Except for the perfect laser

Indeed

Wouldn't that have something to do with photons spreading out, cosmic dust other small particles deflecting over time

Yep

Lasers go on forever unless the photons run out of energy

If they interact with atoms they give energy

It also takes a very very small amount of kinetic energy to move them

But, this is not the channel to talk about lasers in, so good night

So gravitational forces too

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Well it was relevant not so much now lols

But in flat earth gravity is fake and "space is fake and gay"

At least according to the people with the purple names on this server

Space would still technically exist and idk how you would explain everything falling without gravity

Citizen Z, if you're online an answer to this would be greatly appreciated

Gravity by itself seems to be a strong pointer for round Earth imo, if everything gets pulled down then the Earth would have to be roughly sphere

I have no idea how it works on a flat earth, but they have an explanation

Indeed. Flat Earth cannot have gravity as a thing because you'd experience a different angle depending on how far north/south you are. As at the edge of a disc, you'll be pulled toward the centre, not downwards

@Citizen Z how do things fall on a flat earth again? Someone here would like to know (Kyoko) and if you explained it it'd be nice

I would, but I don't want to spead misinformation, as I dont know it exactly

Afaik "things find their own level" due to "density" and "down is down"

Also this, forgive me if I'm wrong

Good night everyone, @Kyothulu you might have an answer shortly

Kk thx

Nini

G'night

But at least one train of thought is essentially an omnipresent downward force?

Or lack of resistance force

I spoke to Flat Earth Aussie Jesus once but he couldn't explain what the resistance force was resisting exactly

Yeah I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that

Traditionally the resistance force is the name given to whatever is resisting gravity or similar

So the EM repulsion between your electrons and those in your chair provide a resistance force balanced with the force you experience due to gravity

If it was more you'd find yourself floating upwards, if it was less the chair would break

Oh ok makes alot more sense when you put it that way

Indeed, that's the established theory. When resolving mechanical problems on earth, there's usually a 'resistance' component involved. As stuff isn't falling through the surface of the earth

So when something, for example, floats on water, the buoyancy force is the dominant resistance force to gravity, stopping the object from sinking further

From the objects point of view it feels no net force, as gravity and the resistance force are balanced

When it comes to buoyancy, the buoyancy force is dependant on the volume of medium (e.g. water) displaced by an object. A dence object, like a bowling ball, displaces less mass of water than it's own mass. Therefore the buoyancy force would be less than gravity. So it will sink until something balances out the forces (such as hitting the seabed)

An aircraft carrier, though more massive than the bowling ball, will displace a greater mass of water than it's own mass. In this case the buoyancy force will be sufficient to balance gravity.

Last I checked the standard bowling ball is mostly cork so in some cases floats but that's nit picking

You can then work out how much of the carrier should be submerged in order to balance forces but it's very late/early so don't want to give the wrong information accidently