The Flat Earth Society
Flat Earth Discussion Boards => Flat Earth Theory => Topic started by: Galactic Ketchup on December 31, 2018, 03:36:04 AM
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It seems to me that the majority of Flat Earthers actually reject the idea of Universal Acceleration and claim that the reason things fall is some combination of "density", "air pressure", or "denpressure". While I actually have no problem with UA, I've never understood any of the others as complete models. I'm hoping a Flat Earther who does not believe in UA could clarify the following phenomena in their model for me by answering these specific questions:
- Do you believe Newton's laws of motion, specifically F=ma?
- If you reject Newton's laws, what about F=ma do you think should be different?
- Do things in free fall with negligible air resistance accelerate constantly or fall at a constant speed?
- If they accelerate constantly, is that acceleration different or the same for objects of different masses?
- If it is the same and you accept Newton's laws, how is that mathematically any different from a universal downward force that acts on objects proportionally to mass?
- If falling is related to air pressure, would things fall in a perfect vacuum?
- If falling is related to air pressure, do things fall at different rates at different pressures?
- If falling is caused by air pressure, does air pressure increase or decrease with altitude?