so gravity is like magnetism?? why doesnt the "Vaccum" of space suck out the magnetic properties??
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On one hand, AngryNotice is either an annoying troll or, worse, a hideously uneducated fundie.
But on the other hand, I have to compliment that he's at least asking questions (something that so many fundies don't think of doing). Questions are the key to education and progress.
Ah, another fine AN quote.
Quite frankly, I'm at a loss to explain this one.
1. Gravity is not the same as magnetism. There are instances where they may have similar effects, but they are not the same.
2. You can't suck out magnetic properties from matter as they are inherently part of matter. Like gravity.
3. The statements have nothing to do with eachother.
4. Yes, the vaccum of space does exist. There's no need for the quotation marks.
Pike: What's happened to the educational system in this country? Is it now a Badge of Honor to be ignorant and proud of it?!!
Pike, ol' buddy, you can look at your president for the answer to that one. Besides, the dumb and ignorant are easier to talk into joining a Holy Crusade. Iran, anyone?
I'm not sure if a troll could come up with this kind of thing, it seems way too out there for anyone who actually knew how gravity worked. If he is a troll, he deserves that "Troll of the Month" award he got a bit ago all the more.
Dear Angry. Not that you'll notice, but vacuum's don't suck. A fluid of one form or another (plasma, gas, liquid) may flow into the vacuum in an attempt to establish equilibrium, giving the impression of sucking instead of an actual entity pushing.
Now, the Earth is large enough for gravity to overpower the urge of the atmosphere to flow off into space - yay for us.
Now, electromagnetic radiation on the other hand isn't effected by gravity (apart from travelling through space-time warped by gravity) and it is emitted into space. This is extremely good for many reasons.
1. Life on Earth as we know it would not be possible without sunlight - it needs to travel through a vacuum to get here.
2. That magnetic field 'being sucked into space' [hahaha], is known to intelligent rational people as the magnetosphere and actually protects the Earth from the Solar wind and cosmic rays!
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This prototype Acme AngryNotice Simulator is designed to provide realistic impersonations of AngryNotice.
Simulation:
if scientists keep talking about "Electromagnetic waves" they have to say what they are! if the sun is hitting us with Electromagnets, why wont all the iron be sucked into space??
[Simulation off.]
Acme Service Representatives M. S. and S. W. say: "If this sounds enough like AngryNotice to you, he could be a troll. It's possible for an educated person to come up with garbage like this if he's actually trying. Besides, denial of gravity is a frequent parody of denial of evolution. This could have been misfiled due to the Poe's Law uncertainty."
Oh, come on! There' ignorant, and then there's stupid -- and then there's AngryNotice's Special Dark blend of both that manages somehow to be greater than the sum of its parts.
In the name of whatever god you care to mention, HOW could a person be this stupefyingly brain-dead and still be capable of communicating by computer? Or even breathing? PLEASE let this nut be a troll!
~David D.G.
No, no, hell no. As stated before by others, gravity is produced by the mass of 2 objects in relation to each other. Magnetism of a planet has nothing whatsover to do with gravity. Earth has both because it has:
1. Mass to produce gravity.
2. A spinning iron inner core inside a molten liquid outer core that produces magnetic fields.
Not all planets have this. Mars, for instance, has gravity because it has mass. Gravity on Mars is not as strong as Earth since it is only a little more than half of Earth's size and therefore the mass is significantly less. Mars does not have a magnetic field because it's core has stopped spinning, if it ever spun at all (although scientist think it did.)
And space isn't some Super Hoovermatic that sweeps up everything. It is a vacuum simply because there is no atmosphere in space. While gravity itself is a fairly weak force (on Earth anyway) it is stronger than the "vacuum" of space. For a demonstration, go to the edge of the atmoshpere in your choice of aircraft and step out. See which way you go. Please do this now. Without a parachute or oxygen would be lovely.
The problem with people like AngryNotice is, if he isn't a troll, it would simply take too long to adequately explain all of this in detail. But I don't think there is enough time, space, and patience to ever get him to see the stupidity of what he posted.
Because of the earth's g.r.a.v.i.t.y, which holds onto material with magnetic properties.
I love questions that have the answer built right into it.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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