Why Things Fall · Unit 1 · Lesson 2
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Galileo's two-ball trick
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You don’t need a tower in Pisa. You need one clever question.
Tie a light ball to a heavy ball. If heavy things fall faster, the light one should drag the pair slower — but together they weigh more, so they should fall faster. It can’t be both. The only way out: everything falls at the same rate.
Why is 'heavier falls faster' self-contradictory?