I don't see how this account can be right. If I am in a vehicle that accelerates powerfully and if I am leaning forward with my body out of contact with the seat, I am pushed back into the seat.
Likewise if I jump off a cliff I will as though I am being inexorably pulled down, although I am not in contact with the Earth at all. — John
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