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Why Things Fall Β· Unit 1 Β· 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 β€” 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?