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I'm saying the distinction between "resisting" and "pushing" isn't real. When a rocket is accelerating and you are pressed against the back and being driven fo
by SamBam 3y ago
I'm saying the distinction between "resisting" and "pushing" isn't real.
When a rocket is accelerating and you are pressed against the back and being driven forward, is the rocket "pushing" you or "resisting" you? Either one is a fine way of describing it. The net result, though, is that you are squished into the back of the rocket in a way that's completely indistinguishable from gravity.
You may say "but the ground can never push me away from the ground." Sure, but the back of the rocket can't push you away from the back of the rocket either, and yet it is clearly pushing you through space. So long as the rocket keeps accelerating, you are being pushed forward, yet you won't feel it as a push, you'll feel it as an attraction to the back of the rocket.
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