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I replied in the posers and puzzles forum on a thread about gravity but I think it belongs eihter here on in the debates forum.

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I never understood gravity at all.

"Gravitation" is the attractive influence that all objects exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force which all massive objects (objects with mass) are theorized to exert on each other to cause gravitation.

Source Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity).

Lets take two objects of different size.
Lets say an apple and a paperclip.
Now we will put those somewhere in the universe where there is no influence from anything else besides those two objects. (So it must be far enough away from planets, stars, etc).

If the distance between the 2 objects is small enough then the paperclip WILL go towards the apple. It will not stay away from it / it will not go away from it.

While I can learn that this is the truth, I simply cannot understand why.

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Gravity is the opposite of comedy.

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Originally posted by MetBierOp
I replied in the posers and puzzles forum on a thread about gravity but I think it belongs eihter here on in the debates forum.

Here it is:
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I never understood gravity at all.

"Gravitation" is the attractive influence that all objects exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force which all massive o ...[text shortened]... away from it.

While I can learn that this is the truth, I simply cannot understand why.
we need something to walk on 😕😕😕😕
edit: or maybe something to do with the electrons and protons? 😕

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...gravity is cosmic love...that which "IS" has an eternal attraction...iS exists
thru the universe...both everywhere and locally at the same time...what we think of as gravity is the presence of IS in a local condidtion..love attracts...we call it gravity...when you leave the three
dimensions of your present earthly prison you will have the opportunity
to understand this in a knowing sense...at this point in your existence
you can only understand it rationally and in a small way...gravity is cosmic love...

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Originally posted by reinfeld
...gravity is cosmic love...that which "IS" has an eternal attraction...iS exists
thru the universe...both everywhere and locally at the same time...what we think of as gravity is the presence of IS in a local condidtion..love attracts...we call it gravity...when you leave the three
dimensions of your present earthly prison you will have the opportunity
...[text shortened]... xistence
you can only understand it rationally and in a small way...gravity is cosmic love...
do little people love big people and get sucked in?

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...your sarcasm will bring you bad karma grasshopper...drink your tea and then go to the kitchen and clean all the pots and pans...

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Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
do little people love big people and get sucked in?
Well if your wife is bigger and much fatter then you,.....

it happens,... it happens

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Originally posted by reinfeld
...your sarcasm will bring you bad karma grasshopper...drink your tea and then go to the kitchen and clean all the pots and pans...
Why beeing so rude? Should'nt that also bring bad karma to you?

Now get of this forum and clean your neighbours house!

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Originally posted by MetBierOp
I replied in the posers and puzzles forum on a thread about gravity but I think it belongs eihter here on in the debates forum.

Here it is:
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I never understood gravity at all.

"Gravitation" is the attractive influence that all objects exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force which all massive o ...[text shortened]... away from it.

While I can learn that this is the truth, I simply cannot understand why.
Space is not empty. In fact, 98% of the universe is not visible to the human eye. The dark matter which we cannot see has a gravitational influence on all objects. The thinking is that the more mass an object has the more influence the dark matter exerts on it. So in your analogy it makes sense that the lesser mass object would move towards the heavier one.

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Originally posted by MetBierOp
Why beeing so rude? Should'nt that also bring bad karma to you?

Now get of this forum and clean your neighbours house!
i am the milkman of karma...i bring it to your doorstep...some order
sour cream and some order something else...open the door and take
your delivery and don't throw your empties back at me as i will only be
back tomorrow..

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Originally posted by Arrakis
Space is not empty. In fact, 98% of the universe is not visible to the human eye. The dark matter which we cannot see has a gravitational influence on all objects. .
well it seems logical that there is a other factor then only the 2 objects.
I am not really familiar with "The dark matter" but I thought that it was still hypotheticall. Do you have a source, so I can find more information on it?

You also triggered me for an off topic question,
if we cannot see 98% of the universe, then how do we know, that what we can see is 2% of the total?

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Originally posted by reinfeld
...gravity is cosmic love...that which "IS" has an eternal attraction...iS exists
thru the universe...both everywhere and locally at the same time...what we think of as gravity is the presence of IS in a local condidtion..love attracts...we call it gravity...when you leave the three
dimensions of your present earthly prison you will have the opportunity
...[text shortened]... xistence
you can only understand it rationally and in a small way...gravity is cosmic love...
WOW 😲 For some reason, I love this.

And

("gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein)

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Originally posted by reinfeld
i am the milkman of karma...i bring it to your doorstep...some order
sour cream and some order something else...open the door and take
your delivery and don't throw your empties back at me as i will only be
back tomorrow..
I'll have a pint of semi-skimmed please, Reinfeld 🙂

Hi Arrakis, long time no post 🙂

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Originally posted by Arrakis
Space is not empty. In fact, 98% of the universe is not visible to the human eye. The dark matter which we cannot see has a gravitational influence on all objects. The thinking is that the more mass an object has the more influence the dark matter exerts on it. So in your analogy it makes sense that the lesser mass object would move towards the heavier one.
Speaking of: Has anyone read the book "Patterns in the Void"?

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Originally posted by MetBierOp
I replied in the posers and puzzles forum on a thread about gravity but I think it belongs eihter here on in the debates forum.

Here it is:
_________________________

I never understood gravity at all.

"Gravitation" is the attractive influence that all objects exert on each other, while "gravity" specifically refers to a force which all massive o ...[text shortened]... away from it.

While I can learn that this is the truth, I simply cannot understand why.
Assuming that there's nothing else in the universe besides the apple and the paper clip, it doesn't matter what the distance, they will eventually gravitate towards each other.
I think.

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