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[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 2/02/2023 5:50 pm, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 16:04 +1100, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> Me: what is a Bravais pendulum
> How does a Bravais pendulum differ from Foucault's? Is it that it is
> deliberately started with an elliptical path?

Yes, that's the only difference. The reason for the behaviour is that 
it's not moving in an inertial frame - the earth rotates - so Newton's 
laws are not quite accurate.

>> ChatGPT:  I apologize, it seems my previous answer was incorrect. Can
>> you please provide more information or correct my understanding of a
>> Bravais pendulum?
> I wonder what would have happened if you had responded that a Bravais
> pendulum is designed to detect the presence of water in the vicinity of
> gullible people? Or to detect the locus of health issues in unwell
> people? Or the presence of viable marriage partners? Or pregnancy?
I might give that a try
> Are your responses guiding it to other/more sources, or are they
> sources themselves?

I don't know what it's doing. My guess is it's digging deeper into other 
sources.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email: brd at iimetro.com.au