How comes they defy gravity with their center of mass vertical falling well outside their only support and not falling?
Vector explanations are counter intuitive. I accept them but deep inside something does not convince me completely.
Please help.
2007-01-02 14:09:22 · 4 answers · asked by PragmaticAlien 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Obviously only one is needed to 'defy gravity'.......!
Please note that while doing so, it is precessing around a vertical axis, a neccesary event for vectors to explain its behavior.
Let your left brain do the thinking on this one.
Nothing that's been published in a gazillion physics books and stood the trials of the last 200 years is likely to be shot down by your lack of intuition.
2007-01-02 15:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not alone in considering numerous scientific explanations as "counter intuitive."
Mass and energy are the same entity?
Time slows with acceleration and strong gravitational fields - as well as speeds that are a significant percentage of light?
Distance shortens in the direction of travel?
The force which causes an apple to fall to the ground is the exact same force that keeps the moons and planets in their orbits?
And these are just a few examples of "counter intuitive" discoveries which have been verified as the reality of the workings of the universe.
Kind of makes the vector explanations for gyroscopes seem ALMOST intuitive by comparison, eh?
2007-01-02 15:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't accept the scientific explanation, go with "It's magic."
2007-01-02 14:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Raul D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just hold their orientation, they fall just as fast when not otherwise supported.
2007-01-02 15:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by Dragon 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