Me too, but some the statements made are significantly thought-provoking.As someone who is well-read in the ways of science, that list makes me want to sigh and go get another fish finger sandwich.
No wish to result in that. Sorry that it's caused offence, it's gone. The link is still there, though.Yep, that was a bit depressing.
But gravity explains it far better, and it also explains why the Earth is round - a cloud of matter collapsing under gravity to form a planet settles into a symmetrical sphere, rather than a highly asymmetric disk!I suppose that a flat Earth would explain why we aren't subject to centrifugal forces and get flung off the planet...
Would it, though? Suppose (for purposes of this thread) the world was a flat 2D rotating discworld...surely the centrifugal forces (or a centripetal effect) would still be applying a force, but in just one plane?a flat Earth would explain why we aren't subject to centrifugal forces
I am going to presume that the official answer as to why we aren't flung off our real-world spherical globe is because thepay attention in science class.
However...the following set of impossible information is fascinating. I've seen much of it before, but this is a good (contestably-flawed) summary. Read it with an open mind (as, of course, you will), and remember: always doubt everything.
http://aetherforce.com/isnt-it-strange-that/
If a flat, disc-shaped Earth spins around a central point, surely we'd all be flung outwards by centrifugal forces?The question that comes to my mind is - would a two dimensional earth rotate, surely it would spin, arse over tip, (nocturnal, diurnal) rather than spin from a centre point?
The needle arm on a record player is subject to greater inward pull the closer it gets to the centre. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything.It would be increasingly difficult to travel towards the centre.
We built this world on rock 'n' roll?The needle arm on a record player is subject to greater inward pull the closer it gets to the centre. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything.
That's more to do with the groove pulling the needle into a tighter angle, than centrifugal forces.The needle arm on a record player is subject to greater inward pull the closer it gets to the centre. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything.
Not sure that Flat earthers think the world moves at all. Isn't it just tiny celestial bodies zooming round us or something? Any actual Flat Earthers around to enlighten us?
What I find mystifying about the FE is not just how enraged it makes people, but how they will refuse to do even one minute's research on it, and then ALL start smugly hitting you with the same questions thinking they are oh-so clever and superior, that nobody could have possibly thought of THAT before (e.g. "If the earth's flat, why don't you fall of the edge? What about gravity? How do you explain the sun and moon? What about satellites?") - and the fact they all do this PROVES they have taken no time to research the theory, as all these questions are the first thing any flat Earth resource deals with! In fact, vehement round Earthers are just like vehement pro-vaxxers; they won't take a single minute to look at the reams of research showing how dangerous and ineffective vaccines are, but they will launch into a tirade at anyone who has read said research and therefore questions vaccines. "Vaccines are safe and effective because [mainstream establishment] science! You're stupid! I don't like you! Go away!" is exactly the same as "The Earth is round and spinning because [mainstream establishment] science! You're stupid! I don't like you! Go away!"
So for any tedious round Earthers who want to ask the same questions for the THOUSANDTH MILLIONTH time, here is a brief breakdown. If you want more info, do the research yourself or follow the links already provided in this thread.
Q. Why don't you fall off the edge?
A. Huge ice wall surrounding the Earth - "Antartica" which is heavily guarded by a multi-nation treaty and independent explorers are chased away.
Q. What about gravity?
A. Doesn't exist. Objects fall to the earth because of density, not gravity.
Q. What about the sun and moon?
A. They rotate around us.
Q. What about circumnavigation?
A. A flat disc can be circumnavigated east to west, as the Earth has been. But it has never been north to south.
Q. What about satellites?
A. CGI fiction.
Q. What about pictures of Earth from space?
A. CGI fiction - none of the images look at all alike and the size of continents changes drastically. Even NASA admits they're photoshopped.
Q. What about the ISS?
A. Doesn't exist.
Q. What about the moon landings?
A. Faked.
Get the picture?! These are very brief answers, but all these questions have been answered elaborately and at length by people who have devoted their lives to this subject. The notion that tantrum-throwing detractors who refuse to read a single article on the subject could come up with a question that hasn't been tackled yet is just ludicrously stupid.
If people aren't interested in / don't believe the FE, fine, but stop wasting our time asking and re-asking questions that have been dealt with and answered a million times!! Go to one of the hundreds of flat Earth resources and read through the answers for yourself.
Guess so, although all our veiws must be ultimately based on a choice made somewhere of who to trust. No argument is ever irrefutable, suppose that's why we have trial by jury as our ultimate test of veracity rather than some sort of scientific process, everything always comes down to a guessIt all proves that science and information dissemination have become so vast one can believe and find support for any nonsense one wants to believe. And, once again, any question that can't be answered with evidence is answered with claims of conspiracy.
The first satellites were launched in the 50s.Q. What about satellites?
A. CGI fiction.
Q. What about pictures of Earth from space?
A. CGI fiction - none of the images look at all alike and the size of continents changes drastically. Even NASA admits they're photoshopped.
Well OK, perhaps 'CGI' was the incorrect term to use? Slack use of wording?Come now, you know what they mean. Photoshopped has just become the common term for images that are manipulated.
It all proves that science and information dissemination have become so vast one can believe and find support for any nonsense one wants to believe. And, once again, any question that can't be answered with evidence is answered with claims of conspiracy.
Well OK, perhaps 'CGI' was the incorrect term to use? Slack use of wording?
We know from films such as 2001 that it was possible to fake up images and present them in a realistic fashion.
Well, Westeros is a continent, not a world... George RR Martin simply calls it "The Known World," which has a number of continents. The action in the books is set mostly in Westeros.What about Westeros? Those opening credits always seemed to me to depict something akin to a flat world with a sun hovering above.