Ok getting some real sciency answers which proves you are way better than I am. Can you guys and gals break some of it down like I am 5 or so?

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Buckminster Fuller didn’t like to use “up” or “down”, preferring “in” (towards the center of gravity) and “out” (away from the center of gravity). “Downstairs” becomes “instairs”, “upstairs” becomes “outstairs”. A tad pedantic for casual conversations on Earth, but highlights the central issue.

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      14 days ago

      Knowing that the nature of gravity is just the curvature of spacetime, it seems arbitrary either way. I But I hadn’t heard that, interesting. Like that other commenter, my first thought was “the enemy gate is down”.