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    Is Big Bang the Funniest Show Ever?

    I just found out recently that only one of the mythbusters has a science background. I thought for sure Jaime would have some advanced engineering or physics degree, but no. He has a degree in Russian, and I think Literature. The only one with a science degree -- electrical engineering -- is...
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    What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?

    You had to add to it, didn't you? So let me see if I can reason this out. We wouldn't feel a difference on Earth because the Earth's pull on us is much greater than Jupiter's pull on us. If that's what you meant, that's easy to conceptualize. But Jupiter's moons not feeling any difference in...
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    What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?

    By George, I think I may have it. Didn't help that my concept of mass was incorrect. Tell me I have this right. Let's say God reached out from the heavens, grabbed Jupiter in his hand and squeezed. And when he let go, Jupiter was much smaller but the same mass (hope I got this right)...
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    Is Big Bang the Funniest Show Ever?

    Am I right?
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    What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?

    The picture's getting clearer but need a little clarification. These two planets, let's say they are the same size. If you measured them, they'd be identical. But one is made up of light material (hydrogen or helium or whatever would be construed as light) and the other is made of heavy...
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    What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?

    mgb_phys, thanks for the tutorial. I'm guessing I'm at about a 6th grade level of physics here. I'm trying to comprehend the first part of what you wrote. Blowing my mind a little bit. Can't imagine the stuff that blows the minds of hardcore physicists. So let me try to pose my question...
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    What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?

    Unfortunately, I don't know what that means. Would a larger, less dense (did I parse that correctly?) planet have more or stronger gravity than a smaller, denser one? Or if you understand what I'm trying to ask but screwing up the terms, can you give me an answer I can understand? I'm deducing...
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    What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?

    A question me and a buddy were pondering the other night. What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight? Would, say, a larger planet made up of gas have a stronger gravitational pull than, say, a smaller planet made up of dense, heavy metals such as lead? Does the mass or the weight determine...
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