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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Common Sence
« on: December 31, 2006, 08:02:47 AM »Quote from: "Round till i die"
There seen to be a hell of a lot of grey areas and spaces in this theory. i.e
Q: Explain magnetism is there is no South pole. Discussed in http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7168 and http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1361&highlight=magnetic+field
It is explained in the first of those threads
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Q: How does the atmosphere stay on the Earth?
Held in place by the ice wall?
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Q: Explain the Coriolis force?
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The sun is not rotating, the air mass that is heated directly below it is. As the sun moves in its orbit, it imparts a spin, in oppostite directions, on either side of its orbit.
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Q: Why does the hull of a ship disappear over the horizon before the mast does?
I don't know. Maybe it doesn't
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Q: If the moon is a spotlight, why can I see a "man" in the moon (shadows cast by the sun on the hills and mountains on it) last I checked a light can't contain shadows.
They aren't shadows, they are imperfections in the light - in the same way that a bulb with black paint on it would have dark areas
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Q: Explain fully the optical illusion causing sunrises and sunsets.
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Surely a little common sence could be used to used here. What do you trust a patchy and mostly farfetched theory, i.e. flat earth. Or a theory which is proven by all the laws of physics, ROUND EARTH. It doesnt take much to work that one out. Also most of the FE arguments involve a conspiracy theory. I find it hard to believe that any government or individual would invest that much money or resources to keep a "secret" which serves them no apparent benefits.
The laws of physics which don't make sense?
Gravity? :lol:
Also note that I didn't mention the conspiracy in my answers.