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Foucault's Fantastic Pendulum

The SHOCKING Truth

Wolfgang the cat is smarter than Leon Foucault ever was. When hecurls up for a nap, he recognizes the physical reality that he is at rest.

Wolfgang's first application to Yale may have been rejected, but by gosh

he is not deceived about pendulums. He knows that: They are not

magical scientific instruments. They are nothing more than perturbed

plumb bobs.

He knows that in terms of detecting /gauging Earth's rotation, aFoucault's Pendulum is no better than a radio antenna. If you take a

long CB car antenna and rig it with a ball- bearing swivel base mount,

and put some weight on the tip, you'll have yourself an upside-down

Foucault's Pendulum. They operate on the same basic mechanical

principles. Pull the CB antenna back and then let it fly. As the launch


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energy is used up the antenna returns to its starting position (at rest).

However, if the antenna is indeed mounted on a freely swiveling base, it

will invariably turn somewhat as it whips back and forth. Theoretically,

you would expect to be able to make the antenna whip in a plane if

you were careful enough about your cocking and firing. But the theorydoesnt play out. Similarly, in theory a truly spherical pendulum may be

built. That the bob of a big pendulum can be cocked and fired so as to

vibrate in a plane is a perfectly reasonable sounding theoretical

proposition.

But the theory doesnt play out. That neat theoretical plane crashes

every time it confronts physical reality. It is like dropping one ball

bearing onto another ball bearing. In theory, if the ball bearings are

perfectly spherical, and if you perfectly align one with the other before

dropping, then the dropped bearing should bounce a time or two and

settle down perfectly on top of the other one. Try that one. See how

that works out for you.

The impracticality of the ball bearing drop trick, and of the

make- a- big- pendulum- vibrate- in- a- plane trick is strictly due to

the vagaries of the mechanics involved. It has absolutely nothing to do

with Earth's rotation. But a sane person would recognize that the most

Foucault could have hoped to accomplish was a pendulum bob whose

oscillations approached or approximated perfect repetition (a plane).

Leon Foucault was a much better self-promoter than scientist.

He was Professor Harold Hill but without any of Hill's redeeming human

virtues. Foucault was fully aware of the quest for the Holy Grail

dynamic proof of Earth's rotation-- and of the fame and fortune that

awaited the maker of that glorious Discovery. Playing with his pendulum

one day, he observed that if you nudge the bob of a huge pendulum rightor left at launch, it will maintain that right or left yaw or bias during the

course of its energy cycle. And he observed that you can't engineer the

thing so it runs on a perfectly true course.

And he knew that Gaspard Coriolis, a fellow Frenchman had identified

certain properties of motion parallel to rotating frames of reference.


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And he hijacked that finding and decided to hypothesize its application

to the surface of the rotating Earth. He found that a big pendulum can

be set up so that the angular displacement its bob experiences as it

veers off course will be comparable to a translation of the east/west

deflection the bob would theoretically experience if it were (actually)traveling, and (actually) traveling along an invisible azimuth or line

above and (actually apart from) Earth's surface, and continually

travelling in one direction, as opposed to retracing each northern swing

with a southern swing, and so forth, which it actually does.

This was the most convoluted, trumped-up, wishy-twisty Rube Goldberg-

ish scientific hypothesis ever to come down the pike in all of recorded

history.

But if someone were desperately--fervently (frantically?) seeking local

dynamic evidence of Earth's rotation, they just might close their eyes,

hold their noses, put cotton in their ears, and drink enough wine to

disconnect any and all warning bells in their brains, and buy into it. It

would depend on just how utterly shameless (i.e.: how eager to be

deceived) they might be. There was a serious risk of public humiliation

and career suicide in putting forth anything so nonsensical. But, on the

other hand, the potential rewards were enormous. The finder of theHoly Grail would be practically deified as: THE DISCOVERER. What the

hell? So: Foucault ran it up the flagpole with great fanfare in Paris in

1851. And the rest, as they say, is history. Luckily for the old half-

witted blowhard, his audiencethe world's intelligentsiawas as eager to

buy his lies as he was to sell them. Truth and honesty were trampled in

the mud and long forgotten by the desperate mob.

At that crucial moment, any honest application of the scientific

method, any judgment, any reflection, any thoughtfulness at all, would

have shown anyone with even moderate intellect that it would be foolish

to expect ANY terrestrial manifestation of Earth's rotation in the first

place, based upon the most fundamental nature of Gravity.


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Because they would have comprehended / cognified what their

eyes had told them. Earth is a gravitational field. If you are part of that

gravitational field you simply go where that field goes. Movements of

your mother field through space are part of your "own" very nature--and

therefore do not in any sense represent change to you. So, forstarters: THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE DIFFERENT LINEAR SPACE-

VELOCITIES OF DIFFERENT EARTH LATITUDES WOULD HAVE ANY EFFECT

WHATEVER ON THE PATHS OF FLYING OBJECTS WAS PATENTLY BOGUS.

Not to mention the fact that the bob of a big pendulum does not

travel. It merely leans. Glue your shoes to the floor and then see how

much traveling you can do. You can lean this way and that-- that's all.

And that's all a pendulum's bob ever does. There is a fundamentaldifference between vibration and transport. (Trying to ascribe the

properties of an orbiting satellite to a lowly pendulum is beyond absurd:

it is insane. Spend too much time delving into that twisted Dante-ish

mind pit and you could seriously damage your mind.) So, Secondly:

WHETHER THE EARTH GENERATES A CORIOLIS EFFECT ON FLYING OBJECTS

OR NOT, A PENDULUM WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH

THAT DISCUSSION. THE BOB OF A PENDULUM DOES NOT MOVE. ITS FEET

ARE NAILED TO THE FLOOR. ALL IT CAN DO IS LEAN BACK AND FORTHWHILE PERMANENTLY LOCKED IN PLACE.

But in 1851 Scientists were Desperadoes. Big time. They swallowed

Foucault's Pendulum with a smile, washing it all down with plenty of the

wine of superficially impressive math formulas. Thus the biggest hoax in

history was perpetrated on the intelligentsia, who have snobbishly

passed it down from generation unto generation. But, Jesus! Can

millions of brilliant scientists really have been so stupid for so many

generations? Absolutely.

Wolfgang the cat understands this. When he is at rest, he is at

rest. And in the absence of earthquakes, storms, wars, rumbling freight


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trains and the like, Earth's surface serves as a safe and peaceful place in

space.

Pressed for a comment about Leon Foucault and his disciples-- whodispute the fundamental peacefulness of Earth--and therefore believe in

the existence of tangible terrestrial evidence of Earth's rotation through

space-- Wolfgang pondered studiously, then produced disgusting hairball

noises, which may be roughly translated thus:

"Pfffffft...hack...aaaaaccccckkkkk...spit...

aaaauuuuugggggghhh!"*

The Author concurs.


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ARE YOU SMARTER THAN

STEPHEN HAWKING??

Forget the 5th-graders, for cryin' out loud-I want to know if

youre smarter than Stephen Hawking (yeahthe History of

Time guy).

Well, Uncle Charnoch is,


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and theres a good chance YOU are, too. (I'm not talking about math

here--this isn't about matching math-wits with Steve. The thing is, math

is only a language--a tool. There is a BIG difference between reasoning

and ciphering.

Think of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. Could he balance your check

book? You bet. Would you trade minds with him? Not hardly. You wouldnt

trade math tricks for your intellectual and emotional properties. Math is

NOT reasoning. Doing math is not the same as doing thinking. So if you

ever have a choice between math and thinking, choose thinking. If

intuitiveness means thinking, then sign me up! Flawed intuitive thinking

is way better than NO intuitive effort at all.

Beware of math as a substitute for thinking. Math can get to be

like drugs. It can impair your judgment worse than jailhouse home brew.

Look at "physicists. Too much math, not enough thinking. Math to a

"physicist" is like titties to a teenaged boy--

WARNING! NOT CONDUCIVE TO CLEAR THINKING!!!DANGER!! DON'T LOOK! STOP IT! STOP IT!!


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Why the heck dont we feel the earth move?

This is a magical and mysterious question. Why is it so special?

1) its at the heart of understanding our world, &

2) its a question that Stephen Hawking has never honestly

addressed. (Nor has anyone else in the post-Galileo era.)

WHY THE HECK SHOULD WE FEEL THE EARTH MOVE?

Logically, shouldn't the question really be:

HOW IN THE WORLD COULD WE NOT FEEL THE EARTH MOVE?

