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Subject: OT: Which is faster?

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 07:13:53 06/19/00

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On June 19, 2000 at 09:54:26, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>Have you never seen this experiment performed with, say, a Golf Ball and a
>Bowling Ball?  They do hit the ground at the same time - At least a small enough
>difference of time not to be noticable by an observer.

You're right, in most cases there will not be any obeservable difference, even
though there is a very small time difference. A feather and a golf ball might
appear more convincing. I only object to the mentioned notion that events happen
simultaneously. That depends on the system of reference.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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