Okay.

So we’ve got an entirely flat surface that also happens to be the exact same length as the earth’s surface.

If you had one continuous piece of string that went from one end of that flat surface to the other, and on one end there was attached a bell… would you be able to ring the bell by pulling on the other end of string?

  • @kalkulat
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    21 year ago

    Good question. Many good answers. Put them aside and you still got a string made of multiple fibers that rub against each other. I’d guess that after a few hundred yards (depending on the string), the energy of your pull would be turned into heat by internal friction alone.