[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene

Think about it.
The earth is spinning at something like 1600 mph.
If all of a sudden the earth stopped spinning (1600-0 mph in under a second), the G-forces would be so immense that we'd just... die. Not to mention we'd all just fly into everything else at 1600 mph.

No way to survive. Utter destruction. Everything...
Gone.

Asking me to think about it is not proof. I would like to see some evidence to support these extreme claims.


Cheers.

[Mercedes Benzene]

Please infinite, I'm not trying to be rude.

Well I'm sorry for being so frank... but science proves it.
It's basic physics. If the earth stops, we keep moving: due to Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion. This is because we are not actually attached to the earth.
Therefore, the G-forces acting upon us would kill us instantly. I think we die around 8 g's.
Here is the link to a g-force calculator, but I don't feel like figuring out how many rpm the earth spins at.... and all the other stuff required. But I can give you the speed at which the earth spins and you could probably figure it out from there...
www.msu.edu/~venkata1/gforce.htm

[Lancaster]

hmmm...

I have an idea! Let's try it out!

Oh wait...
Guess you're going to have a hard time proving it...

And I don't think he said that it would go from 1600-0 instantly. I think we're talking long term here.

[Mercedes Benzene]

OKay. Well I was referring to the earth stopping instantly! hahaha.
By the way, I was mistaken when I said a force of 8 g's was enough to kill. That's enough to knock someone out.
But I would imagine that death would follow soon after...

And I did some quick calculations (and i'm no physics major, so someone please correct me), and the earth going from a conservative 1300 mph to 0 in 1 second would induce g-forces of 59.3 on everyone and everything...
I'm sure that is enough to kill.

[Lancaster]

Well, yeah. Don't fighter pilots sometimes take around 8 g's? Granted, they have g-force suits...

[Zythryn]

Originally Posted by Lancaster

And I don't think he said that it would go from 1600-0 instantly. I think we're talking long term here.

Ack
The earth is slowing down. Quick, we better destroy the moon now before it is too late!!

(sorry, I've got the bad sense of humor back under control)

[Tormod]

Originally Posted by Lancaster

It just goes to show how strangely perfect the natural cycle of our planet is.

In what way is it strangely perfect?

[Tormod]

Originally Posted by KickAssClown

UAlso if the Dynamo theory of the earth applies, we have to contend without a Magnetic shield to deflect the majority of Cosmic radiation.

Look to Venus. The rotation is so slow that a day on Venus is longer than the year. Add that to the vast cloud systems and heat traps which creates an average surface temperature of some 477 degrees Celsius - and no magnetic field to speak of.

If the Earth suddenly stopped spinning, I don't think we'd die from heat or cold, but from earthquakes and general mayhem.

[Lancaster]

Originally Posted by Tormod

In what way is it strangely perfect?

Because if it was any other way, the Earth might not be able to sustain life at all.

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene

It's basic physics. If the earth stops, we keep moving: due to Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion. This is because we are not actually attached to the earth.
Therefore, the G-forces acting upon us would kill us instantly.

Okay, you brought up Newton, so I'll take that approach.

His equations say that gravity is proportional to mass. So you're saying that if the Earth stops spinning it will also lose all of it's mass and hence the gravity associated with said mass? That's just wrong.

EDIT: Newton's first law applies to an object in motion, unless acted upon by another force. As mentioned above, gravity from mass is still there.[/E]

According to Einstein, uniform acceleration is indistinguishable from gravity, so in that respect, if acceleration stopped, gravity would be DECREASED, not increased as you propose.

Also, who says that 8G (even though downward force we call gravity would be decreased) would kill someone instantly? Even if you fell into a black hole where gravity is enormous, it would still take some amount of time for you to die due to tidal forces (or, more appropriately, the stretch and pull resulting from the difference in tidal forces at your head and feet).

Please understand, I'm not attacking you, only the incorrect assumptions you have made in this thread.