On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:14 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Pure logic can't prove that a physical theory is correct but it can prove >> that it's wrong i >> f >> it's self contradictory and Aristotle's theory was. >> >> If you take a heavy rock and tie it to a slightly lighter rock with some >> string that has some slack in it and drop them then both rocks would fall >> slower than the big rock alone because the slower moving lighter rock would >> bog it down, but the tied together object >> >> would fall faster than the heavy rock because the new object is heavier >> than the heavy rock alone. > > > > Suppose he'd done this with a leaf and a rock. > It wouldn't change the fact that if it was done between a heavy rock and a slightly lighter rock a logical contradiction is produced, and that shouldn't happen under any circumstances, therefore his theory that heavy things fall faster than light ones can not be correct. And if he'd actually done the experiment with a light leaf and a heavy rock he might have started to wonder what exactly made a leaf move on a windy day and why the wind didn't move heavy rocks. But of course Aristotle never did any experiments, he just sat on his ass and thought, and he didn't even do that very well. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
