Flat Earthtards - What "Forces" Keep the Flat Earth in the Flat Shape? | |
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User ID: 81435510 United States 12/07/2021 02:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So. - what keeps s flat earth flat? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78016817 Is it flat or not? If it is then how? What forces cause this unusual shape considering all others are spherical? What others are spherical? All the other planets. Jupiter has been photographed rotating by many amateur astronomers. [link to www.deepskywatch.com (secure)] This also shows Jupiter's moon Io orbiting the planet. No doubt you'll say this is CGI, but there are 1000s of astronomers that have seen this. I think the planets are just holograms or blobs of plasma. Is my belief worse than your belief? jack |
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User ID: 81435510 United States 12/07/2021 02:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No. It started 500 years ago with this guy; [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] Before this, and it’s really interesting: Eratosthenes of Cyrene, for the ballers. (Not arguing with flat earthers-you have the Bible-no argument from me. Personally, I’m a Bible baller.) “While living in Alexandria, Eratosthenes received some amazing correspondence from the city of Syene in southern Egypt. In particular, it said that, on the Summer Solstice, the shadow of someone looking down a deep well would block the reflection of the Sun at noon. In other words, the Sun would be directly overhead at this time, not a single degree to the South, North, East or West. And if you had a completely vertical object, it would cast absolutely no shadow. As you can see, below there are indeed places in there world where this is the case. But Eratosthenes knew that this wasn’t the case where he was, in Alexandria. Sure, the Sun came closer to being directly overhead at Noon on the Summer Solstice in Alexandria than at any other time during the year, but vertical objects still cast shadows. And — like any good scientist — Eratosthenes did the experiment. By measuring the length of the shadow cast by a vertical stick during the solstice noon (when the shadow was shortest), he could figure out what angle the Sun made with the vertical direction at Alexandria. And the answer he got was one-fiftieth of a circle, or 7.2 degrees. But at this time, in Syene, the angle the Sun was making with an identical vertical stick was zero degrees! What could be causing this? In perhaps a stroke of genius, Eratosthenes realized that the Sun’s rays could all be parallel, and that the Earth could be curved! “ [link to medium.com (secure)] But unfortunately, Eratosthenes was wrong, and the sun's rays are not all parallel and therefore his conclusion was wrong. jack |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80234974 United States 12/07/2021 03:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Our close to spherical Earth is that shape due to the equal pull of gravity from all direction. Like all other known planets and moons. Quoting: Giordano Bruno Question for flat Earthtards; What keeps the Earth flat? Flat Earthers are fucktards. It's a CIA plot and has been for years. Get a Life! Flat earth has been around longer than the CIA, dildo. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80234974 United States 12/07/2021 03:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: eversoclear Before this, and it’s really interesting: Eratosthenes of Cyrene, for the ballers. (Not arguing with flat earthers-you have the Bible-no argument from me. Personally, I’m a Bible baller.) “While living in Alexandria, Eratosthenes received some amazing correspondence from the city of Syene in southern Egypt. In particular, it said that, on the Summer Solstice, the shadow of someone looking down a deep well would block the reflection of the Sun at noon. In other words, the Sun would be directly overhead at this time, not a single degree to the South, North, East or West. And if you had a completely vertical object, it would cast absolutely no shadow. As you can see, below there are indeed places in there world where this is the case. But Eratosthenes knew that this wasn’t the case where he was, in Alexandria. Sure, the Sun came closer to being directly overhead at Noon on the Summer Solstice in Alexandria than at any other time during the year, but vertical objects still cast shadows. And — like any good scientist — Eratosthenes did the experiment. By measuring the length of the shadow cast by a vertical stick during the solstice noon (when the shadow was shortest), he could figure out what angle the Sun made with the vertical direction at Alexandria. And the answer he got was one-fiftieth of a circle, or 7.2 degrees. But at this time, in Syene, the angle the Sun was making with an identical vertical stick was zero degrees! What could be causing this? In perhaps a stroke of genius, Eratosthenes realized that the Sun’s rays could all be parallel, and that the Earth could be curved! “ [link to medium.com (secure)] But unfortunately, Eratosthenes was wrong, and the sun's rays are not all parallel and therefore his conclusion was wrong. Based and provably true |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78058359 United States 12/07/2021 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So. - what keeps s flat earth flat? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78016817 Is it flat or not? If it is then how? What forces cause this unusual shape considering all others are spherical? What others are spherical? Any liquid released in space immediately takes a spherical form. The Moon is a sphere the sun is a sphere. Every known planet when observed through a telescope is observed to be spherical. What are you smoking? |
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