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Re:We don't do that here (2017) by pclmulqdq on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:47PM (#32253798)
Sorry, I misspoke. The theory of gravity is actually a really interesting physics problem, but the fact that gravity acts on objects is pretty much undisputed.
Re:We don't do that here (2017) by mcguire on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:18PM (#32255364)
Hardly! If you put an object in empty space, without any other objects nearby, it will be completely unaffected by gravity. Unless the object is large enough that its own gravity can overcome its structural or material resistance to being crushed. Further, unless an object is actually in contact with another object, it is unaffected by gravity from its own reference frame. The apple falling out of the tree (neglecting air resistance) has no way of knowing that it is falling.
Re:We don't do that here (2017) by pclmulqdq on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:09PM (#32257003)
Well, unless that object was a single particle, it would still be affected by gravity. It would be slightly larger without the force of gravity attracting the atoms together.