Oyoy
Spatula
- Feb 2, 2020
- 741
Soulless_Angel
existence is futile
- Jul 10, 2019
- 2,225
Oyoy
Spatula
- Feb 2, 2020
- 741
They think that Antarctica being off limits is truly the edge and that there is only one picture of the Earth.
Green Destiny
Life isn't worth the trouble.
- Nov 16, 2019
- 862
To put my opinions on flat earthers nicely...I don't like them.
Suicide_vampire
In Vino Veritas
- Feb 11, 2020
- 426
I am an earthling who fall flat, does that count?
a.n.kirillov
velle non discitur
- Nov 17, 2019
- 1,831
Wasn't there also a version where earths continents were islands on lakes on a giant ice planet? If yes, that's what I believe
I am a member of the Flat Earth Society, and I can tell you for a fact that we have millions of members around the globe.
See the Turtle of enormous girth, on his back he holds the Earth.
But, sir, what is under the turtle?
I take it you have read Hawking's Short History Of Time @Underscore
I haven't I'm afraid, always meant to. I got this from The Dark Tower...
"See the TURTLE of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth. His thought is slow but always kind; he holds us all within his mind. On his back all vows are made; he sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea, And even loves a fool like me."
Ok, I thought you were referring to Hawking's famous book which opens with these lines:
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?"
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise."
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?"
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
Hahaha cool. A variation of the World Turtle Myth and very Pratchett.
Yes, they are very similar, hence my association.
Fml
Girl, interrupted
- Aug 24, 2019
- 72
mesohappy
Cat piss sammich??
- Jan 10, 2020
- 674
As far as all the conspiracy theories out there,flat earth makes the least sense to me.What would anyone get out of convincing the masses that the Earth is round and not flat?..Does it even make a difference? I don't care if it is a triangle.All I need to know is Im stuck on it.
Have you heard the Sturgill Simpson song "Turtles all the way down?" Pretty cool song,check it out if you get a chance.
Hello @mesohappy
Thank you for suggesting the song. I just listened to it. Cool vibe and sound. Not my usual cup of tea, but it's always nice to discovered different music types.
Thank you for suggesting the song. I just listened to it. Cool vibe and sound. Not my usual cup of tea, but it's always nice to discovered different music types.
I'D started reading about if gravity would work on a flat earth. Now I'm reading about how gravity doesn't actually make sense from a Newtonian point of view. I'm almost tempted to try and use physics to argue that the earth may indeed be flat, just to see if it can be done. Or maybe just to be a git. 
Oyoy
Spatula
- Feb 2, 2020
- 741
What would be the agenda of lying to us?I'D started reading about if gravity would work on a flat earth. Now I'm reading about how gravity doesn't actually make sense from a Newtonian point of view. I'm almost tempted to try and use physics to argue that the earth may indeed be flat, just to see if it can be done. Or maybe just to be a git.
All models are approximations. Gravity has been improved upon since Newton's time, but Newton's maths are simpler to use even though they don't account for 43 arcseconds per century with regards to Mercury.
Don't toss out the baby with the bathwater.
It's been a long time since I took a course in astronomy, but I remember the professor showing us a cool animation about the solar nebula and how the planets formed. The planets hoovered up material from around the young sun and became more and more masive. The more mass they had, the faster they rotated and the rounder they became.
I do love my comparatives, today :-)
I do love my comparatives, today :-)
Not doing, just reading about it. Different models interpret things in different ways. It's interesting to follow the argument.
Oyoy
Spatula
- Feb 2, 2020
- 741
I mean why would They lie. I really want to know why the flat earthers think they would do that.
Suicide_vampire
In Vino Veritas
- Feb 11, 2020
- 426
Look at the image of the UN logo, then compare it to live flight tracker
See the distance between Australia and South America its huge.
Then look at a globe its no where its not as far, but if you are flying from Australia to South America you always stop over in North America.
Ahhh the plot thickens!
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Huh?
The major addition to classical mechanics from relativity was the understanding that space tells objects how to move and that objects tell space how to curve. This was not a total revision. The later model explains the earlier model, because the models were congruous.
Which is to say: no one tossed the baby with the bathwater.
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