Prove or Disprove

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narcberry

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Prove or Disprove
« on: April 11, 2007, 03:05:32 PM »
Here is a simple experiment to show whether the earth is flat, or if it is round.

Flat Earth
East is always counter-clockwise around the north pole. This is always the case.

Round Earth
East is counter-clockwise around the north pole above the equator. East is clockwise around the south pole below the equator.

Experiment
Navigate east along the Antarctic coasts. If you are turning left, you are on a flat earth. If you are turning right, you are on a round earth.

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2007, 03:09:13 PM »
Good experiment....I'll just get in my boat then....anyone wanna come?
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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2007, 03:19:32 PM »
Here is a simple experiment to show whether the earth is flat, or if it is round.

Flat Earth
East is always counter-clockwise around the north pole. This is always the case.

Round Earth
East is counter-clockwise around the north pole above the equator. East is clockwise around the south pole below the equator.

Experiment
Navigate east along the Antarctic coasts. If you are turning left, you are on a flat earth. If you are turning right, you are on a round earth.


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Where did you educate the biology, in toulet?

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narcberry

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2007, 03:27:14 PM »
Figures the round-earthers would be the first to scoff at an actual experiment.

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2007, 03:44:41 PM »
I'm not going to dignify this with an intelligent response.  If you won't try to be intelligent, why should I?
Where did you educate the biology, in toulet?

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2007, 06:14:42 PM »
Way to pose a proof that your very theory makes impossible.

1. No one is allowed near the ice wall - whoops! Can't travel around Antarctica then.

2. There is no method agreed upon by the members of this forum to tell what direction one is going. For example you FE'ers say that when one travels in a "straight line" over large distances, you're actually being mislead into going in a circle.
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Tom usually says at this point that people have seen the ice-wall. It is the Ross Ice Shelf. That usually kills the conversation by the power of sheer bull-shit alone.

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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2007, 06:27:37 PM »
That circle leads to a Betty Ford Clinic.
My problem with his ideas is that it is a ridiculous thing.

Genius. PURE, undiluted genius.

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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2007, 06:48:15 PM »
Yeah I don't understand how people 'accidentally' travel in circles. What is tricking us into doing this? Not our compasses...early explorers used the stars to navigate. How does that work?
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Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2007, 06:54:04 PM »
Finally, something sensible from Narcberry! (no sarcasm)

The only problem with this is the FEers would force us to prove that our compasses were actually pointing north and our GPS wasn't malfunctioning.
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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2007, 07:14:14 PM »
A balloon based GPS never goes wrong....until a bird flies into one of the balloons and your positioning 'satellite' whizzes around the upper atmosphere before falling limply into the sea.
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Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.

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narcberry

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2007, 09:06:57 AM »
Yeah I don't understand how people 'accidentally' travel in circles. What is tricking us into doing this? Not our compasses...early explorers used the stars to navigate. How does that work?

The circular motion of the stars will lead to circular paths.

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2007, 09:15:00 AM »
East does not change below the equator.  Try harder.   
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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2007, 09:45:59 AM »
On a round earth it does.

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sokarul

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2007, 09:52:42 AM »
ok dude.  Start at the north pole, and walk backwards to the south pole. When does east change?
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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2007, 09:54:55 AM »
From rotating around the north pole, to rotating around the south pole? That happens at the equator.

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« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2007, 10:01:14 AM »
From rotating around the north pole, to rotating around the south pole? That happens at the equator.
O i see now. 

East is always right when facing north.  Clockwise and counter clockwise have nothing to do with it. 

You need to refine your experiment.  If your looking at Antarctica east will always be left, on both maps. 

Edit: Now i get it, turn left and right means which way you have to turn to keep going east.  Not to go east initially.   
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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2007, 10:08:58 AM »
Flat earthers remind Fecals of Loch ness Monsterers
I tried to commit suicide by crucifying myself, but I couldnt figure out how to get the last nail in.

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narcberry

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2007, 10:13:19 AM »
From rotating around the north pole, to rotating around the south pole? That happens at the equator.
O i see now. 

East is always right when facing north.  Clockwise and counter clockwise have nothing to do with it. 

You need to refine your experiment.  If your looking at Antarctica east will always be left, on both maps. 

Edit: Now i get it, turn left and right means which way you have to turn to keep going east.  Not to go east initially.   

Correct.

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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2007, 12:16:38 PM »
Very good experiment, except for the whole problem with actually performing it. (I'm not being sarcastic BTW, it actually is good)

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Re: Prove or Disprove
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2007, 07:14:25 PM »
There are very many solid proofs available to both sides here. The problem that they all share is that they are very difficult to carry out since they usually involve traveling very large distances while accurately recording your path and direction.
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Tom usually says at this point that people have seen the ice-wall. It is the Ross Ice Shelf. That usually kills the conversation by the power of sheer bull-shit alone.