From: edprochak@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 9:35:41 PM UTC-4, Ed Lake wrote:   
      
   > All those inconsistencies can be resolved by understanding the laws   
   > of physics.  Gravity enables a spherical world to APPEAR locally   
   > flat.  The sun is vastly larger than the earth, thus its greater   
   > gravity requires that the earth orbit around the sun.  The earth   
   > beneath my feet feels motionless ("stationary") because the earth   
   > and I are moving in unison in the same direction at the same speed.   
   >   
      
   Note there is an assumption above that is not explicitdly stated:   
   That the laws of the universe are consistent everywhere.   
      
   > A stone dropped from a moving train cannot drop straight down because   
   > inertia will cause it to move with the train until gravity stops   
   > it.  The observation that the stone fell straight down was "incorrect"   
   > because it was inconsistent with the laws of physics.  When you   
   > understand how events can APPEAR inconsistent with the laws of   
   > physics while still obeying the laws of physics, then all observers   
   > can agree on what actually happened.   
   >   
   > Ed   
      
   You still persist in this "correct'/"incorrect" paradigm   
   that begs for a god-like reference frame.   
      
   you are right, unless, of course, the train is   
   standing still on the tracks! ;)   
   Or in my two train example,   
    both trains move with the same velocity.   
      
   Ed P.   
      
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