Early morning, as we are cuddling in bed. "Mama, is the world still turning?"
"Yes, and it always will."*
"Why?"
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On a drive, he asked a series of these:
"Mama, how do they make... "
» glass
» grass
» roofs
» cars
» trees
» steering wheels
and some other things...
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* The astrophysicist I almost was grumbled at me for saying this. I figured the more accurate timespan was pretty equivalent to always for a three-year old, and told myself to hush and answer the next question. Which, on hearing the next question, of course I promptly regretted. Sort of.
"Yes, and it always will."*
"Why?"
(Over to you,
eclectic_boy)On a drive, he asked a series of these:
"Mama, how do they make... "
» glass
» grass
» roofs
» cars
» trees
» steering wheels
and some other things...
--------------
* The astrophysicist I almost was grumbled at me for saying this. I figured the more accurate timespan was pretty equivalent to always for a three-year old, and told myself to hush and answer the next question. Which, on hearing the next question, of course I promptly regretted. Sort of.
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"Well, what's gonna stop it?"
I seem to recall something about tidal interactions with the moon slowly slowing the spin. How far, how soon, I can't recall... I barely grok tidal forces myself (go figure, Robert Forward's books helped more than my textbooks...) and it was a long time back I did any of the math for it...
On the other hand, I can imagine all sorts of cool fantastical/magical ways to stop the spin, and maybe even read some in old myths and legends about things becoming always day,. always night until someone broke the spell/destroyed the monster/returned the goddess or some such. Heh.