Because she moves like a mother. Because she is part of the

Solar System. You could figure her travel rates yourself, if you are

inclined that way. (Lets ignore the bigger picture for thisdiscussion. Forget about the galaxy we live in, and where our

galaxy fits in beyond that, and so on. For getting ourselves

oriented, our place in our Solar System will do just fine. Earth is

positioned in an orbital path 93,000,000 miles from the Sun. You

can work it from there. Circumference = pi X diameter. Due to her

natural habit of annually orbiting the Sun-- day after day, year


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after year-- the Earth flies through space at about 66,000 miles

per hour (which is more than three times the speed a rocket needs

to reach in order to get into Earth orbit). Oh, yes. And all at the

same time, Earth is making a daily 360 degree rotation. Since

Earths diameter is about 8,000 miles, you can figure it for yourselfif you like. At the equator, Earth rotates Eastward-- day after day,

year after year-- at about 1,000 miles per hour.

So, shouldnt we EXPECT to feel the Earth move? Wouldnt

that be a rational thing to predict? If you strap into a drag racer

and hit the gas you can be going 200 MPH before you know itand

you will sure as heck FEEL your ass being hauled. So if youre

strapped into a rocket ship which is going 66,000 MPH (whilespinning around an axis)how come we dont feel itnot even a

teeny bit?

If thisstrikes you as worth asking, then you're already ahead

of Stephen Hawking. Way ahead.


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A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE

(& VICE VERSA)

To understand why we dont feel the Earth move,

we first need to understand

what the Earth is.

This is not some unknowable, highly complex, mind

numbing (non-intuitive) exercise. The answer is right there in front

of our noses, readily available to anyone who wants to know. If

you have:

1) a set of car keys ,

2) a picture of Earth taken from out in space, and

3) a good mind,

then you have all the tools you need to figure out the reason wedont feel the Earth move.

Put your car keys in the palm of your hand. Imagine that

millions of other people are doing the exact same thingall around


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the world. Stretch your arm out. Rotate your hand. The keys will

fall out of your hand and hit the floor. And all around the world,

the exact same thing would be happening. Big deal? You bet. You

have just seen the Principles of Gravity at work. Here is the First

one:

The reason your keys fell down was that the Earth is bigger

than your keys. The power- to -attract of a big object is stronger

than the power- to- attract of a smaller object. Although our entire

existence is based on this phenomenon, it is hard to get our minds

around itprobably because we are totally incapable of reproducing

itor anything even really resembling it.

It is somewhat similar to the way heat radiates outward. Two

charcoal briquettes put out more heat than one briquette, and so

forth. But Gravity radiates IN-- not out. A big clump of matter

wields more come here than a little clump. So little clumps

gravitate to bigger clumps. The process is like a reverse

explosion. Take a movie of something being blown up. Run it

FIRST PRINCIPLE OF GRAVITY

MATTER ATTRACTS MATTER, &

OBJECTS ATTRACT OBJECTS,

WITH A DEGREE OF FORCE

COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR

RESPECTIVE

MASSES.


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backwards. That is the way Gravity makes clumps of matter

behave. It imparts to all things the natural impulse to form groups.

But there is nothing in our Earthly experience that is truly

analogous to Gravity, so we have to constantly be on our toes. An

explosion is something that has been causedthat has been done

to something. Which fundamentally distinguishes explosions, and

all other Earthly activities, from how Gravity operates. The

mutual attraction of matter and objects isnt something done to

the objectsit is part of the very nature of those objects. Objects

simply possess a communal nature. This is the first principle behind

the fact that there are millions of settlements (like Earth)

scattered around the vastness of Space.

The second principle relates to the detailsof exactly HOW

collections of matter are collected. A hot charcoal briquette puts

out heat in all directions. A big space settlement like Earth puts

out a come here force in all directions. I mean REALLY ALL

DIRECTIONS. More directions than you can count. 360 degrees (or

6,400 mils) times the infinite number of circles that make up

Earth. The attractive force of Earth operates omni-directionally.

(Just as it did billions of years ago while Earth was being formed.)

The end result is inward shift toward a common center.

Prolonged systematic inward shift produced a systematic

arrangement of the bits a sphere. To Naturea sphere is the ideal

form. It is Natures entity-Natures One. When a whole bunch of

shapeable matter has a common center and the individual bits all

have a mutual attraction, you have the natural makings of a

sphere.

So-- looking at those pictures of Earth from space is kind of

cheatingits like having someone give you the answers before the

test. But if you were blind and you were given the First Principle of


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Gravity, you could work the rest out in your mind. The sphere is

the logically predictable result of the systematic physical

application of the principle of matter- attracts- matter. It works

backward and forward. The way the magnitude of a clumps come-

here is based on its massiveness predicts spherical formation. Andthe existence in fact of a sphere proves that spherical forces have

been at work on that particular clump of matter. Thats the

principle behind the shape of Earthand the way Gravity regulates

our existence.

.

Because Earth was built according to that principle: if you

split Earth in half, from any conceivable angle, her two

hemispheres would be equal in mass. Which means that as you face

in any direction, the forces pulling you down- and- to- your left

will equal the forces pulling you down- and- to- your- right. The

sideways forces (left / right) dont pull an object apart. And they

dont cancel each other outbecause they are all part of the weight

of an object.

The working direction of those multi-directional pulls is theiraggregate. Their aggregate is a pull in a single, dominant direction

(straight down). They work in concertlike guy wires on a TV tower.

Guy wires dont pull a tower apart. They exert tugs from

geometrically balanced (symmetrical) angles, and the net working

angle is the aggregate-- straight down.

SECOND PRINCIPLE OF GRAVITY:

GRAVITY

WORKS

SPHERICALLY


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Which is the same way the sum total of the multi-directional

Earthly Gravitational forces at work on your body translate into a

single, simple sensationa pull in a single direction straight down

(on a line which would run through Earths center, of course).

Earths attractive force works as ifit derives from a single

pointEarths center of mass. When your car keys fell to the floor

they didnt feel competing and conflicting tugs from all around and

beneath them. No. They felt a tug from a single direction from

Earths center of mass.

Try and imagine the gravity connections between your body

and every other single person, animal, car, house, rock, mountain,

and so forth in Earth. Every single thing comprising Earth is

connected. And inherent in the connection is the systematic

organization. Things are collected based on their density and their

rigidity, and it works out sort of like the way you take your hands

and make popcorn balls out of hot caramel corn. Except Gravity

shapes from within. And the product is marvelously predictable.

When everything works according to plan, Gravity produces asphere.


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With or without any conscious thought, every human activity

always has been, and always will be, based on the way Gravity

works spherically.

Thats the working premise behind plumb bobs, bubble

levels, sophisticated inertial navigation systemsand the good old

originalthe human bodys equilibrium mechanisms. These

orientation tools show us the center of Earth's mass, and work on

the principal of Gravitational equilibrium. The top of the bubble in

a bubble level is perpendicular to a vertical (orthogonal) line to

the Earth's center of mass.

How reliable is the premise that Gravity pulls us straight

down toward Earths center? Well, for one thing, if that's a false

assumption, then so is everything else we believe we know about

Gravity. If matter attracts matter systematically, then we have to

believe that the attraction is based on something. What better

system than one based on magnitude of mass?* So: as Gravity

forms communities, simultaneously a variation on survival of thefittesta survival of the massiest takes place.

If Earth were shaped like a brick (unless we lived at some

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change our daily routines. Gravity would still orient us to the

center of mass of our local clump of matter. But to the extent that

the components of this particular clump are malleable, such as the

water in our lakes and oceans, Gravity inherently tries to create

spherical form. And Gravity simply cannot collect without sortingand arranging. It's like a non-separable vector. So one of the

major things Earth's form can tell us is whether Earth's component

matter is malleable (is now or used to be at one timeit works the

same). It makes our surface navigation a more rational and

reliable process.

So if a photograph from out in space shows Earth to be a

sphere, that is cause for celebration. It simultaneously validatesthe assumption that Earth's bits are / were malleable, that Gravity

operates this local corporation as an independent entity, and that

Earth's center of mass is not only the heart of Earth's Gravitational

force field, but is also the geometric center of that community.

It's equilibrium all the way, baby! Gravitational, geometric,

navigational, you name it. Sweet!

Oh yes. I almost forgot.

Back to Where the heck are we?.

We are in the surface of a spherical gravity field called Earth

(which happens to be flying and spinning through space).


