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Old 20-March-2008, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Noclevername View Post
I still don't understand the question. Do you mean how creatures move in gravity as opposed to free-fall conditions?
I think what he is hinting at is the gravity is in someway a human invention or rather the common explanation of it is a human invention and very much a western one. That if you do not allow yourself to be tied to that kind of thinking and view gravity differently then you should be able to manipulate its effects. Its a rather nice mystical idea but if you are going to do that then you have to throw away all the principles of scientific reasoning that our civilisation is built upon.

This rather reminds me of something Douglas Adams wrote "Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground missing it". In other words if you don't stop to think flying is impossible then you can fly. Of course some people who took mind altering drugs thought they could fly but that belief still did not stop them from killing themselves on the street below.

So far the only place I know where I can defy gravity on a regular basis without any difficulty is within Second Life.
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