How could I go about grounding this idea? How can I make this applicable to my average self? — john27
I also feel the need to ask you: do you want to remain “average”? Are you happy being mediocre? Maybe you are, but philosophy is not a mediocre discipline... — Leghorn
...in fine, let me ask you: should we judge something by its common ordinary examples, or by its rare and extraordinary ones? — Leghorn
In my opinion (partly due to my mediocre position), we should undoubtedly perceive something on its average, rather than its substantial outliers. — john27
A comparison of averages would be taking 50-55cm in width rocks, that are all made up of the same thing. — john27
In a vacuum, yes, they would hit the ground at the same time. — john27
Isn’t it true that a rock or steel ball-bearing or lead weight dropped at the same moment as any feather would hit the ground before the feather did? — Leghorn
Yes that is true. — john27
And isn’t this true because the force of the drag of the air on the feather quickly becomes equal to the force of the gravitational pull on it, whereas the drag on the rock takes much longer to equal the pull of gravity on it? — Leghorn
And which of these: the rock or ball-bearing or lead-weight, or rather the feather, do you think conforms most closely to the accepted formula of falling bodies?—that a falling body falls to the earth at the rate of 9.8 meters/second squared? — Leghorn
Uh...I don't think so? Drag is an essential component to understanding free fall after all, I would think... — john27
While there is a universal constant, In essence each object/person is individual? — john27
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