DJJAMIII said:
NO ITS TRUE
IMAGINE A FALLING CLIMBER, THE LEAD MAN AT THE TOP OF THE CLIFF, ALL ATTACHED BY A ROPE AND HE FALLS...like that
While I'm no expert on particle physics, I don't really think that an electron can "fall" like a climber off a mountain. As I understand it, the gravitational forces between particles (i.e. quantum mechanics) is way way greater than those between a person and Earth, or even between the Earth and Moon.
An electron has a mass of next to fuck all, so if you had one in your hand and let go of it, I doubt it would plummet to Earth in the same way as a brick. And I also don't think that an electron can just "fall" off an atom.
If you're meaning that an electron travelling up the (vertical) wire to my comp is affected by gravity, making to fall back down the cable, then I reckon that's bollocks mate!