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Flat Earth Theory / Private Space Companies

« on: February 20, 2017, 05:23:29 PM »

http://fortune.com/2017/02/20/space-startups-travel-satellites/

http://www.nola.com/science/index.ssf/2017/02/spacex_launches_from_historic.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2906247/flights-from-the-uk-to-space-will-be-available-by-2020-under-government-plans/

http://www.virgingalactic.com/

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/non-governmental-spaceflight/

http://www.space-settlement-institute.org/private-space-companies.html


So, what do you suppose these companies are spending millions on if there is no such thing as space travel?

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Flat Earth Theory / Foucault Pendulum

« on: February 13, 2017, 06:54:12 PM »

I'm surprised I haven't seen any posts on this topic, especially since it is something you can do yourself if you have a high enough ceiling.
One pendulum proves the earth is spinning, multiple pendulums at different latitudes prove the earth is a spinning globe.
Yes, I am aware of the Allais Effect. If you look up gravitational variations during a total solar eclipse you will find some interesting information, that may account for the allais effect. Also it appears that some solar eclipse experiments may have controlled temperature but not pressure, while others accounted for both; which could explain why the allais effect is not observed with all pendulums. Or maybe not all of the locations that were tested observed a full solar eclipse, I didn't see anything mentioning if it was a total or partial eclipse on most of the experiments. From what I saw it's still not completely understood as of yet, and definitely doesn't "debunk" the information we get from the pendulum.

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Flat Earth Theory / The CIA

« on: February 09, 2017, 06:22:07 PM »

It appears the CIA may have brought back the Flat Earth Movement, along with other implausible conspiracies throughout the years. It looks like the movement died out around the Space Race and came back shortly after 9/11. The reason to create these fake conspiracies would be to distract and make all theorists appear un-credible. What better way to push people away from conspiracies that might actually be true than to just create more, the more ridiculous the better.

What do you guys think?

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Flat Earth Theory / Magnetic Pole Reversals

« on: September 19, 2016, 02:30:28 PM »

How would a geomagnetic reversal work on a flat earth?
There is evidence all over the world that supports pole reversals, just look into mid ocean ridges or lava flows. When the molten rock is cooled magnetic minerals inside of the rock will orient towards the magnetic north pole. Every 100,000 to 1 million years or so the poles switch, meaning the south pole has been the magnetic north pole.
The wiki describes our magnetic field as a radial magnet, which sure explains why we find minerals pointing towards the North Pole, but when the poles are reversed that would mean the minerals would be pointing all over the place, to whichever "edge" it had the most attraction to. We don't find that, the minerals in fact are pointing in one direction towards the South Pole.

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Flat Earth Theory / Magnetic Pole Reversals

« on: September 09, 2016, 07:10:50 PM »

How would a geomagnetic reversal work on a flat earth?
There is evidence all over the world that supports pole reversals, just look into mid ocean ridges or lava flows. When the molten rock is cooled magnetic minerals inside of the rock will orient towards the magnetic north pole. Every 100,000 to 1 million years or so the poles switch, meaning the south pole has been the magnetic north pole.
The wiki describes our magnetic field as a radial magnet, which sure explains why we find minerals pointing towards the North Pole, but when the poles are reversed that would mean the minerals would be pointing all over the place, to whichever "edge" it had the most attraction to. We don't find that, the minerals in fact are pointing in one direction towards the South Pole. 

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Flat Earth Theory / Day/Night and Eclipses

« on: August 25, 2016, 03:31:51 PM »

I read the frequently asked questions and answers, I thought the explanation for seasons was ok if you agree the sun is orbiting above the earth horizontally not vertically (I don't agree with), but what causes the sun to change the size of its orbit every few months? Stating the sun acts as a spotlight is pretty ridiculous, the suns rays shine from all angles, so that would not explain day/night on a flat earth. If the earth were flat there would not be day and night at the same time in different parts of the world like there is. If the moon is following the sun how do we have an eclipse?

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Flat Earth Theory / Coriolis Effect and Trade Winds

« on: August 25, 2016, 03:17:04 PM »

How do you explain the existence of the coriolis effect and trade winds on a flat non rotating earth? Even if the earth were flat and rotating, that would not work either, because the effect is flipped from right to left in the north to south hemisphere.