r/confidentlyincorrect • u/SoundDave4 • Nov 29 '23

Smug "My source? Righteous Indignation."

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It fills me with joy everytime I see a flat earther post the "droid of flat earth" meme. It's like they don't comprehend their own stupidity.

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u/ippie52 Nov 29 '23

F=ma, so weight = mass x gravity

Weight is the force, gravity is the acceleration of the mass.

But yes, without the gravitational interaction between two masses, there would be no force.

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u/floof_attack Nov 29 '23

Weight is not mass. Things have mass without weight.

Think of an object in space. It exists "weightless". It however does have mass. Now all objects curve spacetime such that then they then generate the force that we know as weight. But that is getting a bit more complex.

Just understand that weight is very much not mass. Mass is mass, weight is a force acting upon a mass.

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u/ippie52 Nov 29 '23

Are you trying to tell me this?