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- From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo
- Subject: Re: More Hill-bashing
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- Date: 7 Jun 1996 19:13:36 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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- Brian Zeiler (bdzeiler@students.wisc.edu) wrote:
- : Mr. Fun wrote:
- : >
- : > Brian Zeiler <bdzeiler@students.wisc.edu> wrote:
- : >
- : > >Mr. Fun wrote:
- : > >
- : > >> What, exactly IS a "field of acceleration"?????
- : > >
- : > >Um... gee, you think gravity might be one?
- : > >
- : >
- : > No. I've never heard anyone talk about a "field of acceleration" except you.
-
- : Well, don't forget that this guy was already a professor by 1936.
- : Whether or not his terminology is consistent with yours has little
- : bearing on the fact that a "gravitational field" is a well-known term
- : describing an area in which a force is present that accelerates objects.
-
- Inventing a force and calling it a field adds very little scientific content.
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