What if the earth is round?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I know its weird concept but what if the earth was round?

its slightly possible, I suggest you perform numerous experiments to try to demonstrate that.
but for now we must agree it is planar.

Hypothetical situations are useless to everyone. What if pink unicorns ruled the world? The answer is that it doesn't matter. Now, if you could provide evidence that pink unicorns do, in fact, rule the world, then we can get somewhere.

Hypothetical situations are useless to everyone.

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on June 19, 2012, 10:42:26 AM

Hypothetical situations are useless to everyone.

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

Have thought experiments helped you develope any theories?

Quote from: markjo on June 19, 2012, 12:36:03 PM

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on June 19, 2012, 10:42:26 AM

Hypothetical situations are useless to everyone.

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

Have thought experiments helped you develope any theories?

He doesn't. He has great scientists on his side, like Einstein.

Who do you have on your side?

Quote from: hoppy on June 19, 2012, 12:44:58 PM

Quote from: markjo on June 19, 2012, 12:36:03 PM

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on June 19, 2012, 10:42:26 AM

Hypothetical situations are useless to everyone.

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

Have thought experiments helped you develope any theories?

He doesn't. He has great scientists on his side, like Einstein.

Who do you have on your side?

Hoppy has God on his side. Checkmate.

Also, thought experiments are useless. That's not science. Its philosophy.

Quote from: EmperorZhark on June 19, 2012, 01:50:09 PM

Quote from: hoppy on June 19, 2012, 12:44:58 PM

Quote from: markjo on June 19, 2012, 12:36:03 PM

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on June 19, 2012, 10:42:26 AM

Hypothetical situations are useless to everyone.

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

Have thought experiments helped you develope any theories?

He doesn't. He has great scientists on his side, like Einstein.

Who do you have on your side?

Hoppy has God on his side. Checkmate.

Also, thought experiments are useless. That's not science. Its philosophy.

May be he has God on his side, but how would he know it?
Speculating about God on the subject of science is either stupid or irrelevant.

As Einstein has proved it, thought experiment are science, but its probably best if we do not make our own ones here.

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

And? The Theory of Relativity still has large lumps of unproven material which lacks evidence entirely. Einstein was right on some things but largely wrong and made extreme assumptions about others. What happened was the correct material got tumbled in with the garbage and everyone is told that relativity must be accepted "as is." The correct portions of relativity were proven using hard experimental evidence and the junk is just based on loose facts and thought experiments. See the correlation?

Quote from: markjo on June 19, 2012, 12:36:03 PM

Actually, hypothetical situations (thought experiments) can be quite enlightening.  For example, Einstein gained quite a lot of insight using hypothetical situations while he was developing his theory of relativity.

And? The Theory of Relativity still has large lumps of unproven material which lacks evidence entirely. Einstein was right on some things but largely wrong and made extreme assumptions about others. What happened was the correct material got tumbled in with the garbage and everyone is told that relativity must be accepted "as is." The correct portions of relativity were proven using hard experimental evidence and the junk is just based on loose facts and thought experiments. See the correlation?

You need to be more specific than this to be taken seriously.