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HUSH!

Is this all really necessary? Only if you want to understand

the rules of Earth-motion. Which has to start with a true

foundation.

What you have just learned isnt pointy-headed pocket-

protector nerd stuff. It is the blood and bones-- the very

foundation-- for the Rules of Motion. You have just learned the

significance ofStillness. We all know about stillness. It is the

continuation of a geographic location, isnt it? Yes and no. Absence

of geographic change is the sign of stillness. But there is a critical

principle at work in a still pond, a still glass of water, your sense of

total rest when youre stretched out in your hammock.

When you are under the pure and unadulterated power of

Earths Gravity you are in a state of serenity, stillness, placidityequilibrium with the rest of Earth. Here again, this is a

phenomenon which flows logically from what we know about the

nature of Gravity. Once Earths Gravity had formed her parts into a

sphere, its agenda changed from Construction to Maintenance.

Today Gravity works to maintain Earths spherical arrangement.


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All of Earths movable bits-such as you, your car and your

private jet-are constantly compelled downward on a line through

Earths center, with a force commensurate with their respective

weights. Weight is actually the ratio of a particular objects

mass to the total mass of Earth. An objects weight and locationare inseparable aspects of the objects Gravity-given identity.

If you have weight then you also have an assigned place in

Earths surface. Gravitys spherical nature imparts a natural state

to individual bits of a sphere. That natural state is

Stillness.

And stillness is a permanent condition. When you plop down in your

hammock, as far as Earths Gravity is concerned, you are supposed to

stay there permanently. Gallivanting around is NOT EARTHS IDEA. Earths

idea is for everybody to sit still. Sitting still is spherical behavior. It is a

state of harmony with Gravitys spherical nature.

If you understand these basic principles of Gravity, then you have

established a solid foundation for truly understanding motion. (and you

are so far ahead of Stephen Hawking your face should be a bright shade

of red right now!)

THIRD PRINCIPLE OF GRAVITY

STILLNESS IS THE STATE OF

SPHERICAL HARMONY /

EQUILIBRIUM

WITH EARTH


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MOTION

All of the bits of a gravitational sphere have an assigned

weight / location. Lateral movement is the result of lateral forcesufficient to disrupt the natural stillness of an object. In essence:

lateral movement is spherical relocation. Since Gravity works

spherically, so does the movement process which Gravity permits

within its sphere of influence, or realm.

The Laws of Motion in Earth are simply spherical applications

of the spherical nature of working Gravity. A Movement

event begins with one Gravity-assigned location and ends

with another Gravity- assigned location in the spheres

surface.


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This means that movement is regulated by the matter-

attracts matter principle. Which means that the

Gravitational pull of the entire sphere continues during themoving process. Which works as if object in transit is

balanced by an infinitesimal number of invisible rubber bands

during the move. Which means that things naturally move

straight. (Which actually means along a geodesic line. A

geodesic is the largest circle you can draw in the surface of a

sphere. Thats what we really mean when we say something

runs straight.)

This means:

That the minimum force required for a move

is dictated by the weight of the movable object,

&

The greater the forcethe greater the movement, &

During the move an object is in a state of

disrupted equilibriumof uneaseof disruptedstillness, &

Equilibrium and disequilibrium are both palpable

states.

FIRST PRINCIPLE OF MOVEMENT:

MOVEMENT IS CAUSED BY THE

APPLICATION OF LATERAL FORCE

SUFFICIENT TO PERTURB THE

SPHERICAL HARMONY OF AN OBJECT


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Contrary to one of the widespread urban myths, we can

easily determine whether we are moving or not. The human

inner ear contains a fairly primitive equilibrium mechanism.

But far more sensitive and objective instruments are readily

available, from simple fluid-based levels to the latestaccelerometers. Make no mistake: as stillness is

perceptible, so is disturbance. Either both are parts of our

physical environment , or neither.

Whether your body or some other movable object is

currently in a state of spherical harmony with its fellow

congregants is knowable. If you want to check theequilibrium of your desk vs Earth's center of mass of you

can easily do so. Take a bubble level and use it to level

your desk (if its off, youll need to adjust the legs). When

youre done, the bubble will remain centered in the fluid.

Then tap the level from the side. Shove it around. The

bubble will dance. This movement manifests the state ofdis-

equilibrium of the fluid in the level during the process of

spherical relocation. As long as you continue to move the

level along the surface, the bubble will continue to be offcenter. Only when you stop moving the level will the bubble

once again center itself in the fluid.

SECOND PRINCIPLE OF

MOVEMENT:

WE CAN TELL WHETHER

OR NOT WE ARE IN

MOTION


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Take your bubble level along on a train ride. When the train

first starts up the bubble moves wildly. This is big (obvious)

torque. But even as the train levels off to a steady cruising

speed, the bubble will never re-center itself. Because: as

long as the train is in motion (behaving non-spherically) thefluid in the level is in a state of perturbation / dis-

equilibrium.

Or: hang a laser pointer by a string inside your car and make

an X or stick a pin where the beam hits the floor. Then drive

along a perfectly level road.

When you take off, the point of the beam will movedramatically (big, obvious torque) toward the rearopposite

the direction the car is being displaced (moving). Then, as

you stop gaining speed and settle into a cruising speed the

laser beam will partially return toward the original X. But as

long as your car is still moving forward, the laser beam will

always point somewhat rearward.

Because even a constant, level speed is a constant, leveldisruption of the spherical harmony Gravity desires. (But of

course movement of Earth objects at constant, level

velocities is a relative, as opposed to absolute, concept. All

movement of Earth objects is limited by the magnitude and

duration of the application of the disrupting forceand

therefore fundamentally sporadic. The movement of Earth

objects depends on the expenditure of energy. And Energy is

expended in spurts-of different strengths and different

durations.

Two engines can pull a heavier train than one. And if an

engineer pulls back on the throttle, his train will slow down.

And if the caboose is cut loose, its momentum will carry it


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only a finite and entirely predictable distance forward. And if

you bounce a ball while on a moving train the ball will begin

to expend (lose) its momentum the instant it leaves your

hand. During the time it is falling, its forward speed will

decrease, relative to the train. At close quarters thisdegradation of kinetic energy will be negligible. But it is

part of the true nature of horizontal terrestrial motion which

flows from the local nature of Gravity.

Every inch of lateral movement of every ounce of an object

costs the expenditure of energy. Exertion is the antonym of

inertia. Disturbance is the opposite of placidity.

There are many more things to be deduced about how things

move here in Earth, but I am going to stop right here.

Because we have already spelled

out everything we need to know to understand Why We Dont

Feel the Earth Movewhich is why we came here in the first

place.

THIRD PRINCIPLE OF MOVEMENT:

NO FREE RIDES.

ALL RELOCATION COSTS AN

EXPENDITURE OF ENERGY.


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We have written down all of our Blues Clues in our handy-

dandy notebook. Now we just need to sit down in our

Thinking Chair and THINK.

THINK

Now weve articulated some of the basic truths about how things

work here in Earth. And Im proud of us for not getting the big head.

Because, upon reflection, we can see that weve not made any huge

discoveries. Weve simply put a little structure to things that ought to

have been obvious to us for all our lives. Weve put down on paper some

little elementary, baby-step facts about the "physics" of Earthly life. The

only real puzzle here is why we never found these elementary, baby-step

truths in any science textbook. (And why Stephen Hawking and the boys

never recognized them-or thought about their implications.)


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Yes, Thinker. Thats right. Youre ready to move on to the

implicationsto (easily) solve the riddle of Why Dont We Feel the Earth

Move? Lets THINK. Lets start as basically as we did when we began

pondering upon Earthly motion.

Back then we figured out the answer to, Just where the heck are we,

anyway?

So, now if Earth asks you, Hey, Thinking Man. Just where the heck

am I, anyway? What do you tell her? You tell her that her location is an

orbital path around the Sun. Her address is a tubular patch of Space

8,000 miles in diameter , in the shape of an oval with a radius of

93,000,000 miles. And she constantly sails around in that orbital path at

a rate of about 66,000 MPH (while spinning).

Then she asks you, So, how come I dont feel any of that crazy

movement?

And you tell her, Its because your movements dont represent any

CHANGE for you.

It is your Nature to perpetually travel at that velocity in that orbital

path. What you WOULD feel is if something disrupted your naturalbehavior. That would involve the application of Force to yourself. Which

would create a temporary energy vibration.

