I'm just interested in Lackey's answer because he has spent the last couple of pages saying that if you can't explain the mechanism behind gravity then that shows that gravity is a load of nonsense. But things demonstrably fall. So I'm interested to know what he thinks causes that to happen and whether he can explain the mechanism behind it. His failure to respond is pretty telling.
Indeed. I'd also add that I asked him (her?) several pages back precisely what observation or what aspect of our physical world is at odds with the consensus view on gravity. The only answer we've had since then is an appeal to authority from 1693, which he completely failed to understand and continues to misrepresent, no matter how many times people point that Newton was, in fact, rather keen on the whole gravity idea. This is taking argument fallacies to a whole new level - when appealing to authority, most wayward debaters at least choose an authority that supports their argument.
So, to summarise the case against thus far, we have:
- the fact that measurements of the gravitational constant are tricky to do and only accurate to 3-4 sig figs. Therefore, earth is flat.
- Isaac Newton didn't think that gravity could transmit across a vacuum. Therefore, earth is flat.
- the science around the precise mechanism for gravity is still subject to debate and development. Therefore, earth is flat
- water doesn't stick to balls, therefore earth is flat
Have I summed that up fairly enough?
Still waiting for an observation of our physical world that contradicts the consensus view on gravity. Also still waiting for the answer to my question on whether we all at least agree that, if the earth was a globe and gravity existed, then water would stick to it just fine.