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?

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    1 year ago

    How dense is it? A string that long would have a lot of mass, which you’d have to overcome to accelerate the string to a speed that would ring a bell.

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      This raises another important question: what sort of bell? A taut string attached to a clapper isn’t going to do much; you release the string and it won’t hit the other side. Unless it’s one of those bells where the bell also pivots the other direction when you pull the clapper.

      Or is it a bicycle bell where the act of pulling the lever rings the bell?