Which would cause a change from your natural state of behavior. Now

THAT would be news! THAT you would FEEL.

You know these things because you are a THINKER. You understand

that the solid Earth is different than the vast void of space in which it

lives. .

You understand that Earth is a Gravity- Created and maintained solid

object. Space is the opposite of a solid object. Thats what Space is

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Q: So: Do the Principles we have figured out about Earthly movement

apply to Earths movements through space?

A: NO. Duh.

Earths movements through space are not at all analogous to

movements of objects across Earths surface. Earth is a space entity.

Which, by definition, means it is not part of any other space entity. Duh.

The Suns Gravity does give Earths tubular orbital path a

location-- a Place in Space. But a Place in Space is a whole different

animal than a Place in Earth. Our concept of Place is based on our lifeexperience here in Earth, and is rather primitive and provincial. In the

big picture (Space), a Place is a safe orbital path. By definition, orbit

occurs when an object travels a perpetually repetitive path through

Space without disruption or resistanceor an element ofTime. As long

as she stays in her safe path and maintains her safe velocity, Earth wont

be sucked into the Sun or collide with any other of Suns planets.

Q: What does it take-- in terms of exertion (expenditure of

energy)-- for Earth to maintain her orbit velocity?

A: Absolutely NOTHIN!

Neither Earths continued forward motion nor her revolutions must

be paid for with energy. Because there is / was no resistanceno force

field which orders Earth to sit still.

So it is not Earths nature to be still. In fact, the opposite is true. It is

Earths nature to be in constant, regular (orbital) motion. That

characteristic is as inseparable from Earths physical existence as your

DNA is from your body.


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(This is the hardest part of this whole exercise. When you get your mind

around this detail, you are entitled to puff your chest out and crow a

little bit. This is the first thing weve covered that requires any real

THINKING.)

Make a note: Earths constant and repetitious orbiting and revolving

are-- to Earth-- what stillnessis to you (as a captive part of Earth).

And So: A thinker would never have predicted that we should be

able to feel the Earth move (under our feet). Because a Thinker would

understand that Earths monotonous, steady, perpetual movements ARE

NOT CHANGES vs Space-- they are part of her same-ing in Space. They

are not in contrast to her nature--they ARE her nature.

And So: a Thinker would know that there are no Dynamic

evidences of Earth's planetary movements to be found. Earths

movements do not represent the expenditure of any energy. If new

energy were being continually added to the mix, then Earth's angular

velocity would have been steadily increasing for a few billion years. No

telling what we'd be up to by now. A day would probably be about 2

seconds. Space and gravitational fields are in no way analogous.

And So: Nothing we know about In-Earth Movement transfers to the

"physics" ofIn-Space Movement. They are in fact different physical

dimensions. Movement in Earth is disruption of the natural state.

Movement ofEarth in Space is Earths natural state. One involves the

expenditure of energy, one does not. One assigns Earth-weight to

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Therefore everythingevery single PRINCIPLE we so carefully

worked out before-both as to Gravity and to Motion-are only germane

within the sphere of influence of a gravitational field (e.g.: Earth). All of

those principles need to have an asterisk and a note that they apply to

objects which are a part of Earth. Thats pretty darned obvious, now,isnt it?

So-- there you have it. If you understand Why We Cant Feel the

Earth Move, then I pronounce you SMARTER THAN STEPHEN HAWKING.

You know something profoundwhich Stephen Hawking has never even

wondered aboutmuch less sorted out. And you are now qualified, if you

are so inclined, to rewrite every modern "physics" textbook, every

encyclopedia article about the Coriolis Effect, every "physics" coursetaught in every school in every country in the world.

Way to go, You Thinking Man, You!

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Foucaults FANTASTIC Pendulum is what got me started on my own

current journey.

I had a spotty early career as a boy genius in what we call Middle

America. That's me on your left, in this old clipping from 1966.


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When I took the LSAT, a score of 662+ qualified you for MENSA. I

scored 726. I was above average, aptitude-wise. Fast-forward 22 years. As

a former- boy- genius-turned-middle-aged-underachiever I did a whirlwind

Smithsonian tour back in 1988. The Foucault's Pendulum display rang my

inner camel bell. I read the scientific rationale posted there on the wall, but

it didn't even begin to sink in. I wasn't skeptical-- I was just a Foucault

virgin. I hadn't ever been interested in science. Like the millions of

tourists who had preceded me, I assumed that the rationale was right, and my

failure to comprehend was a defect on my part.

I went back home to my Middle- American-desperately- unsatisfying-

underachieving- life, tossing Foucault's Pendulum into my brain's

basement (onto the pile with all the other life- projects I never seemed to get

around to.)

Then--in about 1993-- I embarked on a sort of a personal salvageproject. I decided to make a belated attempt to get a grip. Like Hercules

Poirot, I needed to arrange my little gray cellsand had needed to for a long

time. I decided to dust off my brain and see if it still workeda do-it-

yourself intellectual restoration project. Was I still capable of getting a

grip? I assigned myself the task ofunderstanding* the workings of

Foucault's Amazing Pendulum. It was to be like a way-way advanced

crossword puzzle. It was a diagnostica test to see whether my mind was a

salvageable artifact.

(*It is critical to appreciate what I mean by understanding. At the

stage in my life where I dove into Foucault's world I possessed at least

one positive mental health trait. I was healthily skeptical. On matters of

importance, I trusted myself above anyone else. No matter the source, I

applied my own personal test, based on good old-fashioned

ontemplation. When I commit to a project, I commit. This means it is

ike an itch I cant scratch. Ill be driving down the highway or watching

V or walking my hound dog when some aspect pops into my head foronsideration. Ill wake up at night with a new thought and have to get

up and scribble down some new notes. I always try to break a concept

own to its true meaningits essence. Broken down, does it add up?

Does it make sense? Does it fit? Does it work? That this analytical

method istaboo in "physics"-landis probably key to the acceptance and

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So: off to the library I wenta skeptical inquirer. A former-boy-genius-

on a major new learning expedition. I looked up Foucault's Pendulum in texts

and encyclopedias. To understand Foucault, I found that I had to first

understand the Coriolis Effect associated with Earth's rotating surface. I

checked out books. I made copies of various articles from journals and

magazines and took them home to study.

I read. I underlined. I made notes. I imagined myself an artillery shell

and tried to experience the Coriolis Effect as I flew North toward my target. It

didn't work. I couldn't get around the stability all Earthly objects enjoy. To

travel along a straight road you just keep your wheels straight. And I could see

no difference between things that crawled, walked, rolled or flew (except for

space shuttles). I just couldn't see it.

Foucault was nuts. That was my impression after a day or two of serious

study of Foucault's Amazing Pendulum. Now, fifteen years later, I have

found nothing to shake my original impression. I have been told that mythinking is intuitive, meaning, in "physics"-speak, that it is inferior.

Bullshit. There are instances where Nature has played little tricks on

Earthlings, so that Reasoning and Common Sense yield bad science. But big

pendulums are not such an instance. Each case must be studied on its own

merit. The more I have actually studied Foucault, the better my intuitive first

impression looks, and the crazier he seems.

Travel is broadening, as they say. Since this project began, I have

visited Coriolis , Fluid Dynamics, Classical Mechanics, Rocketry, Ballistics,Gunnery, Astronomy, Geo"physics", Meteorology, Copernicus, Galileo,

Newton, NASA and Orbital Mechanics along the waystopping to read

historical markers, taking pictures, collecting postcards.

No matter how you look at it, Foucault's Pendulum is absurd. The most

amazing thing about Foucault's Pendulum is that it ever deceived anyone with

an IQ bigger than a mushroom's for even five minutes.

Any scholarly discipline that embraces Foucault's Pendulum is neither

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STILLNESS,

and other facts of life.

Where would you send your children to gain a solid grounding for learning

about the basic, physical facts of life? Perhaps to "physics". After all,

isnt "physics" supposed to be that specialty devoted to articulating the

physical hows and whys of the world we exist in? A pretty good starting

point might be to learn about the default setting for everything

Earthlythe state of stillness.

But go to any "physics" textbook or encyclopedia and look upstillness. Youll find nothing. Think of it! Every act, every deed, every

movement, our every experience- of- being starts from, and is measured

against, a state of stillness. "Physics" is supposed to be about

understanding the physical facts of our lives. And yet the keepers of the

Big Book of "physics" majestically ignore this basic subject. What ought

to be on page one of chapter one is simply nowhere to be found. Its like

a catechism that doesnt include any description of God. Good Grief!

