It’s long been an axiom of physics that everything is constantly in motion, due to the cosmic background stretching of the Universe. At least that’s what Brian Greene tells us, and in this case I’m inclined to believe him. No matter that everything he concludes from this fact is not even false. Yet, al a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gravity’
Gravity and the Myth of 0mph
Posted in Gravity, tagged brian greene, critique of pure reason, Gravity, immanuel kant, Infinity, newton, paradigm shifts, thomas kuhn, vectors, william tells, zenos paradox on March 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
9/11 Conspiracy and the War on Christmas
Posted in Gravity, tagged 9/11 conspiracy, 9/11 truth movement, best page in the universe, bill o'reilly, christopher hitchens, church of jesus christ of latter day saints, dennis o'leary, dick cheney, dylan avery, freefall, Gravity, jason bermes, jonathan leland, korey rowe, loose change, maddox, mormons, noam chomsky, popular mechanics, reformed egyptian, stephen e jones, war on christmas on December 24, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Some people don’t like Christmas. Twice. Or Chanukah. But some people, who are (if you can believe it) even more shameless, have decided to capitalize on Christmas by opening the old wounds of terrorism. Here is the proof. Can you believe it? As if insulting science wasn’t enough, these people now want to insult Christmas! [...]
The bowling ball illustration of gravity
Posted in Science, tagged Bowling, Einstein, Gravity, Math, Science on October 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When we were all small children, our teachers tried to deceive us into thinking that gravity was just like when you put a bowling ball on a mattress. If you doubt that this pedagogical disaster is mainstream, then take a look here, here, here, and here. The explanation goes something like this: “Teacher, why do [...]
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