Comment by hcs
4 days ago
You are more quickly being carried by the ground further from where you would otherwise be. Hope that clears it up.
4 days ago
You are more quickly being carried by the ground further from where you would otherwise be. Hope that clears it up.
Not really, no. The ground isn't moving. I'm not moving. I get that if the ground wasn't there, I would be moving, but that's not the same thing, I think?
Like I said in another response, I have always been told that acceleration is change in velocity over time. If my velocity is not changing, I don't understand how I'm accelerating?
I do understand that gravity exerts a force that is indistinguishable from acceleration, which was my original point. But that doesn't mean it is acceleration.