How curious. How quaint. How dumb.


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The state ofstillness has been appreciated by real humans forever.

This appreciation was the root of the mans early belief in a stationary

Earth as the center of the universe, most famously articulated by good

old Aristotle. Then thinkers-- like Aristarchus of Samos-- questioned that

belief as early as 200 B.C. But such thinking was just a novelty-- until

Copernicus took it to the next level, working out the truth about our Sun-

centered local universe and publishing a detailed mathematically

verifiable heliocentric model in 1543. Many years later Kepler came

along and improved on Copernicus. Then Galileo and Newton added their

own unique endorsements, and finally, inch by inch, the world came to

accept and understand that Earth is not in fact stationarybut is

constantly movinglike a mother. She orbits the Sun at about 66,000

MPH, all the time rotating 365 times per solar orbit! This process

whereby heliocentrism became accepted knowledge is called theCopernican Revolution-- and is regarded as having wound down about

1650. By then the worlds smart people had all come to accept and

acknowledge as scientific fact that the Sun is the Big Boss of our quiet

little neighborhood of the Universethat Earth is merely a bit

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But was that in fact the logical end of the Copernican Revolution?

What about the quality of Earthly Stillness that had fueled the historical

(Aristotlean) belief that Earth was the stable center of the universe?

What was Earths true naturewas she flighty or sedate? How could

smart people possibly ignore the need to reconcile those two conflictingperceptions of Mother Earth? The Copernican Revolution wasnt really

over until someone solved this Copernican Enigmathis flighty Earth vs

stodgy Earth contradiction. This was a whole new Puzzling Puzzler.

Yes--accepting heliocentrism was a major advance toward knowing the

truth about this place we live in, but was a crossroad, not the

destination. The elephant in the room was the elegantly basic, natural

Earthly state of stillness. As soon as you accepted Copernicus model,the next logical step was to reconcile the two seemingly contradictory

Earthsthe stodgy, serene and still one, and the one flying and spinning

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WISHFUL THINKING

The end of the Copernican Revolution was a crucial stage in the

advancement of knowledge. Intellectual progress hung in the balance.

It was one in a series of crunch times by which the history of intellectual

evolution is marked. It was a time to pause, take some deep breaths,

and ponder, reflect and get re-oriented. Instead, the pooh-bahs of"physics" decided to disown and discredit and denounce pondering as a

scientific tool. And the first blunder of that misguided revisionism was

the way they dealt with the Copernican enigma.

Incredibly, they swept it away with a crude broom-- a religious-

type dogma. They dealt with the annoyance of the Copernican Enigma

not with Real Thinking, but with Wishful Thinking. You can reconstruct

their twisted thought process from the stark record of their decisions.

OK, they told themselves, Earths flying and spinning personality werenot to be argued.

Stage one of the revision was to simply ignore the elephant sitting

in the middle of the classroomthe fact that as an orbiter of the Sun

Earth was flying through space at about 66,000 MPH. If that travel was

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Earth traveling at that kind of velocity would quickly destroy the Earth.

She would disintegrate. So the first thing they had to do was to totally

ignore the big motion, and to henceforth think only of the relatively tiny,

incidental motion; Earth's daily rotation.

Putting Earth's 66,000 MPH flight out of mind, they proceeded to

decide that the serenity of Earth had merely been a beliefa perception,

so they simply needed to un-believe any and all empirical data indicating

a serene Earth. How to convince themselves and others that the

stillness of a quiet pool of water was only an illusion? Easy: all they had

to do was perform a sort of mass-hypnosis, to join hands and believe it

away. They had believed it into their culture. They could believe it out.

The new belief-fact was that if you were smart enough you could spot

some tell-tale sign, some Earthly manifestation of Earths flighty,

carnival-ride side. Since ponds APPEAR to be still, the manifestations of

Earth's rotating are obviously muted down, filtered somehow, muffled,

camouflaged They are way to subtle for the unwashed, unschooled

masses to detect. It would take advanced and superior thinking to

identify themprobably something non-intuitive. Manifestations were

out there. They had to be, By God! But the only ones with any chance of

identifying them were the non-intuitive elite. Voila! They wished it,

assumed it, and willed it into life.

So here mankind was at a historic crossroads on the pursuit of

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The post-Copernican battle-cry was, All of you NON-INTUITIVE

ELITE GUYS get busy and find Earthly proof of Earths rotationbecause ithas GOT to be here someplace. The opinion-makers sold it, and sold it

good. Way to go, guys! All of your focus, all of your resources went

racing down the Wrong Road.

Which is how a major infection began to grow in the body of

"physics", and why350 years after man learned the truth about our Solar

System-- the worlds elite thinkers are still lost on this subject. No one

has yet found that elusive manifestation of the flighty Earth not a

rational, physical one-- but that hasnt ever bothered the "physics" pooh-bahs. Oh, no.

200 years after the end of the Copernican Revolution, in the mid

1850s, the worlds smart people were still looking around for that

elusive dynamical (non-astronomical)evidence of Earths rotation.

There is no record of their belief ever shaking, or of anyone standing up

and saying, Hey, guys, maybe weve been on the Wrong Road all this

time. Maybe we ought to go back to that crossroad and start fresh on

that Copernican Enigma.

But,no. That never happened. Thats the kind of intellectual

housecleaning that makes for progress. Thats what the original

Copernican Revolution was all about. But instead of relaxing their

resistance to such periodic re-thinking in that enlightened period, that

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road too many miles, for too many years, to even permit the smallest

doubt that they might have made a wrong turn. They were committed.

They had long since merely believedgoddammit they KNEW-- there was

dynamic rotational evidence to be found, somewhere, right there in front

of them. But the years went by, and still no evidence turned up. Butthey kept preaching it, and believing it. And as time went by, they got

testier and testier. They became shorter and snappier with anybody who

dared to question their beliefs. But in the wee hours of the night, they

had to occasionally wake suddenly in a sweat, having had a horrible

nightmarethat their beliefs might somehow, in some small way, be

flawed. Unacceptable! Get away, Satan! And so I am surmising that the

atmosphere was getting a little desperate.

Such was the stage of modern science when an ambitious

Frenchman, Leon Foucault, struck up the band and announced to the

world that the search was overhe had discovered the Holy Grailthe

dynamic rotational proof everyone had been so diligently seeking. He

served up a pseudo-scientific soup to the smart people, who bought it,

swallowed it, smiled, complimented the chef, leaned back and patted

their tummies, and took a nap. And thats where the modern science

on that subject has been stuck ever since.

Foucault saw that different points on the surface of a rotating

sphere (like Earth) will have different linear velocities in relation to

neighbor beings like stars, and hypothesized that those sphere-surface

velocities ought to manifest themselvesto a smart enough person.

Foucault promoted a swinging pendulum as precisely such a manifester.

As far as the science establishment was concerned, the case was closed.

This garbage has been revered by scientists ever since.

If anyone noticed that this was a tawdry and half-assed way to deal

with the Copernican Enigma, nobody spoke up. Or if they did they were

hooted down, shamed and shunned into silence. Until now. Until I camealong. I am the perfect storm the scientific elite never imagined was

possible. I am a mortally intrepid skeptical inquirer. But, lest I bore you,

let's liven things up. Let's bring out something sexy on stage.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS! Here now, merely 350 years

after smart people ought to have demanded it, I am about to help you


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reconcile the two apparently conflicting Earth personalities. To point out

how simple it is that:

is perfectly compatible with

Earths flighty & serene personas are not mutually exclusive.

There is no need to twist, convolute, lie, imagine, pervert and cheat

(like Leon Foucault and his cult). Peace, Brother. Earth is in fact an

inertial environment. Earthly Serenity is NOT just a primitive illusion.

Serenity is a fact of life. (In fact, as Ill expand on later, serenity is one

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and explain.) All you need is a brain-- and the courage to use it just an

itty bitty bit-- to perfectly reconcile the flighty and the serene.

Heres the deal: the Laws of Motion in Space

are entirely different than

The Laws of Motion Within a Gravitational Field (like

Earth).

All movement here in Earth is the result of the application of energy, and

every rearrangement of Earths particles can be told as an energy story--

with a start, an end, and a chronological order. In Earth, all movement

represents change (acceleration), in contrast to the natural status quo.

On the other hand, Earth's movements in space are NOT the result

of the application of ANY energy. This is because the workings of the

planets in our solar system do not represent a rearrangement, a change,

or any contrast with the natural status quo. Those workings represent

the solar systems serenityits equilibrium, its same-ness, its stillness.

