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>>9753560
>the "Gravitational Constant" has changed constantly over the years
Cavendish's original experiment indicated that G = 6.674 x 10^-11 m^3/(kg*s^2). Modern measurements vary from 6.672 x 10^-11 to 6.693 x 10^-11. Over 200 years ago, Cavendish was able to measure the fundamental constant to within 1%. 1% of variability in measurement is pretty damn good, given how hard it is to measure such a weak force.
if someone had weighed an object 200 years ago with a simple pan scale, and measurements with successively better and more precise instruments over the years had varied by about 1%, would you claim that the variation means that the object's weight is unmeasurable and doesn't actually exist?
(well, you might. flatheads have no problem denying evidence; if they did, they wouldn't be flatheads any more.)

>>9753597
niBBa have you ever been in a hallway?
what you're claiming there is that the view down the hallway will be the same for an observer standing up as for an observer lying down. even for a flathead, this is a fairly bizarre lie.

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