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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Disproofs - a summary of progress so far.

« on: September 12, 2017, 04:36:35 PM »

Yes, I am right all the time.    You have ignored the central point of my response, that logically a failure to respond does not mean a claim is proved.  If I tell you the moon is made of entirely of the 'cauliflower ears' of dead wrestlers, and you fail to respond, does that mean I am right about the structure of the moon? 

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Tides.

« on: September 12, 2017, 04:32:54 PM »

According to the Wiki, tides in the FE theory are due to gravity from the sun and moon.

How does this explain that there are TWO lunar tides in each 24 hour period?  In the RE model, the Earth/Moon system orbit around a point a little off-center from the center of the (round) Earth. The tide that happens when the moon is overhead is just gravity, same in FE and RE physics.  But the second daily tide (which happens in RE theory because centrifugal force produces that second tide due to the off-center rotation of the Earth.

What is the FE explanation for that second daily tide?

Easy.  Both the Sun and the Moon exert an influence on the water, thus there are two high tides each day since both the Sun and the Moon cross the dome once a day.  C'mon, ask a tough one. 

What happens during the new moon when the sun and moon are both in the sky at the same time, and thus both on the same 'half' of the Earth? We still get two high tides on those days. Try again.

  This is just silly.  This is why we have neap tides and 'Spring' tides.  Tho' the RE explanations and names are wrong, they do represent the variance we find in tides.  Some lows are lower, some high tides are higher.  This reflects the fact the Sun and Moon are different distances above the Earth and travel at different speeds.  Sometimes their effect on the water coincides, sometimes it counters; that is, sometimes the effect is additive, sometimes subtractive.  Two bodies, two tides.  This is as plain as the fact that when you look outside, the Earth is flat.  What am I gonna believe?  YOU, or may own two eyes?

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Disproofs - a summary of progress so far.

« on: September 12, 2017, 04:25:17 PM »

2) Question about Perspective (Round 1): How is the FE "perspective effect" possible?  https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=6242.0
    No significant FE response.
   CONCLUSION: FET has no counterargument.  RET wins.

Your conclusion does not follow from your premise.  That no one has bothered to refute such silly claims means nothing.  It likely means no one was challenged sufficiently by it and didn't bother.  For example, I looked at the first claim, about the 2 tides, and easily answered it.  For now I'm not even going to bother to look at the rest of  the questions.  Childsplay is for children.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Disproofs - a summary of progress so far.

« on: September 12, 2017, 04:19:13 PM »

1) Tides: Why are there two high tides per day?  https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=6229.0
    The only FE response (from Pete Svarrior) actually helped the RE case with some handy diagrams
    He didn't understand that there are TWO tides per day and handily explained why there is only one in FET.
   CONCLUSION: FET has no counterargument.  RET wins.
Not so fast there partner.  What is the FE explanation for that second daily tide?

The answer is easy.  Both the Sun and the Moon exert an influence on the waters of the flat Earth, thus there are two high tides each day since both the Sun and the Moon cross the dome once a day.   

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Tides.

« on: September 12, 2017, 04:16:03 PM »

According to the Wiki, tides in the FE theory are due to gravity from the sun and moon.

How does this explain that there are TWO lunar tides in each 24 hour period?  In the RE model, the Earth/Moon system orbit around a point a little off-center from the center of the (round) Earth. The tide that happens when the moon is overhead is just gravity, same in FE and RE physics.  But the second daily tide (which happens in RE theory because centrifugal force produces that second tide due to the off-center rotation of the Earth.

What is the FE explanation for that second daily tide?

Easy.  Both the Sun and the Moon exert an influence on the water, thus there are two high tides each day since both the Sun and the Moon cross the dome once a day.  C'mon, ask a tough one. 

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Why does the weather seem warmer when I travel toward the ice wall?

« on: September 12, 2017, 03:58:27 PM »

Your experience has not encompassed enough of the earth to provide enough information.  If the earth is flat, a drive from Washington to Baja gets you, what, 30% closer to the ice wall?  At the same time, it gets you 50% closer to the sun (if not more than 50%).

  That made me laugh.  Thanks.  Since the Earth is flat and only about 25,000 miles across, and the Sun is 93 million miles away the difference from any place on Earth to the sun is negligible, the angle being so tiny.  So 50% is WAY off.  As a percentage it would be closer to .00000000001%.  I hope your facility with math is not representative of all Rounders.

BUT, you did chance on something that gives me a potential solution to the problem I posed.  Indeed, I did not travel far enough 'South.'  You see, there also is, at the very center of the Earth, an enormous mass of ice and frigid dirt called the Arctic. So, as I traveled away from that ice mass I got warmer.  At the halfway point, what YOU call the 'equator,' I expect I would start to get colder as I approached the Ice Wall. 

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Flat Earth Theory / Why does the weather seem warmer when I travel toward the ice wall?

« on: September 11, 2017, 03:38:56 PM »

I've been a Flat Earther since birth, but one thing started to puzzle me when I went on long trips.  Whenever I travel hundreds and sometimes even thousands of miles closer to the ice wall in a direction some uninformed people call 'South,' the weather gets warmer.  Shouldn't it get colder the nearer we get to the giant ice wall?  Every so called 'winter,' it gets colder where I live in Washington State.  So  I heard some old codgers claim that it would be warmer 'down South.'  I had my doubts, but I tried it out.  I drove all the way to Baja, Mexico and sure enough it was much warmer.  It was also much closer to the great ice wall.  This completely stupefies me, so I want one of you experts to 'splain it to me.
Thanks in advance.
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