Universal Physics Journal
Quote of the Week



Quote 1
    "As you can see, wearing a helmet increases the distance over which the acceleration occurs which dramatically reduces the rate of acceleration for your head and the magnitude of the mutual a/A forces acting between your head and the concrete sidewalk to 1/4 their former helmetless value.  Meanwhile the forces of gravitation are limited to only about 1% of the forces present during this head-impacting event.  I hope by reading this answer to your fine question, R.S., many parents around the world will benefit by insisting that their children always wear safety helmets complete with an effective chin strap anytime there is a risk of impact to the head."  (Question 2: The Forces of Impact after a Fall.)


Quote 2
    "While you may think that I have gotten lost in answering your question, J.T., I want you to know that you have already been presented with the answer as to why different objects on Earth fall at the same rate.  It is not as complicated as one might think.  But rather than point out the answer just yet, I want to discuss the reasoning behind the answer." (Question 11: Why Objects Fall at the Same Rate.)


Quote 3
"A Cause For Uniform Motion Is Expected
   
"For 16 centuries, Aristotle's "mover" satisfied the general need for a cause to explain uniform motion. Clearly, Galileo's causeless understanding of uniform motion failed to satisfy this need. But then Newton's "inertia" cause was readily accepted as representing the expected answer. Credit goes to Galileo for recognizing the causeless truth. With the demise of Aristotle's "mover" and now Newton's "inertia", can we resist inventing yet a third imaginary "cause" solely to satisfy the illogical but enduring general need for one?" (Article PR1: Is Inertia Real or Imaginary?)


Quote 4  
    "Next one may wonder what has to happen to an inactive object in rest-motion to cause it to become active? Acceleration is the answer. If an accelerative force (Newton's LAW I) is impressed upon the object, the object will immediately experience a change in its speed, direction, rate of rotation, or as many as all three at once. An accelerating object is an active object. An object in rest-motion is an inactive object. Therefore, rest-motion is the opposite of acceleration which, conversely, is the opposite of rest-motion."  (Article II: The Equality of Rest and Uniform Motion, paragraph 11)


Quote 5
    "Galileo is best known for his light-hearted ability to question, dismantle and reassemble all of man's creations that, for him, lacked sensibility.  Against his intellect and wit, no nonsensical concept could stand firm.  If we learn anything at all from Galileo let it be this unusual ability of his.  Question Everything - Accept Nothing.  I say "unusual" for ironically, the polar opposite, "question nothing, accept everything" is the standard guide by which a student is most likely to succeed in ascending through the ranks of the modern version of the ancient science of Physics."  (Article IX, Galileo's Law of Constant Acceleration, paragraph 9)


Quote 6
    "Understand that the first and foremost indication of a false theory is if it's acceptance requires the abandonment of truth and logic. The truth is always true, and logic is always upgradeable through improvements in understanding. Thus logic is forever logical. Beware of any "solution" that runs counter to your own common sense. Common sense is amazingly sensible." (Article III, The Equality of Opposing Forces, Author's Commentary)


Quote 7
    "If the history of science teaches us anything, it teaches us that there is, at best, little association between having one's way and being successful in accurately describing that which is real and true."  (Question 5 - Centrifugal Force)


Quote 8
     "By his own words, Einstein reveals here that Newton's imaginary "inertia" is confusing his mind while preventing him from recognizing the reality of the acceleration/Reaction forces that are present and recognized in his turntable event as "centrifugal force".  In effect, Einstein has offered up these two terms, for the reader's consideration, without his having any true understanding of the meaning of either one."   (Article VI - Gravitation = Acceleration?,  paragraph 39.) 


Quote 9
    "Conclusion: There exists no such event as outward-directed "centrifugal acceleration". Also
there exists no force capable of acting as the cause of the imaginary non-event of "centrifugal
acceleration".  (Article XI: Reaction Forces, paragraph 46.)


Quote 10
"Conclusion:  Acceleration/Reaction forces are the only reaction forces that exist in nature.  Acceleration/Reaction forces are present in identical nature in all accelerational events, such as in linear events where an object's speed of motion is changing or in circular events where the object's direction of motion is changing.  Reaction forces exist nowhere else.  This means that while non-acceleration/Action forces exist, such as the n-a/A force you are impressing against each end of the marble-filled Action Force Loop, there is no such thing as a non-acceleration reaction force."  (Article XI: Reaction Forces, paragraph 52.)

 


Quote 11
    "So much of an absolute nature has been given up by the acceptance and adoption of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity that little is left to provide dependable support for thoughts of Physical events.  It is as if Modern Physicists have been left with little more to stand upon than a small chunk of Artic ice that is floating in the direction of temperate waters.  Any analysis of the Coriolis effect based upon the Modern Physics' interpretation of events is doomed by confusion right from the start."  (Question 14 - Coriolis Confusion, paragraph 2.) 


Quote 12
    "An astronaut is standing on a compression scale inside a rocket that is about to begin its acceleration from the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.  Just before the rockets are ignited, the external force the astronaut is freely bearing against the scale is 165 lb.f. of gravitational weight.  Sometime after liftoff, as the rocket expels fuel matter, its rate of acceleration reaches its maximum.  Now the external force the astronaut is freely bearing against the scale equals 825 lb.f.  While physicists associate the astronaut's new weight with his gravitational weight back at the launch pad by referring to his new weight in the accelerating rocket as being the equal of 5 gravitational weights, no satisfactory explanation of the additional downward-directed 660 lb.f  is given.  The additional upward-directed 660 lb.f is no mystery.  The role of this acceleration/Action force is made perfectly clear by Isaac Newton's formula F = mass * acceleration.  But the mutual 660 lb. reaction force sourced from within the accelerating astronaut's body is not acknowledged within the teachings of the science of Modern Physics.  Instead the "free body diagram" technique is employed to cover up this general lack of understanding. "  (Article XI - Reaction Forces, paragraph 54.)


Quote 13
    "Hopefully by now you have come to realize that while the only reaction forces that exist, acceleration/Reaction forces, are never the cause of any event, their reactionary presence is often measurable, by one method or another, in many accelerational events."  (Article XI - Reaction Forces, paragraph 55)