Godlike Productions - Discussion Forum
Users Online Now: 1,586 (Who's On?)Visitors Today: 256,058
Pageviews Today: 409,791Threads Today: 132Posts Today: 2,114
05:14 AM


Rate this Thread

Absolute BS Crap Reasonable Nice Amazing
 

Why can't I prove the earth is round?

 
Hydra

User ID: 72180694
Germany
05/09/2016 07:47 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...

Then the dome would magnify everything approaching the "Vanishing Point", e.g. a car.
Then the "Vanishing Point" would not be a "Vanishing Point" any more.

But may be it's magic. /sarcasm
 Quoting: Hydra

Not so. The car would exists INSIDE the dome. Cosmological luminaries exist OUTSIDE the dome. If you hold a magnifying glass behind your head, does the object you're looking at get magnified?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571

Is this the official Flattie guideline?


But as I said, I'm speculating within the theory.. It's a fun thought experiment.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571

Some food for your fun thought experiment:
* How can you explain today's Mercury transit in a flat earth that showed the same path across the sun in the northern and southern hemisphere?
* How did Sun and Moon move in the flat earth to draw the path of the January 15, 2010 annular solar eclipse?

:fease150110:

 Quoting: Hydra

Every single picture of that transit are fake. That one was easy.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

Taken by me today - prove they are fake:

:metransit1:

:metransit2:


As far as eclipses, we don't know the construct.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

As far as eclipses, globe earthers know the construct.


Also, the sun and moon have both been in the sky during lunar eclipses, that's impossible on a globe.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

Really? - Prove it.

.
:ase26122019:
Annular Solar Eclipse - December 26, 2019 - Kannur, Kerala, India
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 07:54 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
Prove they are real. You can't post a pic on the Internet then tell me to prove they're fake. Are you retarded? Serious question.

Good answers to the rest. Fucking troll
914

User ID: 71406112
United States
05/09/2016 07:55 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
....
Thanks, I get it. the greater the surface area the more air resistance to a drop. But I can't get over one thing. Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place but differences in mass can have an effect on this incredible force. Do you see why I'm struggling with it?
 Quoting: from above


" ... Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place ..."

What is do you mean "hold it in place", as if something is trying to pull it away? What do you think is trying to pull the ocean away?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
DEDEDEDE
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 69081689
United States
05/09/2016 07:55 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
Every single picture of that transit are fake. That one was easy.

As far as eclipses, we don't know the construct. Also, the sun and moon have both been in the sky during lunar eclipses, that's impossible on a globe.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


waitwhat
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 63310309
United States
05/09/2016 07:56 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
If the earth is flat, which side are we on and what's on the other side? And how thick is it...and what if anything exists on the edge?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72149333


Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 07:59 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
Every single picture of that transit are fake. That one was easy.

As far as eclipses, we don't know the construct. Also, the sun and moon have both been in the sky during lunar eclipses, that's impossible on a globe.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


waitwhat
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 08:00 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
“Whilst we sit drinking our cup of tea or coffee the world is supposedly rotating at 1,039 mph at the equator, whizzing around the Sun at 66,500 mph, hurtling towards Lyra at 20,000 mph, revolving around the centre of the 'Milky Way' at 500,000 mph and merrily moving at God knows what velocity as a consequence of the 'Big Bong.' And not even a hint of a ripple on the surface of our tea, yet tap the table lightly with your finger and ... !" -Neville T. Jones
914

User ID: 71406112
United States
05/09/2016 08:02 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
“Whilst we sit drinking our cup of tea or coffee the world is supposedly rotating at 1,039 mph at the equator, whizzing around the Sun at 66,500 mph, hurtling towards Lyra at 20,000 mph, revolving around the centre of the 'Milky Way' at 500,000 mph and merrily moving at God knows what velocity as a consequence of the 'Big Bong.' And not even a hint of a ripple on the surface of our tea, yet tap the table lightly with your finger and ... !" -Neville T. Jones
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


This blows my mind! This is why I ask questions! Thank you!
DEDEDEDE
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 69081689
United States
05/09/2016 08:04 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


waitwhat
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


so now refraction is a lie? damn you fuckers are brian dead.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 27180571
United States
05/09/2016 08:05 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
Every single picture of that transit are fake. That one was easy.

