Question said:
I might as well ask you, what would convince you that gravity doesn't exist?
Good starting point for evidence would be a object, that does not fall downnear sea level on earth without being supported by liquid or solid material.
I would first seek for any known explanation for the not falling of these object, e.g. there are good explanations why baloons, birds, helicopters, rockets and planes do not fall down, if they work correctly, while the theories also prdict that certain malfunctions would reduce or negate this flying ability.
If i fail to find a explanation, i would ask someone who might have knowledge about the not falling of this object. If no expert exists or if the explanation does not make any sense inside the mechanics and even QM and GR, then i would start testing.
First i would check, if it has any inertia mass according to F = m*a(= i'll try). From the m i get, i would calculate the force, that should act according to F= 9.81*m
Then i would check, if there is any known engine or energy transformation machine inside the object or if the object constantly emits any particles. If yes, i would switch it of and/or stop the emitting of particles. If that not possible i would calculate the net force that acts upon the object due to this particle emitting and energy transforming.
This would not convince me alone, i would then test whether the object still does not fall in vacuum. If not possible due to object being unfit for vacuum, i would calculate the force that acts upon the object due to the differences between the density(calculated from volume and m from F=m*a) of the surrounding air and the object.
Then i would check for if the object, is in any way electrical or magnetical charged or has a current flowing. If yes, i would either try to switch of any nearby electrical or magnetical field, that could interact with the objects magnetic or electrical field and is strong enough to create a force of the same magnitude of gravitation or create a electrical/magnetical field, that compensates the effects of the field i cannot turn of. If both not possible i would calculate the resulting force due to magnetic/electric fields.
If the resuting force of the effects i could not switch off, is not of opposite direction and same magnitutude as downward going grav. force from F = g*m, i would relax and start check my test/calculations very carefully for a mistake and i would refine used formulas to higher accuracy, where possible(e.g. F=g*m replaced with F= gravconst*M(earth mass) *m/r**2). This process would require several days or more and in this time i would keep a close watch via cameras upon the object to see, if it does not fall after some days.
If it's still up and my refined calculations still do not yield any force that compensates the grav. force, i would go outside the building and look up or just look up, to see, if Planet X is hovering right above my testing grounds.
Then i would start considering gravity not existing or at least not existing in the way we think.
Furthermore i would ready a paper on the whole stuff and consultate other scientists(especially experts on GR) upon this and if they agree with my conclusion, i would publish and hope to bask in some prices, maybe not nobel, but some minor should be reasonable for this.
Carn
Anyone else willing to agree that an object passing this procedure would very certainly defy gravity in some unknown way?
