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Comments by "p11" (@porky1118) on "Response to Globebusters - The Earth Still Isn't Flat" video.
Thanks, rational arguments against the flat earth was exactly what I needed now. I recently watched too much "evidience" for a flat earth.
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The "Back of the truck" example is bad because of the wind not moving with the truck.
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Depends on the speed and jump height. Besides, balls are not heavy.
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@ProfessorDaveExplains Maybe the reason for overestimating the effect of air friction is, that video games, even if they take momentum into account, often accelerate the character back to zero velocity when jumping.
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@ProfessorDaveExplains Right, I didn't say, it's a good idea, but it may be the reason for thinking that.
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