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I don't seem to weigh less when I'm in a plane.
I'm not interested in hearing about the effect of height on gravity or the apparent effect of acceleration.
Quote from: Bored chemist on 23/08/2011 19:16:23I'm not interested in hearing about the effect of height on gravity or the apparent effect of acceleration.As weight is always a consequence of acceleration, it's a bit difficult to discuss weight without taking acceleration into account.
With respect to what am I currently accelerating that explains the dent in the springs in the chair I'm sitting on?
I'm just amused that the physicists seem to have redefined the word "proper" to mean "bogus".
By measuring my acceleration, because, under those conditions I will actually move.If you took the chair away one of the two forces would be removed and so there would be a net force and there would be an acceleration.