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#141. Posted:
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Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...
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Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.
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LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?
#144. Posted:
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Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


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#145. Posted:
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LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


From aus (stared) to sa (stared) arrows show direction.

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But that map you used is an incorrect depiction... Use an Azimuthal Equidistant map, and re-evaluate your question, you will get your answer.
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Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


From aus (stared) to sa (stared) arrows show direction.

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But that map you used is an incorrect depiction... Use an Azimuthal Equidistant map, and re-evaluate your question, you will get your answer.


I do agree with that point. The Azimuthal Equidistant map makes a lot of sense if you take perspective into logical thinking of how things work and are created. Realistically speaking we cannot say it is correct or incorrect on a number of levels. This is because we (personally) have not been in outer-space or out of the atmosphere level, high enough to perceive and see for ourselves if it is in fact a flat or round (so to speak) sphere like planet.

I love theories and talking about them. Now I might not be educated enough to tell you a lot on specific subjects (bare in mind I'm only coming up to 19) however I can tell you that there's a lot to this planet that people do not and will not ever understand.
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LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


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Secondly if you're suggesting omnidirectional circumnavigation is not possible on a flat earth... You are mistaken my friend. If you continuously travel east or west from your starting location, you will eventually arrive where you left of. This is because on a geocentric model, magnetic north is in the centre and magnetic south is situated on the outskirts, much like a neodymimium magnet.

Furthermore, using a flat earth map... if you travelled due east from Australia you would eventually arrive in South America. I hope this answers your question.
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Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


From aus (stared) to sa (stared) arrows show direction.

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But that map you used is an incorrect depiction... Use an Azimuthal Equidistant map, and re-evaluate your question, you will get your answer.


Azimunthal projection isn't accurate though, at least not for that purpose. Unless you want to maybe plan flights, it isn't worth using Azimunthal projection. In all my years of geomatics I've never once used it. Currently, the most accurate map are probably those using Authagraph projection, although not many are using it since it was only recently developed. Mercator distorts the planet (as anything does when trying to put a sphere onto a flat surface) but it is still the most useful we have for working on a planetary scale. Using polar projections isn't helpful for this topic since you are essentially looking down on the Earth and the further away from the starting pole you get, the more distorted it becomes. Similarly, working with Mercator, the further from the Equator you go the more distorted it is. A single projection is never good enough to come to large conclusions.

For some of my own points.

If I'm not misunderstanding the pythagorean image you posted, nothing would dip down below the curvature of the earth until around 48 miles away, and even then only slightly. All of the images of skylines you showed were <40 miles and therefore it is completely logical that they would be seen. However, anything over 50-60 would then unable to be seen which makes perfect sense. Also, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using nothing but shadows, and if the Earth was flat, I'd imagine shadows and time zones would all be the same since the sun would rise and set equally across the globe. Next, there would be no cause of thermal gradients across the globe since all of the major wind systems we rely on wouldn't be able to circumvent the globe, and would essentially stagnate and force homogeny in climate across the globe. Also, the images are often different colors for a few reasons, but the biggest is seasonality. Continents will look browner in their dry season/cold weather and greener in the wet season/warm weather. Oceans will look darker blue during upwelling, and lighter blue during periods of low nutrients. Algal blooms can force them to become dark blue or even green/red during intense eutrophication events causing large blooms. Finally, you said that the horizon is flat no matter how high you go, however if you watch youtube videos of people using weather balloons, when they reach a decent height, you can see the curvature of the Earth, and it gets more intense the higher you go.
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Fold wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


From aus (stared) to sa (stared) arrows show direction.

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But that map you used is an incorrect depiction... Use an Azimuthal Equidistant map, and re-evaluate your question, you will get your answer.


Azimunthal projection isn't accurate though, at least not for that purpose. Unless you want to maybe plan flights, it isn't worth using Azimunthal projection. In all my years of geomatics I've never once used it. Currently, the most accurate map are probably those using Authagraph projection, although not many are using it since it was only recently developed. Mercator distorts the planet (as anything does when trying to put a sphere onto a flat surface) but it is still the most useful we have for working on a planetary scale. Using polar projections isn't helpful for this topic since you are essentially looking down on the Earth and the further away from the starting pole you get, the more distorted it becomes. Similarly, working with Mercator, the further from the Equator you go the more distorted it is. A single projection is never good enough to come to large conclusions.

For some of my own points.

If I'm not misunderstanding the pythagorean image you posted, nothing would dip down below the curvature of the earth until around 48 miles away, and even then only slightly. All of the images of skylines you showed were <40 miles and therefore it is completely logical that they would be seen. However, anything over 50-60 would then unable to be seen which makes perfect sense. Also, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using nothing but shadows, and if the Earth was flat, I'd imagine shadows and time zones would all be the same since the sun would rise and set equally across the globe. Next, there would be no cause of thermal gradients across the globe since all of the major wind systems we rely on wouldn't be able to circumvent the globe, and would essentially stagnate and force homogeny in climate across the globe. Also, the images are often different colors for a few reasons, but the biggest is seasonality. Continents will look browner in their dry season/cold weather and greener in the wet season/warm weather. Oceans will look darker blue during upwelling, and lighter blue during periods of low nutrients. Algal blooms can force them to become dark blue or even green/red during intense eutrophication events causing large blooms. Finally, you said that the horizon is flat no matter how high you go, however if you watch youtube videos of people using weather balloons, when they reach a decent height, you can see the curvature of the Earth, and it gets more intense the higher you go.


That made me feel like you slapped him right across the face and told him to sit down +rep.
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LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
LoyaIty wrote
Schwarz wrote
Unauthenticated wrote "If I was to sail of the right hand side of the earth (if it was flat) how would I then appear at the left hand side without knowing it."

To me, that just disproved everything you said.


How does one statement that makes no sense, and has no logic, disprove everything I just said? Some people...


That does make sense though. What he is saying is this:

(flat earth point of view bare in mind)
If he was to sail from the far right side (east) of Australia and sailed forwards (right side of a flat earth to left) towards Mexico/Argentina/Brazil (South America) in a straight line, how would he have landed on what is the left side of the flat earth. Within the flat earth theory this is not possible as there would be an edge that wouldn't allow for that to happen. Yet you can do so, as well as fly that way also.


Sorry, it was not well explained. I kind of understand your point but it's hard to visualize from words. Can you create a demographic so I get the full picture?


From aus (stared) to sa (stared) arrows show direction.

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But that map you used is an incorrect depiction... Use an Azimuthal Equidistant map, and re-evaluate your question, you will get your answer.


I do agree with that point. The Azimuthal Equidistant map makes a lot of sense if you take perspective into logical thinking of how things work and are created. Realistically speaking we cannot say it is correct or incorrect on a number of levels. This is because we (personally) have not been in outer-space or out of the atmosphere level, high enough to perceive and see for ourselves if it is in fact a flat or round (so to speak) sphere like planet.

I love theories and talking about them. Now I might not be educated enough to tell you a lot on specific subjects (bare in mind I'm only coming up to 19) however I can tell you that there's a lot to this planet that people do not and will not ever understand.


Much obliged mate. I'm only 18 myself, age is just a number,. It does not depict your intelligence. The fact you just showed me you are open to different perspectives, tell's me you're not ignorant, or stupid. Always keep an open mind, question everything. Like you have been doing, you will go far in life!

Peace brother
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