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Title: What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?
Post by: yor_on on 28/01/2010 16:04:19

What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?

F.ex, Gravity is said to pull. Compression push. Can you think of more similarities or differences? I'm interested.

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Maybe this question should be moved?
Not sure myself here :)

Title: What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?
Post by: lightarrow on 28/01/2010 18:49:01

Quote from: yor_on on 28/01/2010 16:04:19

What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?

F.ex, Gravity is said to pull. Compression push. Can you think of more similarities or differences? I'm interested.

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Maybe this question should be moved?
Not sure myself here :)

Why does gravity pull? I thought I were pushed towards the Earth's centre [:)]

Title: What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?
Post by: yor_on on 28/01/2010 20:42:23

Hey I'm not sure :)

But I'm becoming slightly Chinese here, of the older type, before that little red book.

Yin and Yang sort of :)
Gravity works in all points right, how about compression?
And when you do so you transfer an energy, correct?

Title: What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?
Post by: Geezer on 29/01/2010 06:33:04

Quote from: yor_on on 28/01/2010 20:42:23

Hey I'm not sure :)

But I'm becoming slightly Chinese here, of the older type, before that little red book.

Yin and Yang sort of :)
Gravity works in all points right, how about compression?
And when you do so you transfer an energy, correct?

Yoron - What do you mean by "compression"? What is being compressed? Space perhaps?

Title: What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?
Post by: yor_on on 29/01/2010 13:10:32

I would really love someone doing that :)
Oh yes ::))

Okay Geezer, how about you and me doing a paper on that?
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Our fun aside Geezer, I'm just wondering what the similarities and dissimilarities are with compression as compared to gravitation. We can't really say, yet, what gravity 'is' more than it exist and seems to hold our universe together. As a force it is mainly seen as 'attracting' as I understands it and compression is, as a force, pushing things together. It's just something I got 'stuck on' and would like to see compared.

Title: What are the similarities and differences between compression and gravity?
Post by: Geezer on 29/01/2010 23:02:36

Maybe you are saying that there is no such thing as "pull". There is only "push", so, for gravity to do its thing, it all must resolve to a "push". If that's where you are going, I agree with you.