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Old 06-13-2007, 04:20 AM   #46 (permalink)
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No, but you stated that since the escape velocity of a black hole must be at least 300 million m/s, the gravitational acceleration of a black hole must be at least negative 300 million m/s/s. Thus, by the same reasoning, since the escape velocity of the earth is 11,200 m/s, the gravitational acceleration must be 11,200 m/s/s. Which it ain't.

My apologies for leaving an /s on my previous post.
Good point. I guess I did infer that unintentionally.
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So you ARE saying that light was bent If not, I'm gonna wake Albert up and tell him he was wrong, and send him to your address

If you don't agree with "Bent" lets agree with the term "Deflected" (for now)
No, space was bent. Light was not bent. But the bent space with light traveling in a straight line appears to us as light bending.

I guess deflected is as good a term as any.
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