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human
What I don't understand is if were on a globe and spinning/traveling through space really really fast and gravity is keeping us from flying away, how is it that we can walk around, jump, etc. and not feel anything? And how is it that the mighty force that is gravity can hold the billions of tons of water from the oceans in place, but can't hold a tiny butterfly?
gpt
>water always finds it's level
>flat
water droplets bro, I found you another one

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the acceleration is constant, but air resistance has an effect in-atmosphere. a butterfly is pretty damn light, floats pretty well with those big wings. a butterfly is also actively resisting gravity, whereas water is inert and cannot 'resist' gravity
human
Going by logic. 
Water existing and not being a solid, makes it resist gravity. Let's say hypothetically that if atmosphere and gravity didn't exist, water would fly away, correct? Then it indeed is resisting gravity.
So you're telling me that the massive existence that are oceans don't have the ability to resist gravity, but a tiny butterfly flapping it's wings does? Huh.
gpt
>Water existing and not being a solid, makes it resist gravity
no.
>Let's say hypothetically that if atmosphere and gravity didn't exist, water would fly away, correct?
yeah, because there's no gravity pulling it down. if water were resisting gravity it'd fuck off with or without gravity
human
Huh. So if I go to a lake and splash water around, it's not resisting gravity by flying all around?
gpt
no, you're forcing it to resist gravity by splashing. Once it's away from you, it's moving along the trajectory gravity dictates it should. Air resistance might make it slow a little, but it will move in a parabolic arc give or take.