I don't think this will happen but what IF gravity all of a sudden shifted horizontal?

 

I have a lot of ideas of what would happen but what do you guys think?

I don't think this will happen but what IF gravity all of a sudden shifted horizontal?

 

I have a lot of ideas of what would happen but what do you guys think?

What do you mean when gravity is shifted horizontal?

 

It doesn't have a specific direction besides towards the direction of the object that has a force of gravity(which all objects do). It would be better to ask the question:

 

"What if instead of gravity pulling objects towards itself, it caused a circular motion, resulting in the object orbiting around the object instead of falling towards the object, which may cause the same effect?"

Horizontal is a direction tangential to the mean surface of the Earth at any location. Presumably anything not tied down would therefore fly off into space. Frankly, though, the question makes about as much sense as asking "Is yellow more adaptable than a C#minor?"

Horizontal is a direction tangential to the mean surface of the Earth at any location. Presumably anything not tied down would therefore fly off into space. Frankly, though, the question makes about as much sense as asking "Is yellow more adaptable than a C#minor?"

Only on Thursdays.

"Presumably anything not tied down "

To what would you tie it, and how would you define "down"?

 

Anyway, in physics it's difficult to distinguish gravity from an acceleration. When there are small brief sideways accelerations of bits of the Earth, the world goes to pot as far as humans are concerned.

(They call them earthquakes)

So, the simple answer would be the pretty rapid death of everything on Earth.