To be fair, if you don't know about how gravity works, you would just hold up a rock, drop it, and say obviously things can move without someone moving it.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 72 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

And that objects in motion will stay in motion, but our experience with friction tells us otherwise. Ask any kid and they'll say from intuition that the object will stop

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No one really understands anything about Physics until you hear Fenyman explain it.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mystic forces surround us!

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Clearly it's buoyancy and something something equilibrium.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You mean luminiferous aether, right?

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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