As far as eclipses, we don't know the construct. Also, the sun and moon have both been in the sky during lunar eclipses, that's impossible on a globe.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


waitwhat
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


I did read it yo. I'm passing the information to the person who never heard of it happening. Whether or not the explanation given is correct, well that's what flattards are debating, isn't it.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 63310309
United States
05/09/2016 08:09 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
“Whilst we sit drinking our cup of tea or coffee the world is supposedly rotating at 1,039 mph at the equator, whizzing around the Sun at 66,500 mph, hurtling towards Lyra at 20,000 mph, revolving around the centre of the 'Milky Way' at 500,000 mph and merrily moving at God knows what velocity as a consequence of the 'Big Bong.' And not even a hint of a ripple on the surface of our tea, yet tap the table lightly with your finger and ... !" -Neville T. Jones
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227
Lol...Time to Wake Up to the Fact : "Big Bang Theory Now Proven Wrong"

Tell Your Friends "Quantum Equations Prove No Big Bang...Universe Has No Beginning or Ending" [link to Phys.org]
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 08:10 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


so now refraction is a lie? damn you fuckers are brian dead.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


No, your reading comprehension is a lie if you are a HS graduate. I'm talking about verification. Feel free to articulate the finer points of how refraction would cause both to be in the sky (even after the sunrise). "Science" just has to say refraction and dumb fucks like you think, " well, works for me." Without giving it any thought.

Think about it. It's like when they say seeing Chicago from StJoe Michigan on a clear day is refraction. Yet, refraction would be an opposite position of the buildings refracted and they'd be presented upside down to the viewer in St Joe. This isn't true. Lake Michigan is flat across
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 27180571
United States
05/09/2016 08:10 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


waitwhat
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


I did read it yo. I'm passing the information to the person who never heard of it happening. Whether or not the explanation given is correct, well that's what flattards are debating, isn't it.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


Anonymous Coward
User ID: 40103770
United States
05/09/2016 08:14 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
....
Thanks, I get it. the greater the surface area the more air resistance to a drop. But I can't get over one thing. Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place but differences in mass can have an effect on this incredible force. Do you see why I'm struggling with it?
 Quoting: from above


" ... Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place ..."

What is do you mean "hold it in place", as if something is trying to pull it away? What do you think is trying to pull the ocean away?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
CK722

User ID: 2974820
United States
05/09/2016 08:16 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
“Whilst we sit drinking our cup of tea or coffee the world is supposedly rotating at 1,039 mph at the equator, whizzing around the Sun at 66,500 mph, hurtling towards Lyra at 20,000 mph, revolving around the centre of the 'Milky Way' at 500,000 mph and merrily moving at God knows what velocity as a consequence of the 'Big Bong.' And not even a hint of a ripple on the surface of our tea, yet tap the table lightly with your finger and ... !" -Neville T. Jones
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


Not to be in contradiction to your statement, although, my research indicates that the solar system also orbits around Alcyone of the Pleiades system as it is orbiting the center of the galaxy.
Hydra

User ID: 72180694
Germany
05/09/2016 08:18 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
Prove they are real. You can't post a pic on the Internet then tell me to prove they're fake. Are you retarded? Serious question.
 Quoting: Flatttie Coward 68782227


Every single picture of that transit are fake. That one was easy.
 Quoting: Flattie Coward 68782227
Your claim - your burden of proof:

.
:ase26122019:
Annular Solar Eclipse - December 26, 2019 - Kannur, Kerala, India
Hydra

User ID: 72180694
Germany
05/09/2016 08:19 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


waitwhat
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689

Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

As the Flatties do: Vanishing point, planets and flights don't exist, magnifying dome, ...

