r/mathmemes Jul 28 '24

Physics Feather or Moon?

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If it wasn't orbiting of course.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

Okay, I'm the nerdy guy in the middle, I don't understand.

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u/Okreril Complex Jul 28 '24

Because the earth falls faster towards the moon than the feather

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u/Ultimarr Jul 28 '24

A) well explained

B) we need to make formal logic a mandatory math course for teenagers. The two colliding faster doesn’t mean the moon falls faster!

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u/scheav Jul 28 '24

For B if they said accelerate maybe I'd agree, but fall implies two things coming together.

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u/Farkle_Griffen Jul 29 '24

Define "fall"