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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Polaris proves the earth is round.
« on: February 15, 2016, 07:16:30 PM »
I'm completely lost as to why this became an abstract mathematics lecture. Does Polaris prove the earth is round or not?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Water finding it's own level
« on: February 15, 2016, 04:01:33 PM »
Regardless of individual perspective, isnt there a scientific way to measure the supposed curvature of a body of water? I know of bedford level experiment, but shouldnt the curvature be detected even on a microscopic scale? It would really settle things if someone could detect it, instead of arbitrarily saying "youre too small to tell, just trust us"

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Water finding it's own level
« on: February 11, 2016, 10:02:07 PM »
 Quick answer:
The surface of water simply takes on whatever shape leads to the lowest energy.
Take a big round tub on a turntable, part fill with water and rotate slowly. The water "piles up" around the edges.
On a Globe earth the natural surface of any body of water simply follows the "curve of the earth" (geoid if you want to get fussy).
There are many cases of small quantities of water taking on other shapes when surface tension comes into play.
But, there simply is no "Law" that says that the surface of water is a plane surface!
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Wouldn't the shape that leads to lowest energy always be flattening itself out? I don't understand how the tub metaphor relates to a spinning sphere though, shouldn't the water be trying to leave the surface if we're spinning 16000 mph? I know that water will not appear flat in a glass flask, because as you stated the surface tension will have an effect. I just figure there would have to be a way to measure even the slightest bit of curvature, say on a large lake with calm waters. If I make a circle in illustrator, then zoom into the max, a straight line would always have to be a tangent, couldn't this type of thing be detectable with even a small stretch of water?

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Flat Earth Theory / Water finding it's own level
« on: February 10, 2016, 11:33:18 PM »
To me, this is one of the main phenomenon I can't rectify with a spherical earth. A standing body of water appears to have no curvature, and we have used water based levels to build very large structures with out flaw.

More so, it seems physically impossible water could ever exist on a curve as its tendency is to go from its highest elevation to the lowest. A spherical earth woud indicate that some rivers on earth would somehow have to flow up to reach the ocean. 

Lastly, is it even possible to have a flat surface on a curved planet? Would there not be a way to measure a stretch of standing water to try to detect a curvature? I know mathmatically that a circle doesnt consist of a finite amount of flat lines, in fact there is never a flat line on a circle.

Would like some input from the community on this, thanks.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Shills, trolls and psyops.
« on: February 10, 2016, 05:58:09 PM »
As unfortunate as it is, we either collectively have to make official flat earth youtube videos, or these guys are going to continue to add their own spin to the theory. The consensus is absolutely correct, there should be an emphasis on the scientific data of the theory and less on the conspiracy, but it really is hard to disconnect the two when so many people are certain they've seen space and the earth from NASA photos.

What is actual membership into the society, what does it entail?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Has anyone ever flown a plane across Antarctica?
« on: February 10, 2016, 05:25:52 AM »
So long story short, no one has ever flown directly south over the continent until they reached the other side and were going north? Also can someone shed some light on why there are "geographic" and a "magnetic" north poles?

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