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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Infinite Earth and zeteticism

« on: February 15, 2020, 07:22:03 AM »

One makes hypothesis to narrow things down in order to facilitate experimental inquiry. Assuming the Earth to be an infinite plane does the opposite. It is an axiom, not a conclusion based on experience, unless one regards limited eyesight or fatigue as experimental proof of infinite Earth.

Rather, just as vision and stamina (and the various colours of cows) are limited qualities, so is everything in the physical universe. All we can observe is limits and boundaries. Infinity is invoked as a convenient solution when observational powers aren't enough. What sense does it make if one argues the latter to be proof in this matter?

True, I don't have to understand reality for it to work. Assuming infinity though means assuming a reality by definition beyond comprehension and more importantly: beyond question. That is poor zetetics as well as poor science in general, wouldn't you agree?

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Flat Earth Theory / Infinite Earth and zeteticism

« on: February 14, 2020, 10:28:43 AM »

When reading up on the atmolayer lip hypothesis I noticed references to the "infinite earth", the idea that our world is an infinite plane. How is this notion even remotely compatible with zeteticism?

Infinite earth is conceptually analogous to the nonsensical idea that Earth rests on "turtles all the way" and is thus axiomatically impossible to inquire about. No FE experiment conceived on zetetic grounds can show an infinite plane to be either true or false - one could always argue that that you didn't venture far enough to see the edge.

Is the hypothesis about the Earth as an infinite plane really viable from a zetetic point of view or do I miss something? A  discworld makes more sense in the FE context, me thinks...