I guess you never speared a fish - oh wait, there are no fish in mummies basement.

.
:ase26122019:
Annular Solar Eclipse - December 26, 2019 - Kannur, Kerala, India
914

User ID: 71406112
United States
05/09/2016 08:19 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
....
Thanks, I get it. the greater the surface area the more air resistance to a drop. But I can't get over one thing. Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place but differences in mass can have an effect on this incredible force. Do you see why I'm struggling with it?
 Quoting: from above


" ... Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place ..."

What is do you mean "hold it in place", as if something is trying to pull it away? What do you think is trying to pull the ocean away?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


It always comes back to electricity. Thanks, I'll do my homework.
DEDEDEDE
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 08:19 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
....
Thanks, I get it. the greater the surface area the more air resistance to a drop. But I can't get over one thing. Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place but differences in mass can have an effect on this incredible force. Do you see why I'm struggling with it?
 Quoting: from above


" ... Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place ..."

What is do you mean "hold it in place", as if something is trying to pull it away? What do you think is trying to pull the ocean away?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


So, the vacuum of space, the biggest low pressure (nearly 0) system, the earth is a quirk compared to just our galaxy, let alone our universe. What keeps our gases from trying to seek equilibrium, like scientific law dictates, into the hard vacuum of space? Gravity, can make an apple fall from a tree and at the same time, allow a tiny gas molecule to float to the very top of our atmosphere, and also keep it from doing what it naturally does, seek equilibrium. Sounds like something a dumb fuck would believe. Prove how Gravity is this selective
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 63310309
United States
05/09/2016 08:24 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
If the earth is flat, which side are we on and what's on the other side? And how thick is it...and what if anything exists on the edge?
The Answer is "Perception via Consciousness"...
For those that are able to understand this information as it answers the Question of Ops thread :
Panpsychism : Consciousness is a universal or primordial feature of all things [link to en.wikipedia.org] Holographic Universe
[link to Crystalinks.com]
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 08:25 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689

Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

As the Flatties do: Vanishing point, planets and flights don't exist, magnifying dome, ...

I guess you never speared a fish - oh wait, there are no fish in mummies basement.

.
 Quoting: Hydra


You're just a troll. You have been told numerous times that the horizon rises up to meet the sky. The known edge of the horizon on a flat surface extends about 3 to 4 miles without aid. The sun, moves 1000s of miles and simply falls behind the horizon and it's light cannot light the entire plane at once. This has been told to you plenty, yet, your trolling knows no bounds. You're here to do nothing but detract and derail. We see in vanishing point perspective. That's why a long hall way, the ceiling eventually meets the floor. And it's not because of earth curve. You're hopeless and I hope more people see through your dumb fuck tricks. I wish your type were banned from here like a good site should do.
CK722

User ID: 2974820
United States
05/09/2016 08:26 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


" ... Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place ..."

What is do you mean "hold it in place", as if something is trying to pull it away? What do you think is trying to pull the ocean away?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


So, the vacuum of space, the biggest low pressure (nearly 0) system, the earth is a quirk compared to just our galaxy, let alone our universe. What keeps our gases from trying to seek equilibrium, like scientific law dictates, into the hard vacuum of space? Gravity, can make an apple fall from a tree and at the same time, allow a tiny gas molecule to float to the very top of our atmosphere, and also keep it from doing what it naturally does, seek equilibrium. Sounds like something a dumb fuck would believe. Prove how Gravity is this selective
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


Gravity isn't "selective", it ubiquitous (everywhere existing) following the observed principles of mass attracting mass, decreasing by a function of distance.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 08:31 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


So, the vacuum of space, the biggest low pressure (nearly 0) system, the earth is a quirk compared to just our galaxy, let alone our universe. What keeps our gases from trying to seek equilibrium, like scientific law dictates, into the hard vacuum of space? Gravity, can make an apple fall from a tree and at the same time, allow a tiny gas molecule to float to the very top of our atmosphere, and also keep it from doing what it naturally does, seek equilibrium. Sounds like something a dumb fuck would believe. Prove how Gravity is this selective
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


