Dont tell anyone, but I think the earth is flat.

[Thorne]

Originally Posted by cards26

If the world were flat, a person could sit in California with a telescope and see Hawaii....but you can't do that.

We that doesn't prove anything.

Everbody knows that things appear smaller the further away they get.

Hawaii is just soooooo small you can't see it anymore.

And there are satellites up there. They just go around innna big circle over us.

And the moon and sun at the same time, thing....

Well that IS just plain weird......

I did sail off the edge one time but that is another story......

[reed1v]

Originally Posted by Thorne

We that doesn't prove anything.

Everbody knows that things appear smaller the further away they get.

Hawaii is just soooooo small you can't see it anymore.

And there are satellites up there. They just go around innna big circle over us.

And the moon and sun at the same time, thing....

Well that IS just plain weird......

I did sail off the edge one time but that is another story......

Even physicists are saying we live in a two dimensional hologram within a flat universe. So the Earth has to be flat.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by reed1v

Even physicists are saying we live in a two dimensional hologram within a flat universe. So the Earth has to be flat.

Except for the ones working on superstring theory who postulate 10 dimensions

[adoxograph]

Originally Posted by StuM

Except for the ones working on superstring theory who postulate 10 dimensions

Yes, but some physicist prefer the bosonic string theory, where space-time is 26-dimensional

[kenweaver75]

I've met Buzz Aldrin. He didn't strike me as the kind of guy who would keep a secret for almost 50 years. Here's a nice, rational take on the flat earth humbug:

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4521

I actually find it offensive when people take one of the most amazing accomplishments of the human race (the moon landings) and use it as "evidence" of some sort of medieval nonsense. But having read the original poster's messages I think this is all meant in a satirical way.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by adoxograph

Yes, but some physicist prefer the bosonic string theory, where space-time is 26-dimensional

Useful in basic theory, but it describes an unstable universe. The absence of fermions makes it unrealistic.

[adoxograph]

Originally Posted by StuM

Useful in basic theory, but it describes an unstable universe. The absence of fermions makes it unrealistic.

Yes, I'm with you here. I'm not fond of string theory per se, even I appreciate the elegance of the mathematical solution it is based on.

String theory can't be proven or disproven (yet).

So lets stick to a flat Earth. But don't tell anyone I said this otherwise they cut my research funding (mapping of young pre main sequence eclipsing binaries)

[StuM]

> they cut my research funding (mapping of young pre main sequence eclipsing binaries)

Ah-ha, That explains it. Clearly, you're one of those in the pay of NASA and the others concocting false "evidence" in an attempt to discredit platygeism!

[SeeLevel]

All joking aside I am convinced the earth is in fact not round. Certainly not like images (supposedly) taken in space always depict.

I have lived in the high arctic close to the pole and can tell you the earth is most definitely not round. I've heard it described as more an oval shape, but even that does not explain the anomaly I witnessed.

Case in point. On a clear day my co-worker walked directly away from me and within about a mile of linear distance he disappeared over the horizon. This was always a safety issue when mobile because you literally couldn't see anyone or anything further away than that. If my tracks were erased by blowing snow, without definable landmarks there was no certain way to find my way back to base.

Compare this to the ability to see landmarks for many miles distant at lower latitudes. Photoshop or its equivalent has been space travels closest friend from the very beginning.

[Caribbeachbum]

Not round, nor spherical, even. I believe the phrase that best describes our planet is "oblate spheroid." Like me, it's fatter in the middle.

[SeeLevel]

Originally Posted by Caribbeachbum

Not round, nor spherical, even. I believe the phrase that best describes our planet is "oblate spheroid." Like me, it's fatter in the middle.

Presumably observable from space. If so, what is the penchant for nice round pics of earth??

[reed1v]

Originally Posted by SeeLevel

All joking aside I am convinced the earth is in fact not round. Certainly not like images (supposedly) taken in space always depict.

I have lived in the high arctic close to the pole and can tell you the earth is most definitely not round. I've heard it described as more an oval shape, but even that does not explain the anomaly I witnessed.

Case in point. On a clear day my co-worker walked directly away from me and within about a mile of linear distance he disappeared over the horizon. This was always a safety issue when mobile because you literally couldn't see anyone or anything further away than that. If my tracks were erased by blowing snow, without definable landmarks there was no certain way to find my way back to base.

Compare this to the ability to see landmarks for many miles distant at lower latitudes. Photoshop or its equivalent has been space travels closest friend http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...nonono.giffrom the very beginning.

Same thing happens when my wife walks towards the shopping center. Completely disappears at the end of the parking lot.

Much prefer to be at sea where there are landmarks in all directions and nothing goes over the horizon.

[Bill Seal]

If you can see an 0.3% bulge in the NASA pictures, then your computer has better resolution than mine.

[topmast]

Light can be bent/refacted/ reflected by boundary layers of moist air or temperature differences over not too great distances.Reflection of sky on ice can fool you too. just seeing what you think you see doesn't mean you saw what you thought .

[jimbunyard]

Originally Posted by Bill Seal

If you can see an 0.3% bulge in the NASA pictures, then your computer has better resolution than mine.

Which is round? One is about 2 percent larger in one direction.