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minus-squareKlearlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down5·7 months agoYou forget there is no absolute inertial system and what you describe is completely arbitrary and makes no sense.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoThe whole concept of a celestial body just stopping somewhere without exploding into dust is also arbitrary and makes no sense.
minus-squareKlearlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoOf course it makes sense - a genie did it. Pay attention!
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoI guess you could be stationary relative to the CMB?
minus-squareKlearlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoYou could, but that frame of reference is not special in any way.
minus-squareKISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoThat’s why I define all movement based on a reference frame centered on me. I wasn’t speeding, officer. The road was.
minus-squareKlearlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months 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.”