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« Reply #60 on: July 12, 2006, 03:18:48 PM »
Quote from: "zeroply"
Umm.. a triangle is flat, right? So you're saying you believe in the flat earth theory?

Why does a triangular surface has to be plain? What happened to terrain?

And about your fuzz about theories and science, here's a good quote from wikipedia:

"The word "theory" has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on the context and their methodologies. In common usage, people use the word "theory" to signify "conjecture", "speculation", or "opinion." In this sense, "theories" are opposed to "facts" — parts of the world, or claims about the world, that are real or true regardless of what people think.

In science, a theory is a proposed description, explanation, or model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation."


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory

Trying to underline my point.. Theories are not science. The world has not been proven either triangular or flat, but it has been proven round through empirical experiments and empirical observations. FE'ers rely on logics. I was trying to illustrate the folly of this - obviously - by adding this  thread. And so far, no one has been abled disproved the TE theory in any way. What makes FE better than TE?
quot;Earth is flat because there is a conspiracy, and there is a conspiracy because the Earth is flat" - Makes sense, duh.

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=2955.0