Message from @Pit Droid

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2020-03-02 03:42:07 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:43:26 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:43:52 UTC  

@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

2020-03-02 03:44:10 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:44:10 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:44:25 UTC  

Also this, forgive me if I'm wrong

2020-03-02 03:44:37 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:44:45 UTC  

Kk thx

2020-03-02 03:44:48 UTC  

Nini

2020-03-02 03:44:51 UTC  

G'night

2020-03-02 03:46:07 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:46:24 UTC  

Or lack of resistance force

2020-03-02 03:46:57 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:48:00 UTC  

Yeah I'm having trouble wrapping my head around that

2020-03-02 03:48:57 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:49:44 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:50:25 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:50:28 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:52:05 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:53:02 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:53:33 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:55:43 UTC  

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)

2020-03-02 03:57:21 UTC  

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.

2020-03-02 03:57:56 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:58:11 UTC  

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

2020-03-02 03:58:38 UTC  

Well, a granite boulder then. But yeah.

2020-03-02 04:02:13 UTC  

So essentially no gravity needed just resistance holding things up instead

2020-03-02 04:02:32 UTC  

Air has low resistance so most stuff falls through

2020-03-02 04:02:46 UTC  

Ah see that's the thing. The resistance force is /resisting/ gravity

2020-03-02 04:03:16 UTC  

In the flat Earth model I mean

2020-03-02 04:03:16 UTC  

Without gravity there'd be no force to propel things in a certain direction.

2020-03-02 04:03:22 UTC  

Ohhh yes sorry

2020-03-02 04:04:00 UTC  

Afaik yes from those I've spoken to, though I can't speak for those in this server (heck I'm a glober anyway so what do I know?)

2020-03-02 04:04:19 UTC  

More than I do apparently

2020-03-02 04:05:19 UTC  

I'm not really a glober or a flat earther but I lean more towards glober

2020-03-02 04:05:41 UTC  

It's good to be curious.

2020-03-02 04:06:36 UTC  

I need to go to bed but if you have any more questions feel free to message me and I'll answer them tomorrow

2020-03-02 04:06:49 UTC  

Alrighty thanks

2020-03-02 04:06:54 UTC  

Ninis

2020-03-02 04:06:58 UTC  

No worries, take care

2020-03-02 04:07:13 UTC  

You too