When Earth and Jupiter orbit and rotate they are merely maintaining

their ordered serenity. They are NOT changing. Their movementsaccelerate nothing. They are (somewhat) like components of a watch

movement. Individual watch components move in perfect harmony, so

that the machine represents a wholeness. But: a watch is a consumer of

energy. The systematic dynamics of the individual bodies in our solar

system is not. Our solar system operates by means of perpetual, non-

energy-driven, non-energy-consuming motion. This is natural Space-

motionsomething Earthlings do not experience in their primitive

Earthling lives here inside Earth's gravitational field.

In Earth, the tiniest little movement represents disruption

/change. Our local Solar Systemby definitionis a ballet of

gravitational fields operating in equilibrium on the stage called Space.

So what an astronomer sees as movement within our orderly little solar

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sustaining motion. Just because Earth-motion represents change does

not mean that Space-motion represents change.

Yes, yes: Earth flies and spins like a mother. But in the context of

the orderliness of our galaxy, that is the Space counterpart of Earthly

stillness. Accept it. Get your mind around that.

But dont ask your local "physicist" to understand it. You'd have a

better chance of teaching your puppy the Gettysburg Address. A

physicist is smart in some ways, dumb in others.

Now Hear This: Earths flightiness and serenity are both true.Both facts of life. Recognize it. Appreciate it. Accept it. Marvel at it.

Enjoy.

WOW!


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BIG BLOW TORCH

The Sun is very hot. Space is very cold. Without the heat that radiates to Earth

from the Sun, Earth would be an uninhabitable icy ball. Think Antarctica on steroids.

The North and South Poles give us a clue as to Space: it is Cold & dark. That is one of 2

major constants involved in the Earth-surface weather we happen to be experiencing at

any given moment. The other is that a blast of solar heat , centering near the Equator, is

constantly moving across Earths surface from East to West at a rate of 1 (1/360th of

Earths circumference) every 4 minutes.

So there is a constant competition going on within Earths atmosphere, and the

process creates a fascinating piece of natural choreography. Space keeps trying to

freeze us, from all directions. The Sun keeps trying to blow torch us, from a single

direction. Earths spheriosity dictates that the Suns influence is greatest at the equator,

weakest at the poles. And of course the tempo for the dance is the rate of Earths

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Wherever the Suns rays reach, they try to convert cold to hot. And as soon as

the heat of the Suns rays go on their way, the cold of Space immediately rushes back in

to try and reclaim the field. This competition is played out as changes in the

atmospheric pressure. Hot air is low pressure. Cold air is high pressure. In the

competition between hot and cold, pressure translates into strength, or forcefulness.

Cold air pushes hot air out of the way. The observation that hot air rises is true, butmisses the point of the basic principle involved. Cold gases move like water and other

liquids, which seek their own levels. To cold air, a pocket of hot air is a space it needs to

fill. This is merely the spherical nature of Gravity at work. It is Gravity which causes

heavy, cold air to stake claim to the lowest level, and to displace any light, hot air in its

way. Gravity sorts all mattersolids, liquids and gases-- based on density. The

heaviest stuff tends to end up at the bottom of a pond (or Earths atmosphere).

Stand beside a highway as the big semis careen by you. Feel the shock waves

of the wind they stir up as they roar by. See how the weeds whip aroundthe dust and

candy wrappers jump, sail and whirl around. That is how the Suns heat affects Earths

atmosphere. A big semi roaring by you dramatically alters the atmospheric pressure. Sodoes the heat of the Sun. When the air over the Equator is heated up, its pressure is

lowered.

Picture the radiant heat from the Sun as a big stationary blow torch aimed at our

Earth. As Earth rotates Eastward, she is constantly exposing cooled-off surface air to

the blow torch. And any surface air that is heated up is guaranteed of one thing: it is

going to be travelling. The weakness of its altered pressure state means that the cooler

adjacent air will naturally be seeking to claim that patch of the Earths surface and

occupy it, pushing the weaker hot air out of the way. Heat disturbs the surface

atmosphere of Earth very much like a speeding boat disturbs a lake. Its all Fluid

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ButbutbutBut EVERYBODY knows that the CoriolisEffect is a big part of our Earths weather system. Well, yes and no. Yes, everybody

believes this is true. Because Physicists are extremely smart and careful people, and

every one of them KNOWS that there is a Coriolis Effect upon terrestrial air movements.

And the sign painter hired to put up this sign was a sign expert, wasnt he? And

didnt he check everything twice? And didnt three or four people from the customers

staff check it out after it went up and OK it before they paid for it? Well, yes, of course.

But. just because somebody who is supposed to be an expert KNOWS something to be

true is no guarantee that it is true.

We dont always see what we think we see. And the truth we etch into our

minds isnt always true. Thats why wisdom and questioning go hand in hand.

No self-respecting TV Weather Man (or Damsel) can get through a singlebroadcastespecially during hurricane season--without talking about the Coriolis Effect.

From the cradle they have been taught that circular air movements are affected

by the different space-speeds of different Earth-latitudes. They would bet anything they

own or ever hope to own on it. They know it in the marrow of their college-educated

bones. Of course its just bunk. Pretentious nonsense inherited from Science-doms

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Suppose I picked up an old 172mm Artillery piece at my local Army-surplus store,

and decided to one-up the teen-aged boys in the neighborhood on the 4th of July by

squeezing off a round from my back yard. And since theres a car dealer about 20 miles

north of my house whose TV ads irritate the hell out of me, Ill plot his car lot as my

target. Lets see. How should I compensate for the Eastward linear velocity Ill lose as

my artillery round flies 20 miles north? Lets use our heads.

Q: Now, if there is no local physical manifestation of the space-speed of my

back yard, and no local physical manifestation of the space-speed of the car lot 20

miles north of here, how in the name of Dick Tracy can there be any physical effect from

comparing or contrasting those two space-speeds?

A: There cant be. There isnt. Nebber hoppen, GI. The physical value of

Earths eastward rotation at the gun placement is 0. The physical value of the Earths

eastward rotation at the latitude of the car dealer / target sight is 0. Correct me if Im

wrong, but isnt the sum of 0-00? Huh? Whats so cotton pickin hard here?

Dear Meteorologist: The Physicists have been blowing smoke up your ass all of

your professional life. In reality, there are absolutely NO physical terrestrial ramifications

of the space speeds of Earthly latitudes. So get Coriolis Effect out of your mind and

out of your vocabulary. To explain everything formerly explained with the Coriolis

Effect, find scientifically accurate replacements within the structure of Gravity-based

Fluid Dynamics. Hint: key in on vortices and reverse-vortices before next storm season.

Hint #2: dont just swallow truths given to you by others. Establish a routine of

independently checking information for yourself before you etch it permanently into your

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STARTING FROM SCRATCH

ISN'T "physics".........supposed to beabout how things actually work? Shouldn't "physics" be where any curious

person should be able to find a basic guide book for Life On Earth? Well,

that is certainly the conventional wisdomand certainly was a view I once

shared. Reverence for Science is part of the fabric of Western Civilization.We are taught that if we are lost or feel in danger, look for a friendly

policeman. And if we are curious about the physical realm of our human

existence, we should consult with our friendly local "physicist".

At this relatively late day in human development, there is absolutely

no reason for any curious person to be in the dark, or to be confused aboutthe elementary facts of life on planet Earth. A clear set of basic start-up

Physical Facts of Life should be readily available. They ought to be right

there in Chapter One of every "physics" 101 textbook. The "physics" Bible

should include a safe and sound learning foundation for curious people.They should be able to find the basics all nicely laid out for them, so they

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them, as reference points for all their subsequent journeys into every field

of inquiry based in our physical world. Ha, Ha!

Have you ever been driving West down an interstate highway andwondered how Earth's rotation affects our terrestrial travels? I mean,if Earth is spinning Eastward at, say, 500 MPH under our wheels, andwe're heading West at 80 MPH, how does that all come together? Whatthe heck is really going on here? Which is one way of posing thequestion:

WHY DONT WE FEEL THE EARTH MOVE

OR DO WE??

This is not an idle little question. It goes to the very heart of a basicpractical understanding of human existence. What kind of place is this

planet we call Home?

