Re: [Bulk] Re: Death penalty

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sure.  But I would say if your were making the case that they control the tides
> similarly you would fail.

Well, a ping-pong ball *does* have mass and therefore does exert a
gravitational force.  The analogy would be valid because they do share
that particular aspect in common.  It would "fail" because using such
small objects isn't very illustrative.

*now imagining the tidal forces exerted on a wet baseball by a nearby golf ball*

-- 
Nick (arguing about analogizing?)


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> Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] [Bulk] Re: Death penalty
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> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Karl <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Well the differences really are extreme and pretty much negate the
> similarities.
>> An ping pong ball is similar to the moon, as they are both kinda round.  I
> would
>> hesitate to use that comparison for anything substantive.
>
> Like, say, how light from the sun makes the moon appear to be
> different shapes to us? I've seen the resemblance of ping pong balls
> demonstrate that.
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