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|    Re: Galaxies don't fly apart because the    |
|    21 Jan 26 15:31:13    |
      From: relativity@paulba.no              Den 20.01.2026 16:07, skrev Maciej Woźniak:       > On 1/20/2026 2:54 PM, Paul B. Andersen wrote:       >>       >> You are standing on the floor in a small room       >> without windows with an accelerometer fixed to the wall.       >> The accelerometer shows that it is accelerating       >> in the direction which to you is upwards.       >       > Too bad, since I'm no way accelerating that       > direction.              Since you obviously are an expert on acceleration,       please answer the following question.              You are swinging an object around you in a string.       Is the object accelerating towards you, or away       from you? Or is it not accelerating at all?              I bet you won't give a sensible answer.       You never do.              >       >       >> If the accelerometer shows that the acceleration       >> is constant 1g, then there is no way you can       >> decide whether you are stationary at the ground,       >> or if you are accelerating at 1g in a spaceship.       >       > Like always - you're completely separated from       > any reality. Your Shit, indeed, has brainwashed you       > most ruthless way. I have dosens of ways to decide       > I'm not in any spaceship.              I will be satisfied if you can name one way of       deciding if you are on the ground or in a spaceship.              The small room has no windows, and is shielded from sound       and EM-radiation. All you know is that the accelerometer       shows that your proper acceleration is 1g.              Can you explain one method of deciding that you are not in       a spaceship?              I bet you won't give a sensible answer.       You never do.              --       Paul              https://paulba.no/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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