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Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement by SamBam on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @12:14PM (#43333970)
I assume if your weights are resting on the floor, and the pivot point of the swing arm is resting on the floor, then the floor deflecting may cause the arm to swing even in the absence of an attraction to the weights.
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Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement by lisper on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @01:18PM (#43334806)
> the pivot point of the swing arm is resting on the floor

But it isn't. It's suspended from a support by a thin filament. That's the whole point of the experiment.

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Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement by layer8 on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @03:26PM (#43336116)
It’s suspended from an aluminum ladder standing on the floor.
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Re:Bending Spacetime in the Basement by lisper on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @03:34PM (#43336183)
That's true, but the details of the placement of the ladder doesn't matter at all. The only thing that matters is that the ladder doesn't move or wobble around during the experiment.
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