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   Luigi Fortunati to All   
   Re: The "apparent" forces   
   15 Nov 17 21:50:11   
   
   From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com   
      
   Tom Roberts mercoledì 15/11/2017 alle ore 09:16:36 ha scritto:   
   > The reaction to the centripetal force of the above rope   
   > pulling on the stone is simply the tension of the rope pulling on the hand.   
      
   The tension of the rope pulling on his hand would not exist if there   
   was not a rock FORCE on the rope to make it "tense".   
      
   > But you also seem to be confused about the reality of   
   > "centrifugal force" and the utter impossibility of it to "cause" anything.   
      
   Centrifugal force causes (for example) the "real" effect of the Earth's   
   crushing to the poles and its enlargement to the equator.   
      
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