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harperlee
on July 5, 2015
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Physical Intuition, Not Mathematics (2011)
Intuitively it can also be answered: suppose you pinch the rope, so it is tight (you step on it and pull from between your two feet, for example). You'd have a handle for the earth that will go to about just above your knee. A cat fits!
UhUhUhUh
on July 5, 2015
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Good point. That's the power of thought-experiments! It's about stimulating intuition.
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