On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:16:30 +0100, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Jose,

But it was obvious that they do.


Uhm, no. And Newton's law never said anything remotely like that.

Thomas. consider what Jose is actually saying. If it had been
OBVIOUS that everything fell at the SAME rate, Galileo could saved
himself the trouble of climbing all those stairs. Since GG did go to
all that trouble, at least SOME people must have held an idea that
needed disproving.

Don