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How Can The Law of Gravity Be Proven?

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"In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out the window." Rodney Dangerfield



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  • BarnardotBarnardot 780 Pts   -  
    @JulesKorngold ;"In the school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity and he threw the teacher out the window." Rodney Dangerfield

    Well, that's about the truth of it really. And of course, he would have been suddenly made to gravitate to home for a week.

    At school the teacher made us spin around with a bucket of water to prove gravity.

  • MayCaesarMayCaesar 6920 Pts   -  
    In physics we do not really "prove" things. We instead build models and test them, and if the model consistently generates accurate predictions in a variety of circumstances, then it becomes widely accepted.

    Modern law of gravity relies on Einstein's tensor relations and works impeccably well. I fail to see how throwing a teacher out the window is supposed to verify it though. ;)
  • BarnardotBarnardot 780 Pts   -  
    @MayCaesar ;We instead build models and test them

    Okay then. So if I build a model comprising a long drainpipe from a rooftop to just above your head when your lying under it then dropped a golf ball down it then that would test gravity for sure don’t you reckon? :)

  • MayCaesarMayCaesar 6920 Pts   -  

    It would do nothing of the sort. The law of gravity describes the mathematical relationship between the force of gravitational attraction of two objects, their inherent property (mass), and the local curvature of spacetime. At best, by dropping a golf ball down on me you will demonstrate that gravity pushes objects towards the Earth's surface - and even this claim is too strong to make based just on this experiment alone.
  • BarnardotBarnardot 780 Pts   -  
    @MayCaesar ;The law of gravity describes the mathematical relationship between the force of gravitational attraction of two objects

    Yeah, thanks for that, I read up on it and it is quite interesting that this is in fact how we should grasp the meaning of gravity. When we loosely use the word "gravitate" it isn't too far removed from the definition.

    MayCaesar
  • FredsnephewFredsnephew 515 Pts   -  
    Argument Topic: Hey Jules.

    @JulesKorngold

    If one is not aware of that which is regarded as "Gravity".

    Then one is perhaps not paying attention.
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