Why is Centrifugal force “not real”? I remember my physics teacher in high school pushing that idea and understanding why back then, but I do not remember now. I also forgot so much about physics in general that a simple would be much appreciated!

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Why is Centrifugal force “not real”? I remember my physics teacher in high school pushing that idea and understanding why back then, but I do not remember now. I also forgot so much about physics in general that a simple would be much appreciated!

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Everyone’s commenting like “because it’s all in your head” etc, and I’m just looking at my centrifuge like… But it works… My samples aren’t changing because of the ~perception~ of force… Thanks for a thing I didn’t know I was confused about.