Do you guys believe this?

Hi guys, I have read quite a lot of stuff on this site, and I have a genuine question. I want to know honestly if you believe the flat earth theory. Please don't think I'm taking the p***, I wouldn't have registered just to have a go! I'm also wondering what sort of people this appeals to - are forum members mainly American, British etc? And in general, what are peoples religious views? Is this theory strongly linked to say, creationism, or is it totally separate? Also, are people who are into this theory into other conspiracy theories (e.g. The World Trade Centre, JFK, UFO's etc)?

Just to let you know, as an Astronomer I personally know (or strongly believe from the calculations I have to do!) that the Earth is a sphere. Again, don't think I'm trying to be inflammatory, I'm just interested from a human psychology point of view.

Thanks.

I want to know honestly if you believe the flat earth theory.

I do.

Please don't think I'm taking the p***

I don't

are forum members mainly American, British etc?

I'm a Brit

in general, what are peoples religious views?

Mostly Atheist

Is this theory strongly linked to say, creationism, or is it totally separate?

Utterly separate, creationism is silly

Also, are people who are into this theory into other conspiracy theories (e.g. The World Trade Centre, JFK, UFO's etc)?

I'm not.

1. About 7 people believe in Flat Earth.

- Tom Bishop
- Username
- Daniel
- Dogplatter
- Raa
- Chaltier
- bullhorn

2. We are mixtures of Americans, Canadians, and British (notice the British do not have a name for themselves, LOL).

3. Most people here are atheist.

4. No, no other conspiracy theories besides THE conspiracy - The Round Earth Conspiracy.

and Australians

1. About 7 people believe in Flat Earth.

- Tom Bishop
- Username
- Daniel
- Dogplatter
- Raa
- Chaltier
- bullhorn

2. We are mixtures of Americans, Canadians, and British (notice the British do not have a name for themselves, LOL).

3. Most people here are atheist.

4. No, no other conspiracy theories besides THE conspiracy - The Round Earth Conspiracy.

Also Levee and 17th november

Quote from: Trekky0623 on March 17, 2008, 09:24:20 PM

1. About 7 people believe in Flat Earth.

- Tom Bishop
- Username
- Daniel
- Dogplatter
- Raa
- Chaltier
- bullhorn

2. We are mixtures of Americans, Canadians, and British (notice the British do not have a name for themselves, LOL).

3. Most people here are atheist.

4. No, no other conspiracy theories besides THE conspiracy - The Round Earth Conspiracy.

Also Levee and 17th november

They're fake 

The idea is a joke silly. The point of these forums is to encourage debates.

I wouldn't overestimate their intelligence if I was you

Quote from: Trekky0623 on March 17, 2008, 09:24:20 PM

1. About 7 people believe in Flat Earth.

- Tom Bishop
- Username
- Daniel
- Dogplatter
- Raa
- Chaltier
- bullhorn

2. We are mixtures of Americans, Canadians, and British (notice the British do not have a name for themselves, LOL).

3. Most people here are atheist.

4. No, no other conspiracy theories besides THE conspiracy - The Round Earth Conspiracy.

Also Levee and 17th november

I would put money on the fact that more than 50% of those names listed have the same ten (or two, depending on how they type) fingers behind their keyboards.

o0o Do I smell a conspiracy, wheres my columbo hat?

1. About 7 people believe in Flat Earth.

- Tom Bishop
- Username
- Daniel
- Dogplatter
- Raa
- Chaltier
- bullhorn

2. We are mixtures of Americans, Canadians, and British (notice the British do not have a name for themselves, LOL).

3. Most people here are atheist.

4. No, no other conspiracy theories besides THE conspiracy - The Round Earth Conspiracy.

Tom apparently beleives the earth is an infanite plane, which is even more rubbish then the flat earth theory.

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I think we're not using the same co-ordinate system... OK, lets define X as parallel to a trip from East to West, Y as parallel a North - South trip, and Z as directly into the ground. Which two are infinite? I think you mean X and Y are infinite, correct, because if Z is, Sokarul is right.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I think we're not using the same co-ordinate system... OK, lets define X as parallel to a trip from East to West, Y as parallel a North - South trip, and Z as directly into the ground. Which two are infinite? I think you mean X and Y are infinite, correct, because if Z is, Sokarul is right.

Two dimensions of the 3 spacial dimensions are infinite.

Width as X
Depth as Y
Height as Z

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I think we're not using the same co-ordinate system... OK, lets define X as parallel to a trip from East to West, Y as parallel a North - South trip, and Z as directly into the ground. Which two are infinite? I think you mean X and Y are infinite, correct, because if Z is, Sokarul is right.

