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Have read the "Expansion Theory" and was fooled until I came to consider the pendulum. Anyone have any ideas on how McCutcheon would explain a child on a swing? Couldn't find any reference within "The Final Theory". I can't see any way "Expansion Theory" could explain a grandfather clock.

Pendulum single choice
	Guess I really didn't mean to poll.
	Anyone can figure out how "Expansion Theory" would explain a pendulum?
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I dont know if its the fact i havent slept in 45 hours or if its your wording or if its my pounding skull, but i have no idea and wont cast a vote untill my cold sweats stop :p good luck


_Chris

You must know something about "grandfather clocks". I always wanted to know why they were called by that name? They don't look like my grandfather nor any of my neighbors. I guess you will note I can not explain those clocks either.

garryg24 wonders:
"I came to consider the pendulum. Anyone have any ideas on how McCutcheon would explain a child on a swing?"

A better question would be how does he explain the effect commonly seen in a bucket of swirling water in a location removed from gravitational influence. Would it, or would it not, behave the same way it does in the presence of gravity.

From my read McCutcheon is clueless and his book should be returned for a refund. Instead get Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos."

Is this the thing that says "nothing can ever be pointed 100% 'down'"?