Thursday, March 12, 2009
Caroline
I personally don't think there is an ultimate frame of reference. There are so many possibilities of looking at the experiment in different frames of reference. A bacteria floating in the water could consider that the bucket was moving, while the person doing the experiment would claim that once the bucket stops spinning, it is the water that is in motion. I think that relative motion is apparent in all frames of reference. Whatever frame of reference that is chosen will determine what object's motion is relative to the other.
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I agree with Caroline in that there is no ultimate frame of reference. As she said there are multiple frames of references, but neither is better than the other. Ones perception of the experiment is determined by the way they view the world, and their perception of what's going on.
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