It’s no more silly than arguing that a scientific theory is just a guess. Germ theory, economic theory, atomic theory, numbers theory, theory of general relativity, theory of special relativity, etc.
People didn’t float around before Isaac Newton. Galileo knew we didn’t float around. Something he couldn’t understand kept that from happening. It might have been magic. It might have been God. Newton explained it was gravity. And the Deists decided Newton was God and they didn’t need the old one any more.
Gravity may keep things in place but compared to other forces, it is actually very weak. Look at a refrigerator magnet. The magnetic force from that little piece of metal is much stronger than the gravitational force of the entire planet.
Isaac didn’t invent gravity. He wrote an instruction manual using a new kind of math so that nobody could figure how to use it. Albert turned it inside out and added his own variables.
Isaac Newton formulated the law of gravity. EVERYBODY knew about gravity but only in a vague everyday way. This was the man who explained why planets move the way they do.
HidariMak 8 months ago
It’s no more silly than arguing that a scientific theory is just a guess. Germ theory, economic theory, atomic theory, numbers theory, theory of general relativity, theory of special relativity, etc.
jvo 8 months ago
The trick Danae, is in forgetting to fall.
Bilan 8 months ago
The Constitution and Congress never enacted a law of gravity, so that must be why we’re doing so well with our space program.
Mediatech 8 months ago
I fought the law, and the law won.
Imagine 8 months ago
Then Einstein came along and said it was all relative.
cmxx 8 months ago
If it’s all relative, maybe grabitty is the funny uncle.
AlnicoV 8 months ago
That is quite a leap of illogical logic.
ObiJoan 8 months ago
If Law is a social construct, and Gravity is a Law…
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 8 months ago
Seek immunity from the Supreme Court and you’ll be above the law.
rob.home 8 months ago
Like someone whom we all know.
LawrenceS 8 months ago
People didn’t float around before Isaac Newton. Galileo knew we didn’t float around. Something he couldn’t understand kept that from happening. It might have been magic. It might have been God. Newton explained it was gravity. And the Deists decided Newton was God and they didn’t need the old one any more.
WaitingMan 8 months ago
Gravity may keep things in place but compared to other forces, it is actually very weak. Look at a refrigerator magnet. The magnetic force from that little piece of metal is much stronger than the gravitational force of the entire planet.
Windfall35 8 months ago
Sounds well grounded in science…
Funniguy 8 months ago
She’s as high a kite.
Kveldulf 8 months ago
Anyone know what year this first appeared?
cracker65 8 months ago
The reason we have more cases of covid is because we are testing more people. Anyone want to guess who made that statement?
[Traveler] Premium Member 8 months ago
Wile E. Coyote occasionally had temporary immunity, but it usually smacked him hard
davidob 8 months ago
Gravity – it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
davidob 8 months ago
Heavy, man.
davidob 8 months ago
It’s enough to carlin your hair.
scote1379 Premium Member 8 months ago
It was all fun and games until Gravity looks in your direction and says " Er now Wot the ell do ya Think ya doing " ( the sound of a squishy Thud )
dflak 8 months ago
The logic works … for some people. If you don’t want something to exist, simply stop believing in it.
As Adam Savage (MythBusters) said, “I reject your reality and substitute my own.”
LKrueger41 8 months ago
Gravity is not a problem. Douglas Adams explains, “The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Redd Panda 8 months ago
Well Danae, “It’s time to try defying gravity” …that’s from Wicked .
txmystic 8 months ago
You can also blame Newton for calculus…
einarbt 8 months ago
She’d make such a good political advisor, maybe?
nancyb creator 8 months ago
“I know this breaks the law of gravity, but I never studied law!” —Bugs Bunny
PoodleGroomer 8 months ago
Isaac didn’t invent gravity. He wrote an instruction manual using a new kind of math so that nobody could figure how to use it. Albert turned it inside out and added his own variables.
sandpiper 8 months ago
Time for the little alien and his craft to appear somewhere, along with the other much sharper kids.
Can't Sleep 8 months ago
Sure, they have Danae. They all just went splat.
ladykat 8 months ago
As Bugs Bunny said: “I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law.”
FGWaiss 8 months ago
So, we’ll give solipsism a try.
withaG43 8 months ago
There is no gravity, the earth sucks
Need coffee 8 months ago
Gravity always wins.
Darth Nefarius 8 months ago
Sounds like a natural progression from Flat Eartherism?
Teto85 Premium Member 8 months ago
Even worse, he invented calculus. And the cat door, but that does not redeem him.
mistercatworks 8 months ago
Isaac Newton formulated the law of gravity. EVERYBODY knew about gravity but only in a vague everyday way. This was the man who explained why planets move the way they do.
anomalous4 8 months ago
In the immortal words of Swami Beyondananda: “Fight gravity with levity.”
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The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member 8 months ago
If she can arrange to get lost in the rain in Juarez when it’s Eastertime too, then her gravity will fail and negativity won’t pull her through.
The Real Zarth Arn 8 months ago
Or she could just act like a climate denier or COVID denier — just say gravity is a hoax and jump off a tall building.
mindjob 8 months ago
You can forget that mass attracts mass, until you’re in an auto accident. Then it becomes reality
gfredrickson85 8 months ago
Just remember, to paraphrase Bugs Bunny it helps if you don’t study law.
Lablubber 8 months ago
I never realized Danae was a Trump supporter.
willie_mctell 8 months ago
Build a time machine, travel back to the 17th century, kill Newton.
Buoy 8 months ago
Unfortunately, not the craziest thing I have ever heard.
Kobato 8 months ago
I thought Danae was going to suggest repealing the law of gravity, like Wade worried in that one Garfield and Friends episode.
SrTechWriter 8 months ago
None of you folks are giving this discussion the proper gravity of viewpoint.
IndyW 8 months ago
So if gravity is the law, then according to the scale, I’m not breaking the law.
kaylasdad99 8 months ago
She’s probably going to get Jeremy to build her a Time Machine so she can go back and stop Isaac Newton.
keenanthelibrarian 8 months ago
If it were only that simple.
eddi-TBH 8 months ago
Declare gravity unconstitutional.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 8 months ago
Calvin called. He wants his hare brained scheme back.
Curiosity Premium Member 8 months ago
If you don’t believe in something then it can’t posibly be real! (snicker)
fourteenpeeves 8 months ago
So from now on, apples fall upward??
wordsmeet 5 months ago
Newton was not a comic character, that’s why.