ArmChair General]

Damn...and I was getting ready to spring my velcro theory of gravity.

i believe in the cry's of cows being led to the slaughter at the factory farm.

[Coyote]

i believe in the cry's of cows being led to the slaughter at the factory farm.

That to.

[Dr.Who]

It's just a theory after all. I'm having some serious doubts about it myself....

Someone did point out that it is a law and not a theory.

A law is just something that scientists have not yet observed to be otherwise. There is no guarantee that they will not make an observation tomorrow that will change our understanding. I think we have already modified our understanding of gravity already.

Scientists have been observing gravity for a very small amount of time given how long the universe has existed and in a very small area that we can observe given how large the universe is.

Did gravity behave as we see it 5 million years ago? Honestly we don't know.
Does it behave the same way on the other side of the universe? Honestly we don't know.
Has there ever been a time here recently when it behaved differently but perhaps the scientists just missed it? Honestly we don't know but there have been reports.
Is there any reason to think that God cannot suspend the law of gravity at will? Honestly we don't know but there have been reports.
Do we have any reason to think that it is uniform, or perhaps it is changing so slowly over time that we just don't notice the change.

So do I believe in it? Yes. Do I think that we understand it fully? No. Do I think that it is logical to assume that it is immutable? No.

[ilikeboobs]

I gravitate towards hot chicks...and they're not large massive objects. That law must be wrong.

[numinus]

I'm afraid that he has you there Coyote.

It is newton's law, not newton's theory.

If object A has mass Ma and object B has mass Mb,
then the force F on object A is directed toward object B
and has magnitude

F = G Ma Mb / r2

That would be the FORCE DUE TO GRAVITY -- not GRAVITY.

[numinus]

Einstein thought that gravity was the effect of a large mass on the time and fabric of space like a bowling ball resting on the center of a trampoline. The weight of the ball would make a depression in the fabric into which objects would be drawn in. However, current scientific theory no longer embrace that view inasmuch as it only works for large objects but not small ones like atoms.

Says who? You?

Don't make me laugh.

[numinus]

I don't believe gravity is something, per se, but rather the observation of simply moving through space. Gravity is just an abstract term used to describe the effect of moving through space/time which is warped by mass.

That is the most precise thing I've seen you say in this forum.

Congratulations.

[Dr.Who]

That would be the FORCE DUE TO GRAVITY -- not GRAVITY.

If that is the most technically correct answer then we could say that we have never really observed gravity at all. We have just surmised it's existence based on our observations of the force due to gravity.

[revolution4PAUL]

Hmm, interesting discussion. My uneducated statement on the subject is that gravity is like the wind before we knew air had mass/molecules. We can't see it but we know its there and see its effects.

We are in the infant stage of our technological advances, just think about the computers that we owned 15 years ago. There will be many more revolutionary breakthroughs, but, all in good time and at Gods speed(whomever God is)!

[dahermit]

Says who? You?

Don't make me laugh.
No, not me. It was so reported on the Nova Series, "The Elegant Universe", where they discussed Einstein's theory of gravity, quantum mechanics, and string theory.

With your usual rudeness you must be trying to provoke a flame war.

You will have to excuse numinus folks, he has a social maladjustment that manifests itself in a desperate need to be viewed as an intellectual (the sharpest tack in the box syndrome). You will observe that he frequently will insult posters by suffixing his statements with: "Duh."

[Here We Go]

Of course gravity exists. If it weren't for "gravity" the plastic surgeons would go bankrupt. :p