We accept the fact the Sun is the center of a systematically moving

arrangement of Gravity fields, and that Earth is one of those Gravity Fields,

which we callplanets. If you were making a movie about Earth, you could

start from out in space, giving a view of the whole Solar System, and then

gradually zoom in on Earth. Or you could start with a microscopic view of

something tiny, and then zoom out, backing away, until you had our entireplanet, and then our entire solar system, in sight. Either one would serve as

an introductionan orientation-- to the rudimentary basics of our physical

lives.

And wouldn't you expect those basics to include the practical, down-to-

Earth, local, every-day effects on our existence of Earth's movement patterns

within the Solar System? I did--until about 15 years ago, when I wandered

into the "physics" field looking for some simple, basic answers. Instead, I

have learned that physicists do not value simple, basic answers. They

are not beacons of Truththey are agenda-driven liars, phonies, hypocrites.

They are not kind to strangersthey are like a snotty turf-protecting clique

of teen-aged girls. Physicists have never bothered to bring the basic facts

of life here in Earth into focus.

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unintelligible way. Look around on the internet for official explanations from

scientists as to basic questions like :

Why Dont We Feel The Earth Move?.

Youll find dozens of different answers, (none of them accurate,

understandable or believable). For this or any similar questions as to the

basic physical facts of life, you will face a stark choice. If you want anypractical physical Truths, you're on your own. You'll find no such

information in the authorized "physics" library. Looking for basic, practical

facts of life in a Physics text is like walking down a highway searching

the ditches for a part you need after your car has just broken down.

I'd suggest that you take advantage of the years of slogging I've put in.

If you're at all curious about the basic physical facts of life here in Earth,

read on. (Unless you don't care all that much about the truth, or are perhapsa glutton for punishment, and would rather do it yourself.)

Using my work as a solid starting point, and with a minimal

intellectual investment, anybody really interested in that question --about

feeling Earth move-- can readily work out an answer which is accurate,

understandable and believable. Here's what they'd realize:

EARTH'S PLANETARY MOTIONS MAY NOT BE SENSED WITHIN

EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL FIELD...

BECAUSE : EARTHS PLANETARY MOVEMENTS

THROUGH SPACE ARE: UNRESISTED

WHICH MEANS THAT EARTH'S PLANETARY MOTIONS

DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO ANY KINETIC ENERGY.

WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS NO TERRESTRIAL DYNAMIC

EVIDENCE OF EARTH'S PLANETARY MOTIONS.

There. And when they understand WHY we dont feel Earth move, then

they'll have learned one of the most basic Facts of Life. And so-- as they go

about their own particular life's journey of discovery-- they can take along

some basic facts that they can always refer back to, as needed. Such as: an

appreciation of the marvelous way that Earths planetary motions do not (and

can not) influence ANY terrestrial activity, including:


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high-tailing it down their local interstate in their hot rod,(short or long range) artillery,

rocketry,

space shuttle

launches, weather

systems &

(last but not least) Foucaults Fantastic Pendulum.


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THE HOLY GRAIL

From 1650 forward, the fashionable Earth paradigm had two

brand new components, one central, one corollary. The

central component was the accepted fact that Earth is a

planet which systematically orbits the Sun, while rotating.

The corollary was the accepted fact that terrestrial

dynamic evidence of Earth's rotation was here for the

finding. Western Science-dom henceforward possessed both

a new Earth-view, and a new Holy Grail. The quest wasafoot! Get out there and find dynamical proof of Earth's

rotation! Unimaginable Prizes to the Winner! HURRY! Fame,

Glory, Adulation Await!


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OR DID IT???

HOLD UP THERE, PILGRIM!

Yes, Copernicus' discoveries demanded a paradigm shift in

the scientific perception of Earth. Too bad that THINKING

had been outlawed right then. Tacking on the existence of

dynamical terrestrial proof of Earth's rotation was a paradigm

lurch, not a shift. A stretch, not a reasoned application.

Jamming on a wrong-size shoe because they loved its looks.

A goof. Classical "physics" infected by a classic case of over-

steering.


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Where the hell in any of Copernicus' discoveries does it say

that Earth is not a stable environment? Nowhere. Where the

hell in any of the scientific advances in the 450 years since

Copernicusthe vastly improved technology, the vastly

improved astronomy, the vastly improved processing aids(computers) is there any evidence that Earth's stability is

any different than as Aristotle perceived it?

Today's linear accelerometers can detect it when a baby

mouse takes a baby hop. There are some fabulously sensitive

dynamic sensors available today. But have you noticed that

the most sophisticated accelerometers cannot detect Earth's

eastward rotation? Or that today's most sophisticatedseismometers cannot detect any dynamical impulses from

Earth's rotation?

Steadfast refusal to revise beliefs when confronted with

overwhelming contradicting evidence is insanity.

SANITY

Intellectual progress is a two-part process:


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1) learning new stuff &

2) applying that new stuff.

Q: Is there anything inherent in the accurate perception of

Earth's role in the Solar System which means that Earthly

stillness is an illusion?

A: No.

Sit beside still water and watch a sunrise. You see the

changing Sun / Earth relationship. You feel a stable Earth

beneath you, and you see the still water of the reflecting

pool.

Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler gave us some great clues for

understanding still water on a mature and sophisticated

level. The problem was, the process of contemplation, of

meticulous, patient reflection had becomean accidental

casualty -collateral damage as it were-- of the Copernican

Revolution.

And so, for 350 years the true meaning of Earth's

astronomical self has eluded Science.


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Irrational transference is the result of ignorance-- and is an

everyday occurrence, regrettably.

Leon Foucault and his scientific soul-mates assumed that

terrestrial "physics" and space "physics" are analogous. They

were happy to transfer what they thought they knew about

terrestrial motion to ANY motion, any time, anywhere.

Terrestrial "physics" had taught them that the way things

behaved here in Earth could all be broken down into

repeatable mathematical formulae. So you could

scientifically (i.e.:mathematically) express your physical

observations of the movements of solid objects. For

expressing the energy needed to make a body rotate, for

instance, there was the concept ofmoment of inertia. Andthere was a simple formula for figuring the moment of

inertia of any given rotating

object /body:

I = mr

So when Foucault saw this:


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..he knew, as a fashionably scientific scientist, that the

scientific way to understand this still water was that --

despite appearances-- this pool was part of a rotating body.

A simpleton would think the stillness of the water in a pool

signified that Earth was not a rotating body. But a really

scientific scientist like Foucault had superior knowledge. He

knew that because Earth rotates, every bit of it, including

this little pool, is rotating, and therefore every drop of waterin that pool has its own kinetic energy, its very own rotation-

derived moment of inertia. For 350 years this view has

passed for science. If you wanted to pass any "physics"

course, you have had to know this.

Ifyou wrote a paper and maintained that-- althoughastronomy shows Earth to be a rotating body-- the stillness of

an Earthly reflecting pool shows that Earth's moment of

inertia (in Space) is nil:

I= 0r , or stated more purely: I=0


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...you'd not only be flunkedyou'd be insulted, ridiculed,

persecuted, abused, laughed at, maybe even punched and

peed upon.

But every time the navigation officer on a modern submarine

uses his boat's Inertial Navigation System, he is usingthat

formula. He is relying on the principle that Earth is an

inertial arena (frame of reference) for all Earthly particles

(in spite of Earth's travels in space).

Which is perfectly symmetrical with everything we

know about OUR Earth and the Solar System's Earth. Motion

in Space and in Earth are different. Sir Isaac could have

saved the world a lot of grief by so noting. But he didn't. As

it is taught to every student, Newton's 1st Law of Motion is

bad science. The only place a state of rest --as understood

by Earthlingsexists is in a gravity field like Earth. The only

place motion naturally follows a straight line is in Gravity-

free space. An orbiting planet is at rest although it iswhistling through space while rotating. Newton's 1st Law of

Motion is in direct conflict with reality.

So "physicists" in 2009 are still confused about the

basics of what makes our little planet tick. They are

befuddled about what happens to an arrow shot straight up

in a theoretical big vacuum tube on Earth's surface. They are

befogged about Why We Don't Fee;l Earth Move. They are

bedazzled about the potential effect of Earth's rotational-latitude-based-linear-velocities on trajectories of low-flying

(sub-orbital) Earthly objects like artillery, airplanes and

rockets. They have never recognized the fact that Inertia in

Space and in Earth are different concepts. They know not

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nor that: Inertia in Earth means NO motionnot one teeny,

weeny baby mouse hop--is free.

A glass of water is in fact at rest in relation to Earth's axisof rotation. If in doubt, place the latest, most sensitive

linear accelerometer on the table next to the glass of water.

