Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory

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Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« on: June 04, 2010, 10:27:10 PM »
This topic is for discussing how gravity and the works of it can argue the theory that the Earth is flat. I am a Round-Earth believer.

Here's my favorite argument so far:

A great argument commonly given is let's say there are two people on Earth. One is on the North Pole, the other the South. If the North Pole person is being pulled toward downwards, how come the person on the South Pole isn't falling downwards - and off the planet - also?

That is because a basic law of physics states that an object of substantial mass will pull objects toward it's center of mass. For our Earth that would be the core. Objects are pulled (gravity) to the center of the Earth and this makes it so that a person anywhere on Earth has a guarantee that they won't end up flying off the face of the Earth. Why doesn't the Earth fall then? Because it is in the vacuum of space, where gravity isn't telling objects "down" it's telling them "pull together". 



Arguments on other beliefs and Flat-Earth arguments are very welcome.

Sorry, the "move apart" idea actually came from the "Big Freeze" theory and how as of now galaxies are spreading apart.
« Last Edit: June 05, 2010, 09:13:35 AM by AClassicalArgument »

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Mr Pseudonym

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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2010, 10:54:26 PM »
In Q&A people generally ask questions.  Clearly you have not read the fact about UA.
Why do we fall back to earth? Because our weight pushes us down, no laws, no gravity pulling us. It is the law of intelligence.

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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2010, 11:13:43 PM »
In Q&A people generally ask questions.  Clearly you have not read the failed hypothesis about UA.

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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2010, 03:07:59 AM »
Because it is in the vacuum of space, where gravity isn't telling objects "down" it's telling them "spread apart".

What?
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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2010, 06:17:13 AM »
Because it is in the vacuum of space, where gravity isn't telling objects "down" it's telling them "spread apart".
Um, how about... the exact opposite of what you said? "Gravity" is "telling" "objects" to get as close to each other as possible for a group hug. Newton's law of universal gravitation and such.
Like, um:

See how they're drawn to each other, and not "spreading apart"? It's RET science.
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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2010, 09:07:06 AM »
Uhhh yeah sorry I think I made a few mistakes with my argument (this is my first post, and my first time on an argument type of thing). I'll try to reword the argument better. And I don't know where the "UA" is. Can someone help me with redoing this argument better? Not with facts (I'll fix that myself) but with the structure of my argument?

Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2010, 09:14:37 AM »
Ok, I fixed the part about the "move apart" and the reason I put that there is on the scroll message on the bottom. I still need help with the structure of the argument.

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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2010, 09:25:55 AM »
Uhhh yeah sorry I think I made a few mistakes with my argument (this is my first post, and my first time on an argument type of thing). I'll try to reword the argument better. And I don't know where the "UA" is. Can someone help me with redoing this argument better? Not with facts (I'll fix that myself) but with the structure of my argument?
Ok, I fixed the part about the "move apart" and the reason I put that there is on the scroll message on the bottom. I still need help with the structure of the argument.

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

Anyway, see FAQ:

Quote from: FAQ
Q: "What about gravity?"

A1: In the dark energy model, DE accelerates the Earth and all celestial bodies in the universe at 9.81m/s2. This is commonly known as Universal Acceleration, which produces the same effect as "gravity" in our local reference frame. See: Equivalence Principle.

A2: In both the McIntyre and the Bishop model, the Earth is being pushed up by the Universal Accelerator underneath it at 9.8m/s2. This mediates observable gravitational effects in our local reference frame.

A3: In the Davis model, the infinite plane produces a finite gravitational field with a downward pull. Click here for the mathematical formulation behind this model.
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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2010, 10:03:12 AM »
I still need help with the structure of the argument.

If you don't know how to structure an argument, don't bother posting in the debate fora. We have better things to do than teach you how to write coherently.
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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2010, 04:33:19 PM »
OK, sorry about not knowing something. Just stop posting here then if it's put up badly. Sorry to inconvenience people
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Re: Gravity, and How It Would Affect The Flat Earth Theory
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2010, 07:24:36 PM »
I guess no one has noticed that OP is using a strawman,
as the bit about gravity is from http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm