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Flat Earth Theory / FE sources

« on: February 24, 2016, 12:22:02 PM »

I have asked this in a previous thread but I did not receive much of an answer. Why is it that instead of trying to find modern findings and experiments to try to explain the earth is flat, you get quotes from "scientists" that lived in the 1800s. How does this make sense? They had no evidence to back their beliefs, they just speculated and did not do anything to prove it, so why is it that you take what they say to be true?

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Flat Earth Theory / Moon gravity

« on: February 24, 2016, 01:53:44 AM »

If the moon is directly above us, then that means its is accelerating at the same rate as the earth right? If so, then how come it has much less gravity than the earth. If it were moving at the same speed, shouldn't the gravitational force of the moon be equal to 1g?

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Flat Earth Theory / Origin of modern day FET

« on: February 15, 2016, 01:48:25 PM »

I'm just curious, why is it that you believe that the earth is flat, when there is not much evidence to support this hypothesis? Some of you say that it is what you see that you believe, but you don't see far enough to have proof. Where did this belief come from, despite all of the concrete mathematical evidence against it?

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Flat Earth Theory / RE gravity vs FE acceleration

« on: February 15, 2016, 12:56:04 AM »

I started a new thread earlier about how gravity in FE works with acceleration, and the answer I got was that we accelerate at the same rate which is why the force we feel is constant. But I do have another question which i would like answered. If the earth is accelerating to produce the gravity we feel, then the force should be constant around the whole surface of the earth, right? If so, then how is it that an area in Canada, the Hudson Bay, has less gravitational force than the average measured in the earth?
(source #1: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070511-weird-gravity.html) (source #2: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11826-satellites-solve-mystery-of-low-gravity-over-canada/) (source #3: http://web.gps.caltech.edu/classes/ge102/papers/Tamisiea2007.pdf)

A commonly accepted explanation, from what I have learned, is that massive glaciers that provided the mass in that area melted at the end of the last ice age and flowed away from that location, but there are other explanations for it, of that I am sure.

Anyway, I would like an answer for this, and I will not accept people who state that it is false because NASA is in on it or whatever, I would like a logical, scientific explanation, supported by evidence. That should not be too much to ask.

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Flat Earth Theory / gravity

« on: February 13, 2016, 05:52:44 PM »

As stated in the FAQ, the force know as gravity doesnt exist, rather what we feel as gravity is the force of the earth accelerating at a rate of 32ft/s/s. If this is the case, how is it that we do not feel an increased force of gravity every second because of the earth's acceleration?

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Flat Earth Theory / appear

« on: February 03, 2016, 06:17:41 PM »

If the earth is flat, how do you explain objects like boats disappearing from bottom to top on the horizon and objects like the sun appearing from top to bottom? If it were flat, the objects would just fade in and out of sight as the photons emitted by them spread out too much to be visible. Someone explain this.

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Flat Earth Theory / Jumping

« on: February 03, 2016, 04:33:22 PM »

If the earth is constantly accelerating in the direction we perceive as up, how is it that I'm able to jump? No human can jump with the amount of force to be able to go faster than the earths supposed movement speed, so how is it that we're able to do it? Wouldn't the earth just ram back into us, kind of like jumping up on a fast elevator moving up.

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Flat Earth Theory / How is the atmosphere held?

« on: February 03, 2016, 03:13:30 PM »

I personally find this flat earth hypothesis ridiculous and stupid, but I do have one question I would like answered.

In your FAQ, you state that gravity doesn't exist, rather what we feel is the force of the earth accelerating at a rate of 32ft/second squared. This does not make sense at all, because if the earth is moving against the air in the atmosphere, how is it that the air does not escape into space? Air is a gas, which means that it expands to fill its container. If the earth is pushing against the air, then it would get compressed and spread to the sides. Since there is no gravity, the air is not held in and it would escape into space. Explain this please.