Originally Posted by
Utopian
No, it won't.
I apologize to the OP (I'm not going to try to spell out your username!). I work in a scientific field (and also I'm a bit of an @ss) and I have a habit of being confrontational with insufficient tact. I usually don't intend anything personal by it and certainly didn't this time. As Alembic mentioned, I've "discussed" the scythe issue before. Apparently, I'm one of the few on here that has used an actual scythe, so I seem to be one of the few who grasps the actual cutting stroke of a scythe. For that reason, I have continued to disagree with the idea of the shaving stroke being rotational. :soapbox:
Einstein worked out many of his greatest achievements with thought experiments that he later elaborated upon with mathematical explanations. I'll stick with my tomatos but I'd be glad to see your mathematical analyses!