Experimental evidence for a flat earth.
Given the now lengthy threads on the subject of the earth being flat, and thewholesoul's insistence on being shown experimental evidence for a spherical earth and all that that entails, my question, then, is this:
Have any experiments been performed showing that the earth is flat? If so, what has the reaction been from the wider scientific community? If not, what experiments could be done? |
The last video I saw on it (I have no link, a friend was showing me at work) had a few experiments. There were the old ones to produce evidence of the aether, misrepresented, and a guy measuring long structures (bridges, railways, etc) to show they were a constant level, where as a flat object on a curved world would be askew. Unfortunately their measurements were all taken relative to sea level, not realising that sea level is constant around a curved world.
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To be clear, the current lengthy thread is on the earth being stationary, not flat.
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If I drop a ball, it falls down and stays there. If the world were curved, it'd never stop rolling.
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There are several sciencey-sounding experiments in this video (3.42 minutes only!).
I don't have the background to comment on whether they are valid or not: perhaps a more learned member could have a look? Mentioned are Michelsom-Morley; the Sagnac experiment; the Lorenz Contraction and Airy's Failure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrM191t_nc |
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That muscle being a sphincter. Just conjecture on my part, hope this helps! |
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A quick check also indicates that the Sagnac experiment and Airy's Luminiferous aether were also experiments that were attempting to locate a Aether medium. That they failed was more to do with that Aether doesn't exists that anything else. |
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A useful simple project to help determine the global nature of Planet Earth.
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You can be reassured that there is little to no raving in the video: this is why I chose it. Sure, it does mention that Einstein was part of the conspiracy to hush up the uncomfortable results proving a flat earth, but the tone is relatively (pun intended) sane. Where, I wonder, is thewholesoul? I would have thought he would be all over this with a huge list of the experiments either he himself has done, or that others have done and he can link to. Most peculiar. |
I keep clicking on the flat/stationary earth threads then wondering why I did that. One of the things I don't get is tws's insistence on experiment. Apparently he thinks that's the only way science works. He's wrong, of course, observation is just as important if not moreso.
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Every time I've looked around from the launch pads at KSC and the Cape, the Earth looks pretty flat. So that's evidence.
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gaseous proof, the earth is flat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM9S4QiEHEY
10 minute you can't get back, but it boils down to - flatulence. The earth is flat because of Venus and Uranus... or something, when you spell these planets backwards, SUNEV, SUNARU, you get sun... related to the sun, and gas, and the earth is flat, it is flatulence. |
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Which in this case means the world isn't flat :jaw-dropp |
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I wonder, then, in the absence of what he considers proof, how tws came to his somewhat left-field conclusions? It is unfortunate, then, that he seems to be avoiding this thread like the plague. |
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Unless Uranus wind is objectively stationary! How then would you feel an objective movement? Compus |
Six different satellites, six different images showing a full Earth disk, all taken at roughly the same time (in infra-red).
All of them look flat! Which is real??!?!??11? http://i.imgur.com/VXQZj3G.jpg |
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It's a shame the experiment wasn't devised to show the earth is flat, though. As mentioned above, it was designed to prove the existence of ether. thewholesoul: have you got anything else? |
1.) find a place where you can see a nice sunset
2.) grab a ladder 3.) sit on the ground (preferable with a love interest and a bottle of wine) and watch the sun go down 4.) climb the ladder: if you can see the sun again, the earth is not flat. |
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Well, here's your argument for a flat earth, quoted verbatim:
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You got it? No, neither did I, but apparently it's all in the CAPS. Let me try again: Quote:
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Is it conceded by flat earthers that the Universe surrounds us so that we see it as though the interior of a *sphere*? If so, then how do they account for the opposite side of this sphere being seen simultaneously by folks far away (as in, for sane folk, on the opposite side of the globe of Earth)?
As you can tell, I've not delved into this flat Earth rubbish in any detail at all. |
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If the Earth is round, then every movement we make, regardless of direction, would be downhill. Proof. End of thread.
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Earth is round. Like a pancake.
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I have a four foot spirit level, I laid it on the earth, and yes, the earth is flat.
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No-one is falling off the earth in Australia, therefore the earth is flat! QED. thewholesoul: we have done your work for you, but I will kindly allow you to present this conclusive experimental proof to the scientific institution of your choice, as your own work. The Nobel Prize awaits! |
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