On Jun 10, 11:39 pm, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > The farther away things are, the smaller they get. > That's why the moon gets smaller up high than down low.
Are you serious? If the moon were at a constant distance from the earth, then when it was directly above it would be nearer that if you were viewing it nearer the horizon, as you would have to add a good proportion of the earth's radius to the viewing distance. SO the complete converse is actually true compared to your statement. > > Also, the higher up things get, > the heavier they get. Both false and irrelevant. > You can prove this by dropping a one pound weight from ten feet up. > onto a scale. > It will weigh more than one pound when it lands. But it will still be weighed at the point it touches the scale proving that a moving body weights more, the distance has nothing to do with it, as if you weighed it at 10feet it would weight the same as a ground level. Using the same scales it would also relatively weigh the same on the moon as the scales would show the same reading. > Then, it will lose weight when it settles down, and weigh only one > pound. Yes, i.e. nothing to do with its height. > > Logic is a wonderful thing. > It can be used in so many ways. Yes, but not it seems by you. Try agains! > > In my next episode, I will prove to you that you are not where you > are. Then you can prove that black is white and get run over on the next zebra crossing. > Until then, keep them logic wheels a turnin. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > On Jun 10, 2:23 am, Georges Metanomski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On the margin of the sempiternal "qualia" quarrels I'd like to mention > > that moon appears larger at the horizon, than up in the sky. > > IMO it shows that the moon one perceives is entirely the construct > > of one's mind, but I'll shelve for the moment the proof. > > Any other opinions? > > > Georges -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
