• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I think your closing statement contradicts your earlier statement about weighing less (though I get the point you’re trying to make about mass).

    Do we consider weight a sum of all interactions in a given place (including atmosphere)? I’d say we do, since our atmosphere accounts for a notable portion of our weight, and I’ve never seen a scale with a negative tare to account for atmospheric weight.

    • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      Weight is purely the effect of gravity on mass. Do you consider yourself to weigh negative weight when you’re floating in a pool and the scale is on the bottom of it?