Re: [ATM] Read and Weep

["Bruce MacDonald" <brumac@gmail.com>]

When taught about inertia -- "A body at rest will remain at rest
unless acted on by an outside force"

I asked, "What keeps it there?"

I still don't have a satisfactory answer.  The best I ever heard is
that "rest" is undefinable except in relation to some other object.

I think the whole inertia thing is what got me into astronomy in the
first place.

--BM

On 11/13/07, Mitchell R <funnybone101@embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> I will agree ***most*** kids are taught something then they will spit it
> right back out without putting any of their own thought into it. Other kids
> just wont listen at all.
>
> Good thing there are those few exceptions ;)
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