first: we are not dropping the earth from anywhere, dropping it would mean it previously belonged there.
second: while space is everywhere. OUTER space is, by definition, what is OUT there, behind our borders. and what is inside these borders can’t be behind them. so earth is not the outer space, because definition of outer space is “anything but earth”. and to confuse you even more, it is relative based on the speaker. for klingon, earth will be outer space. for earthling, not so much…
If you drop a bunch of pebbles into a bucket of water, the water is in between the rocks, but the rocks are still in water.
yes, but the pebbles are not outside of the bucket, in spite of the fact there is some “outside of the bucket” in all directions from them, they, themselves, are inside. the earth is not in outer space for the same reason these pebbles are not outside of the bucket. how cool is that?
outer. outer. outer. OUTER space.
first: we are not dropping the earth from anywhere, dropping it would mean it previously belonged there.
second: while space is everywhere. OUTER space is, by definition, what is OUT there, behind our borders. and what is inside these borders can’t be behind them. so earth is not the outer space, because definition of outer space is “anything but earth”. and to confuse you even more, it is relative based on the speaker. for klingon, earth will be outer space. for earthling, not so much…
yes, but the pebbles are not outside of the bucket, in spite of the fact there is some “outside of the bucket” in all directions from them, they, themselves, are inside. the earth is not in outer space for the same reason these pebbles are not outside of the bucket. how cool is that?
please don’t give any more lectures on logic.