#5 could be phrased a bit better, it's not Wile. E. Coyote vs real physics.
The mistake that people make is in believing that objects thrown off the edge of a cliff, say, will follow a curved path, continually getting further from the cliff face.
But when you consider that objects accelerate downwards, and that air resistance will dampen the forward momentum, you see that objects basically go straight down after very little time.
The mistake that people make is in believing that objects thrown off the edge of a cliff, say, will follow a curved path, continually getting further from the cliff face.
But when you consider that objects accelerate downwards, and that air resistance will dampen the forward momentum, you see that objects basically go straight down after very little time.