Unless there's an earthquake, or you're living next to some

railroad tracks, the accelerometer and the glass of water will

both register their natural stillness.

In a gravitational field like Earth, the constant (level rate of

angular displacement) rotation of an object / body

encounters constant resistance.

That constant resistance is the object's weight. Its weight is

the ratio of the object's mass to Earth's mass. Constant

rotation isn't constant, literally. Each degree of angular

displacement relative to its axis is resisted by Earth's Gravity.

So each degree of angular displacement must be purchased

with an expenditure (pulse) of energy. In a gravitational

field, there is no such thing as perpetual motion, whichwould be free motion, which would be unresisted motion.

So any kinetic energy which a constantly rotating

terrestrial object possesses has been previously bought and

paid for with easily traceable energy. Kinetic energy is part

of the energy biography of the object. Kinetic energy has a

short shelf life. In order for an object to remain in a state of

rotation, its kinetic energy must be continually replenished.

If you cut off the energy flow, as by flipping the switch on an

electric motor, then you have in effect established a limit,

or end time, for the object's rotating (by non-replenishing

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Not so for motion in space. Once an object (like Earth) has

been placed in motion through Space ( e.g.: safely orbiting

while rotating) it is in a state of perpetual (free) motion.

So, in the context of the solar system, Earth's rotation isn't

change. When we observe Earth to be orbiting and rotating

our instinct is to think we are seeing change. But we mistake

placidity for disturbance. We make the common, but

entirely avoidable, error of transference. But a true

scientist would always carefully study the context or

environment for his / her observations. When we go to bed

at night we are in fact observing Earth's equilibrium in our

Solar System. Earth's angular velocity @ her rotational axis

does not represent change.

Since space literally means nothingness, nothing resists

the continuation of Earth's rotation. It has a lifetime pass

to ride free. Nothing we know about the way kinetic energy

works in terrestrial motion transfers to space motion.

Nothing Coriolis taught the world about work and kinetic

energy applies to space motionsuch as Earth's rotation.

So the fundamental formula about a rotating object's

moment of inertia applies to terrestrial motion, but not to

space motion. And since the m(mass) in the I (moment of

inertia) actually stands for the product of mass times Gravity

(local resistance in that motion environment) then once an

object has been launched or set or put in space motion, it

thenceforth encounters no resistance. No resistance, no

effective mass.

For an object already orbiting or rotating in space, I = 0r (or,

simply put; 0)

It all just means that Nature is even cooler than we thought.

Here is Earth rocketing and spinning through space, while


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providing a safe and serene (inertial) environment for us

little old humans. Wow!

It probably doesn't really matter now how or why Sciencescrewed up the Copernicus-generated paradigm shift. You

are absolutely welcome to a different theory than mine. The

point is that they screwed it up. That is not debatable.

That's a fact. And each new generation of scientists for the

last 350 years has proudly (arrogantly?) maintained the

tradition. It's a sordid tale of generation after generation of

intellectual inbreeding. Enough already. Desist!

There is just a wee difference between Space and Earth,

between free and expensive, between nothingness and

somethingness, between material and immaterial, between

mortal and immortal, between black and white, between a

vacuum and a rock.

The keepers of the Official Big Book of Science owe the world a

BIG apology.


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Turtles are Smarter

Turtles know that to get somewhere (else) they point themselves in the

proper direction and put one foot in front of another until they arrive.

Transit is the process of following a route between two points. To get to a

distant mountain you simply get your bearings, aim for the mountain, and

apply enough lateral force to get you there. It is a beautifully simpleproblem of angles and energy.

"Physicists", on the other hand, contend its more complicated than

that. They ridicule the turtle's perspective as ignorant, unsophisticated

intuitive. The ultimate put-down a "physicist" can use is to call an idea

merely intuitive. For the physicist, non-intuitive thinking is the cats

pajamas. For instance: "physicists" believe that Earths rotation is a


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factor in transportation. This is the unadorned gist of a myth which dates

back to 1850, when a Frenchman named Leon Foucault hatched it. It is still

mouthed reverently in words like this:

Any object moving above the earth with constant space velocity

is deflected relative to the surface of the rotating earth.

In other words, the natural direction of terrestrial motion is a curve!

In all of recorded history, there is no record that any turtle, not even a

hatchling, has ever been taken in by Foucault. But somehow he has

managed to hoodwink 100% of the card-carrying physicists. Life is

strange, and much is happenstance. As it happens, Sir Isaac Newton had

long been dead before Foucault came along. Otherwise, surely Foucault

would have been corrected before the ink had dried on his absurd

hypothesis.

Have you ever heard it said that someone was too smart for his own

good? So it is with our friends the "physicists. To understand the true

meaning of Foucault is to reject him. "Physicists" think they understand

him, which is an indictment of the sad state of analytical thinking in that

particular branch of science. A turtle may not do quadratic equations in his

head while engaging in sweaty romance with his girlfriend, but he knows the

basic facts of transportation.

"Physicists", on the other hand, just seem, by nature, compelled to

seek ecstasy in confusion. They cannot help themselves. That said, I do not

believe that it is OK for them to teach my children that the nature of motion

is to curve. If they want to believe that, fine, but let them practice it in

private.

And let them issue public apologies to every student who ever lost

points on a test for not perfectly reciting back the Foucault dogma.

And the next time youre at a cocktail party and find yourself belly to

belly with a "physicist", just look him in the eye and ask him, Well,

Siegfried, how does it feel to be dumber than a turtle?

If youre not a "physicist", God Bless You. Youre not confused byany of this, so you wont need to read on. Keep it simple. Enjoy life. Avoid

confusion. Be happy.


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At Liftoff? Good Grief No. Remember, we are looking for a horizontal

boost vs Earth's rotating surface. Surely it makes no sense to suspect that

the Earth's eastward rotation causes any geographic dis-positioning of the

rocket at the instant of liftoff . At liftoff, there are hundreds of the very

latest tracking, (positioning, locating) devices focused dead center on that

big beautiful monster. All of those tracking devices confirm what we see:

Initially, the rocket rises straight upas in: no shifting, zigging or zagging

in relation to Earth's surface.

In your mind's eye, imagine that you're watching a shuttle lift off, and

that a still pool of water is just in front of you, beautifully reflecting thesight. Toss a rock into the water. It will plunge into the pool, making

splashes and ripples. The same Gravity which pulled the rock down into the

pool pulls the splashes down, then the ripples, soon removing any vestiges

of the disturbance. The vertical movement of the rocket at liftoff is

governed by Earth's Gravityexactly like a rock you toss up into the air. It

risesand falls-- in perfect sync with Earth.A Gravitational field naturally calms, collects and steadies

everything from turtles to rockets--in its realm. If this is true, then -- ifyour aim is true-- you can shoot an arrow straight (orthogonally) up. And

if their aim is true, NASA can shoot a rocket straight up.Now Leon Foucault's followers would say that the fact that the

rocket rises straight up proves that the boost is already in playthat itis the boost that causes the rocket to rise straight up at liftoff. Whichis so stupid it makes my teeth ache. Just hold that thought for a minute,andwe'll get back to it.


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2) During ascension? As it starts picking up speed NASA starts alteringits trajectory, gradually lowering the angle of ascent down toward horizontal.

Then, Voila, it reaches escape / orbit velocity. Go back over that process in

your mind. Look for an Eastward boost, as in . There is plenty of

boost as in: perfect synchronization with Earth's Eastward angular velocityof: 15per hour, 1 every 4 minutes. But that is just keeping pace. Every

in the rocket's horizontal velocity vs Earth is accounted forpaid for with

propellantsbought and paid for by us taxpayers.

The ascending rocket's flight path relative to Earth's surface is not affected

by the flight of our galaxy, or by the flight of our solar system within our

galaxy, or by the orbiting of Earth around our Sun, or by the rotation of

Earth around its imaginary axis, or by Ouija boards or runes drawn on rock

walls in the Himalayas. The rocket's own ballistics (thrust, aerodynamics,

mass, meteorology, etc) completely determine its own movements,horizontal as well as vertical. It is wonderfully simple. At all sub-orbital

speeds the rocket keeps in step with Earths rotation--just like a crawling

turtle. Airplanes work exactly the same going West as East, and at all

altitudes, and at all latitudes. The same Gravity that becalms and be-stills

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forward progress of the rocket during the ascension phase must be purchased

with man-made power.

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