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That brought up the verse from Pushkin [1]:

    One bearded sage concluded: there's no motion.
    Without a word, another walked before him.
    He couldn’t answer better; all adored him
    And all agreed that he disproved that notion.
    But one can see it all in a different light,
    For me, another funny thought comes into play:
    We watch the sun move all throughout the day
    And yet the stubborn Galileo had it right.
[1] https://ruverses.com/alexander-pushkin/motion/

Both are right, in short. We observe parabolas and we are right counting on them - we have great successful experience using these prediction. GR theory predicts lines, they are right too, but in different context.



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