From: PointedEars@web.de   
      
   Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > On 01/20/2026 11:40 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>> The well-known experiments of Galileo   
   >>> like the wood and metal balls dropped   
   >>   
   >> He did not actually drop objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa; he rolled   
   >> them down inclined planes instead.   
   >>   
   >>> or the cannonball and the ball off the cliff   
   >>   
   >> I have never heard of that.  But as I indicated, his secretary's posthumous   
   >> account of his experiments should be taken with a grain of salt 8-)   
   >> [...]   
   >   
   > Right, "apocryphally", Galileo. Yes, I already know that   
   > much like Newton's apple that Galileo's drop was "apocryphal",   
   > or, I suppose rather, "fabricated". Yes, "apocryphal" was a   
   > poor choice of words, since "apocryphal" means something that's   
   > considered to be factual yet lesser known.   
      
   Not at all; see e.g.    
      
   > This "Moment and Motion: more theory, one theory",   
   > is in the thick of it.   
   >   
   > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fnnGzDlslQ&list=PLb7rLSBiE7F4   
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   >   
   > Calling forces "fictitious" about the gyroscopic   
      
   (sic!)   
      
   Again, "the gyroscopic" is not a term/thing.  "gyroscopic" is an *adjective*:   
      
      
      
   > What's _relevant_ is that these simple demonstrations   
   > _falsify_ Galileo's thus Newton's theories.   
      
   Nonsense.   
      
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