Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em?

[footfootfoot]

The original question says "go around"

Well, he orbited the tree in a larger orbit, but he never went around the squirrel

If the earth "goes around" the moon, then why do we always see the same face of the moon? IF you "go around" the outside of your house you see the front, sides and back, becasue you went around it. If your house were to turn with you similar to the way the moon and earth turn, would you still say you went "around" your house if you didn't see the sides or the back?

Walking up and down the street isn't walking around the block.

Now, about those other answers you've all been avoiding.

[jimhelm]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The original question says "go around"

If the earth "goes around" the moon, then why do we always see the same face of the moon? IF you "go around" the outside of your house you see the front, sides and back, because you went around it. If your house were to turn with you similar to the way the moon and earth turn, would you still say you went "around" your house if you didn't see the sides or the back?

Walking up and down the street isn't walking around the block.

Now, about those other answers you've all been avoiding.

But, the Earth doesn't go around the moon. The moon goes around the Earth. and if the house was rotating in place as i walked around it, always presenting the front... yes. i would still say i went around it....as long as the ground were stationary...


i know, infi... we're ridiculous.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The original question says "go around"

If the earth "goes around" the moon, then why do we always see the same face of the moon? IF you "go around" the outside of your house you see the front, sides and back, becasue you went around it. If your house were to turn with you similar to the way the moon and earth turn, would you still say you went "around" your house if you didn't see the sides or the back?

Walking up and down the street isn't walking around the block.

Now, about those other answers you've all been avoiding.

Hey, if we configure the rope and the hunter and the squirrel and the tree like you describe, send the hunter on his path, like you describe, all that. You're saying the answer to the question "did he go around the squirrel?" is No. I ask you this question: at the end of that exercise "did he go around the tree?"

As I see it, there would be no turn of rope around the tree.

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If you're saying a concept of "facing" is the geometrical key here, what if the squirrel takes the rope, the hunter stands in one place holding the other end of the rope, the squirrel spins around once wrapping the rope around him, changing the "facing", the squirrel has revealed all his sides to the hunter, there's a rope encircling him, but the hunter hasn't moved. Has the hunter encircled him? Has the hunter gone around the squirrel? If it's the rope test you apply, then the answer would be yes, right?

Different question--you've shown us the booklet's "answer": "no". Is this how you, footfootfoot, would answer this question as well?