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

Referring to a flat plate ("parachute") accelerating in a cage
standing on a scale, David_Anderson wrote:

The scale would read a reduced weight as the plate dropped, just as a
diving board goes up when you step off of it. Unlike the birds in the
cage, the plate is in (almost) freefall and does not have a supporting
force.

Hmmm, but it keeps compressing air and pushing it toward the scale.