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Flat Earth Theory / Re: How can we debunk this theory?
« on: August 08, 2017, 05:53:23 PM »"The null hypothesis (H0) is a hypothesis which the researcher tries to disprove, reject or nullify.
The 'null' often refers to the common view of something, while the alternative hypothesis is what the researcher really thinks is the cause of a phenomenon."
FE is H1. It is NOT the null hypothesis, as it is not the common view. RE was proven roughly 2k years ago. Sadly much of the specifics of how have been lost, but considering it's been in use since that time, with multiple explanations fitting it, as well as a working model, it's H0. The null. Religion is an entirely different matter than science, don't know why you brought that up. They don't play by the same rules at all.
How is religion an entirely different matter? Are the mechanics of the universe not a scientific concept? Most people believe in a deity of some sort who created/controls the universe. Popular majority wins, according to you. Therefore, if you believe otherwise, it is your burden to "prove them wrong". The popular majority is always correct by default, and burden is definitely not on the claimant of things beyond experience to prove their claim, since clearly, that is not how the burden of proof works.
Science, IMHO, has gone and continues to go out of it's way to disprove a supernatural involvement. I'd say they have excepted it's the null. The thing is, science can only operate in the world it exists in. What I mean is this: Imagine your a character in a computer simulation, the most complex simulation that has or will ever exist. You can't know the true nature of the universe, unless that's part of the simulation. You can only know what the rules of the "game" allow.
Anyway, the point still remains, there is literally NO DOUBT a globe is not only the excepted position of 99% of the population, but the only one that has an absolute, rock solid, working model that you can't touch with a ten foot pole. You wouldn't dare to try. You guys walked outside one day, looked at the horizon expecting to see what standing on a cylinder would look like, can't fathom how big a planet is and ran with it. Most people don't give a crap to even bother with FE'ers after decades of photo's showing exactly what people in the dam dark ages knew, the Earth is round. Nearly every piece of technology around us wouldn't function if the earth wasn't a globe, the code and physical make-up show it. Haven't heard back from you on whether you plan to disprove RE by watching the sunrise on the equinox and show us how it didn't rise where we all know it will? Or if you plan to take a vacation and take a few flights to show us we are full of shit? Why not? Superiority complex.