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Re: lost msg: Re: bad-faith argumentation (was *earth* vs. *wing*)



Did somebody actually perform the experiment with a bird?
Probably not. An easier experiment to perform would be a
cage in which a flat plate is suspended from the ceiling. The
supporting threads are burned and the plate starts falling
in the air. What is the "recorded weight" during the fall?
I am assuming that the cage is sitting on a scale. What
would this demonstrate?

William Beaty wrote:

..... More about the bird hovering in the cage, and the
fact that there is no force between bird and cage, even
though the cage REALLY IS just as heavy when the
bird is hovering as when it is resting on the bottom. ...