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minus-square@Klear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink11•28 days agoYou forget there is no absolute inertial system and what you describe is completely arbitrary and makes no sense.
minus-square@unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink10•28 days agoThe whole concept of a celestial body just stopping somewhere without exploding into dust is also arbitrary and makes no sense.
minus-square@Klear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink9•28 days agoOf course it makes sense - a genie did it. Pay attention!
minus-square@CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•28 days agoI guess you could be stationary relative to the CMB?
minus-square@Klear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•28 days agoYou could, but that frame of reference is not special in any way.
minus-square@KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-228 days agoThat’s why I define all movement based on a reference frame centered on me. I wasn’t speeding, officer. The road was.
minus-square@Klear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•edit-228 days ago- “Do you know why I stopped you?” - “You didn’t. I was at rest the whole time.”
You forget there is no absolute inertial system and what you describe is completely arbitrary and makes no sense.
The whole concept of a celestial body just stopping somewhere without exploding into dust is also arbitrary and makes no sense.
Of course it makes sense - a genie did it. Pay attention!
True true, my bad.
I guess you could be stationary relative to the CMB?
You could, but that frame of reference is not special in any way.
That’s why I define all movement based on a reference frame centered on me.
I wasn’t speeding, officer. The road was.
- “Do you know why I stopped you?”
- “You didn’t. I was at rest the whole time.”