• ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    When air resistance is in the equation, weight can be a factor. But yes, it should’ve been checked way earlier, but it’s not surprising considering how he’s put on a pedestal.

    • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social
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      7 months ago

      I read somewhere that Galileo really struggled convincing his patrons go finance such experiments. Science wasn’t concerned with fundamental questions about how the world works until very recently

    • Daxtron2@startrek.website
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      7 months ago

      Not like we really had the ability to create a large enough vacuum to test it until, as far as human history goes, relatively recently