Here to resurrect this dead post. I made an account and everything, just to post and have a discussion. Let's stay on topic, according to the rules, shall we? I'm here for serious inquiry and discussion. I've looked at the wiki and all of that. I've spent considerable time doing so and exploring many of the interesting topics there.
Okay, we're here to talk about the original post, the video by CoolHardLogic. Here we go.
I don't see anything countering CHL's arguments in the video post by the OP in this thread. I'm curious as to what the retort/s is/are to CHL's arguments (there are 3 arguments in this video) involving geometric analysis. It seems that the math just isn't on the side of this flat Earth model. I did see a brief mention that CHL has made some assumptions, which is understandable. I hope this statement was only considering the mathematical assumptions.
I realize that CHL is making assumptions. That's what must be done in order to do science in a reasonable and practicable way. For example, we trust (or assume) that 9.8 m/s^2 is constant so we don't have to continuously test the acceleration due to gravity in the midst of other experimentation with, say, falling objects.
However, if any of CHL's assumptions (with regard to the maths) in this video are erroneous, please clarify and provide a correction to that assumption. I see there are a lot of places in the tfes forums and associated wiki and resources that address some maths, but none addressing these specific problems.
For the sake of time, I'll add this now as well: in addition to clarifying and correcting any of his assumptions (again, only assumptions regarding the maths), please explain how the assumptions affect the geometric analysis; how those effects are great enough to adversely impact the results of CHL's geometric analysis; and how (with the corrections) the results of a geometric analysis regarding the same problem can confirm that the flat Earth model is correct.
Thanks much. I look forward to hearing from those of you who will participate.
JQV