In The Mind’s I, Daniel Dennett shares a reductio ad absurdum that Galileo created. I will do my best to paraphrase it:
Premise: Heavy objects fall faster than light objects (relative to each other)
1. If a heavy object (x) and a light object (y) are attached by a string and dropped off a tower, y will act as a drag to x, since it falls slower
2. X will fall slower when it is attached to y
3. However, when x and y are attached together, they create a new object (z)
4. Z, which is heavier than x and y individually, will fall faster than x
5. Z cannot fall both faster and slower than x, because this is a contradiction
Conclusion: The premise is invalid
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