Well, even if I said X and Z are, its the same thing, just sideways, which doesnt really effect anything.

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 10:09:18 AM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Mind backing that up?

Infinite volume=infinite mass=infinite gravity

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:37:43 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 10:09:18 AM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Mind backing that up?

Well you see a infinite mass below us would have quite a strong gravitational field.  Way stronger than 9.8m/s^2.

My post answered that equally well. GIVE ME LOVE AND ATTENTION! 

Think cylinder.

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 02:41:10 PM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:37:43 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 10:09:18 AM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Mind backing that up?

Well you see a infinite mass below us would have quite a strong gravitational field.  Way stronger than 9.8m/s^2.

The pull of a horizontally infinite earth is finite and approx 9.8m/s². Do you disagree?

What's under the horizontally infinite earth which must be infinite in every direction, thus creating this infinite pull? Unless there's layers, which would cause the same problem. Do you believe in the UA? Sorry, but I'm more familiar with normal FET, rather than planar earth.

The horizontal earth cuts the universe in half, one assumes that on the other side is a similar set of heavens.  We strongly suspect there is a submoon also that causes diurnal tides.

There isn't infinite pull.  There is finite pull.

Sorry, I thought you theorised with the Earth on top of something, like I say, I'm not too familiar with PET. So what you mean is there could be a whole other Earth on the other side of ours, but we could only access it and the other half of the Universe by drilling a hole through the Earth, but other than that, it's pretty much mainstream science for gravity and stuff. If so, I get PET now

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:57:45 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 02:41:10 PM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:37:43 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 10:09:18 AM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Mind backing that up?

Well you see a infinite mass below us would have quite a strong gravitational field.  Way stronger than 9.8m/s^2.

The pull of a horizontally infinite earth is finite and approx 9.8m/s². Do you disagree?

Yeah I do.  You said it was infinitely long and infinity thick below us.  Nothing infinite = 9.8m/s^2. 

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 03:38:59 PM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:57:45 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 02:41:10 PM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:37:43 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 10:09:18 AM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Mind backing that up?

Well you see a infinite mass below us would have quite a strong gravitational field.  Way stronger than 9.8m/s^2.

The pull of a horizontally infinite earth is finite and approx 9.8m/s². Do you disagree?

Yeah I do.  You said it was infinitely long and infinity thick below us.  Nothing infinite = 9.8m/s^2. 

I said it was infinite in two dimensions.

Infinite Flat Earth Thickness and Gravitational Pull

Using Gauss's law:


Alternately, you can integrate:
Apply

to an infinite slab of density , obtaining

where A is the area of the "pillbox," G is the gravitational constant, and h is the thickness of the slab. Therefore, the gravitational acceleration is given by

Source:Wolfram.com

Either way, a < 2*pi*G*D*t for an infinite plane with thickness t

Plug in 2500 kg/m^3 for D,  9.81m/s/s for a and we find a minimum 9000 km for the thickness, t.

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 08:44:04 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 03:38:59 PM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:57:45 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 02:41:10 PM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 02:37:43 PM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 10:09:18 AM

Quote from: sokarul on March 27, 2008, 09:30:13 AM

Quote from: Username on March 27, 2008, 06:11:22 AM

imo, the earth is of infinite width and depth.

By saying that you now have to ignore gravitation by mass.

No, I don't.

Yeah, you do. 

Mind backing that up?

Well you see a infinite mass below us would have quite a strong gravitational field.  Way stronger than 9.8m/s^2.

The pull of a horizontally infinite earth is finite and approx 9.8m/s². Do you disagree?

Yeah I do.  You said it was infinitely long and infinity thick below us.  Nothing infinite = 9.8m/s^2. 

I said it was infinite in two dimensions.

Infinite Flat Earth Thickness and Gravitational Pull

Using Gauss's law:


Alternately, you can integrate:
Apply

to an infinite slab of density , obtaining

where A is the area of the "pillbox," G is the gravitational constant, and h is the thickness of the slab. Therefore, the gravitational acceleration is given by

Source:Wolfram.com

Either way, a < 2*pi*G*D*t for an infinite plane with thickness t

Plug in 2500 kg/m^3 for D,  9.81m/s/s for a and we find a minimum 9000 km for the thickness, t.

Ok.  but that has nothing to do with the fact that an infinite thick earth would have a gravitation greater than 9.8m/s^2.