Gravity isn't "selective", it ubiquitous (everywhere existing) following the observed principles of mass attracting mass, decreasing by a function of distance.
 Quoting: CK722


Oh, so as it barely holds onto that last molecule at the absolute top of our atmosphere, it's also dragging the moon along with it 66k mph around the solar system? Got it. Thanks, gravity! Amazing! And how does the moon effect the tides but the sun doesn't? Which has more gravitational force? Who tugs who?
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 27180571
United States
05/09/2016 08:32 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


"On Oct. 8, Interested skywatchers should attempt to see the total eclipse of the moon and the rising sun simultaneously. The little-used name for this effect is called a "selenelion," a phenomenon that celestial geometry says cannot happen. "

- See more at: [link to www.space.com]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689

Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

As the Flatties do: Vanishing point, planets and flights don't exist, magnifying dome, ...

I guess you never speared a fish - oh wait, there are no fish in mummies basement.

.
 Quoting: Hydra


I don't believe anyone said planets or flights don't exist. And I'm not an FEer as stated numerous times. I'm suggesting a magnifying dome as an alternative explanation to why the sun and moon would be the same size IF the earth were flat and IF there were a dome. Not BECAUSE the earth is flat and BECAUSE THERE IS a dome.

You confuse me with someone I'm not. Didn't you see my farcical answer to your question of the mercury transit? I said it was TWO MERCURIES. Which is clearly a joke. You need to lighten up buddy.

If you did, you might be willing to explore ideas and thoughts that exist outside your bias, whether or not those thoughts or ideas are truth. Doing so might help you discover some new truth your bias never would have allowed you to find.

Give it a shot.. explore an idea that contradicts your bias and use your imagination for a while. See what happens. It's fun.
914

User ID: 71406112
United States
05/09/2016 08:34 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


" ... Gravity has the ability to HOLD billions of gallons of ocean in place ..."

What is do you mean "hold it in place", as if something is trying to pull it away? What do you think is trying to pull the ocean away?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


So, the vacuum of space, the biggest low pressure (nearly 0) system, the earth is a quirk compared to just our galaxy, let alone our universe. What keeps our gases from trying to seek equilibrium, like scientific law dictates, into the hard vacuum of space? Gravity, can make an apple fall from a tree and at the same time, allow a tiny gas molecule to float to the very top of our atmosphere, and also keep it from doing what it naturally does, seek equilibrium. Sounds like something a dumb fuck would believe. Prove how Gravity is this selective
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


You are the first person to address my core question. Gravity can not be selective. So does this mean that I don't have to research the static electrical effect?
DEDEDEDE
Hydra

User ID: 72180694
Germany
05/09/2016 08:36 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


So, the vacuum of space, the biggest low pressure (nearly 0) system, the earth is a quirk compared to just our galaxy, let alone our universe. What keeps our gases from trying to seek equilibrium, like scientific law dictates, into the hard vacuum of space? Gravity, can make an apple fall from a tree and at the same time, allow a tiny gas molecule to float to the very top of our atmosphere, and also keep it from doing what it naturally does, seek equilibrium. Sounds like something a dumb fuck would believe. Prove how Gravity is this selective
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


Gravity isn't "selective", it ubiquitous (everywhere existing) following the observed principles of mass attracting mass, decreasing by a function of distance.
 Quoting: CK722


Oh, so as it barely holds onto that last molecule at the absolute top of our atmosphere, it's also dragging the moon along with it 66k mph around the solar system? Got it. Thanks, gravity! Amazing! And how does the moon effect the tides but the sun doesn't? Which has more gravitational force? Who tugs who?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

Ever heard of spring tides?

.
:ase26122019:
Annular Solar Eclipse - December 26, 2019 - Kannur, Kerala, India
914

User ID: 71406112
United States
05/09/2016 08:38 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


"But thanks to Earth's atmosphere, the images of both the sun and moon are apparently lifted above the horizon by atmospheric refraction."

from your own article, read it next time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69081689

Oh, so when science can't explain something they use a property no one can verify.

How is the moon being eclipsed by the earth if the sun is in the visible sky??

Oh, refraction. Lmao, you fucking idiot
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227

As the Flatties do: Vanishing point, planets and flights don't exist, magnifying dome, ...

I guess you never speared a fish - oh wait, there are no fish in mummies basement.

.
 Quoting: Hydra


I don't believe anyone said planets or flights don't exist. And I'm not an FEer as stated numerous times. I'm suggesting a magnifying dome as an alternative explanation to why the sun and moon would be the same size IF the earth were flat and IF there were a dome. Not BECAUSE the earth is flat and BECAUSE THERE IS a dome.

You confuse me with someone I'm not. Didn't you see my farcical answer to your question of the mercury transit? I said it was TWO MERCURIES. Which is clearly a joke. You need to lighten up buddy.

If you did, you might be willing to explore ideas and thoughts that exist outside your bias, whether or not those thoughts or ideas are truth. Doing so might help you discover some new truth your bias never would have allowed you to find.

Give it a shot.. explore an idea that contradicts your bias and use your imagination for a while. See what happens. It's fun.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27180571


Well said. That's why we are here, isn't it. We can discuss things that we can't talk about with our friends. They might think that we are crazy. I don't know any of you. I don't care if you think I'm crazy.
DEDEDEDE
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 27180571
United States
05/09/2016 08:38 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
...


Thanks for your question. My dumb answer first. The ocean in Antarctica doesn't fall into space because of gravity?
Outer Space is an almost perfect vacuum. Why doesn't space try to pull (fill) it's void with the earth's atmosphere and waters?

"If I have a dual chamber down here on earth where one chamber is a vacuum and the other is filled with a gas, if I open a gateway between the two chambers the gas will very quickly move to fill the vacuum."

Does gravity hold the atmosphere and water in place? Is it strong enough to overcome the vacuum of space yet it allows a butterfly to flutter about. I don't know the answer but just the word gravity drives me crazy. I just don't understand.
 Quoting: 914


Well, what holds the atmosphere is more of an static electrical effect than what is traditionally understood as gravity.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40103770


So, the vacuum of space, the biggest low pressure (nearly 0) system, the earth is a quirk compared to just our galaxy, let alone our universe. What keeps our gases from trying to seek equilibrium, like scientific law dictates, into the hard vacuum of space? Gravity, can make an apple fall from a tree and at the same time, allow a tiny gas molecule to float to the very top of our atmosphere, and also keep it from doing what it naturally does, seek equilibrium. Sounds like something a dumb fuck would believe. Prove how Gravity is this selective
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68782227


You are the first person to address my core question. Gravity can not be selective. So does this mean that I don't have to research the static electrical effect?
 Quoting: 914


Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't mainstream science also suggest that the electromagnetic field of the earth has some impact here?
CK722

User ID: 2974820
United States
05/09/2016 08:40 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
The concept of "vacuum" is easily misunderstood. Earth's gravity is attracting all molecules of earth's atmosphere toward the center of the earth resulting in atmospheric pressure (14.7 pounds of atmosphere per square
inch of surface area). In "space" there is not the circumstances of significant gravity, allowing gaseous molecules to free-float without causing perceptible pressure. Vacuum is not itself a force but a word created to indicate degrees of lack of pressure.

Last Edited by CK722 on 05/09/2016 08:42 PM
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 68782227
United States
05/09/2016 08:42 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Why can't I prove the earth is round?
Everyone please ignore Hydra. This is a disinfo troll. He/she is simulatneously trolling YouTube, and other conspiracy sites with canned answers, long quoting, ad hom and straw man fallacy. It's nothing but confusion aimed towards the casual reader. Of course "Hydra" took pictures of the Mercury transit today. Lmao, and posts on a conspiracy site trolling flat earth threads. Give me a break. Posters like this should be the ones banned. So obvious a troll





GLP