/sci/ - Science and Mathematics

i don't get it. why does anyone need to refute this? it's pretty obvious that the earth isn't flat just by noticing that the earth's longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates loop into one another.

>>2353

I don't know why these flat Earth theory popped up, man. People seems to have this fetish of being different for the sake of being different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

How come these people never notice that stuff built based on the round earth theory works, but shit built based on the flat earth wouldn't? Why even argue about this? It's 2015, we have GPS!

>>2370

Because everything is a conspiracy against them.

Google Eratosthenes. Also there's a video of Carl Sagan discussing this.

>>2426

>gravity acts towards an object's center of mass

No it doesn't. There is absolutely no proof gravity exists. We're on an upward moving platform, slowly accelerating. This is what provides the 'gravity' feeling, which always pulls us down.

>>2440

i make boiled eggs in a teapot and i see this at the top of /sci/ in the evening? what the fuck.

>>2441

He's being retarded.

If you can only measure the acceleration of a body, you can't determine whether Gravity is acting upon it or if it is in motion. It's a principle of relativity.

>>2337

Just got through arguing on half chan - they're very persistent and a lot of them seem to really believe it.

There's also a thread on /fringe/

>>2440

then why can we fly around the world without the tail rudder pointing left or right?

:^)

>>2337

Coriolis effect.

A spinning disc would have different Coriolis effect than a spinning sphere; it would just be constant from centre to the edge instead of having sine correlation with latitude, changing sign at the equator.

Trying to get spherical Coriolis effect on a disk would require a very exotic force.

>>2775

>the rocket appeared to go down

>this is totally not because the earth is curved and the ground itself "curves" down

>>2775

Then explain to me how the sun rises and sets at different times in different areas in the world.

>temperatures go up when you dig down is cuz magic sun :^)

If the earth is flat then why is it warmer at the equator and the poles so cool when because of the distance and size of the Sun should make it day time all day and everywhere just as warm.

Also how do these flat earthers propose how it's day on one side and night on another, I mean even if we were on a spinning disc there would be moments of complete darkness on some points and some of completely bright Moments.

bumping because refutations have not surfaced enough, and I've seen enough things like this that if you don't deal with it it will spread

>>2353

>>2363

It's popped up because there is nowhere to go to get a quick and ready refutation of the points flat earthers make

>>2369

>>2388

>>2433

Not refutations.

>>2370

Because you're not providing the refutation the flat earthers need?

>>2394

thx

>>2426

see

>>2440

as flat earthers deny that invisible gravity exists and have instead stated that laws of buoyancy are sufficient to explain "gravity phenomenon" rather than the unprovable idea of gravity itself

Also what strong photographic evidence? Fueling this flat earth theory is NASA ball earth photos which are proven to be fabrications.

http://ifers.boards.net/thread/132/proof-nasa-fakes-images-earth

>>2731

Basically the flat earth stuff can stop if someone will sit down and respond to their claims. I honestly don't know enough science to do so which is why I was asking for help. I do think they raise a lot of questions which should be investigated.

>>2747

I don't think the flat earthers all think that if we live on a flat earth, that it is spinning.

>>2801

>>2819

http://aplanetruth.info/2015/03/24/17-if-a-flat-earth-why-does-the-sun-go-down/

also found this when googling:

http://www.fixedearth.com/

also this is new, 200 alleged proofs of flat earth:

http://www.atlanteanconspiracy.com/2015/08/200-proofs-earth-is-not-spinning-ball.html

>>2895

not sure if bait….

as for a refutation; look at the ancient greek calculations and refute those nigger.

>>2747

>Implying the coriolis effect is a real force

your heart's in the right place, I guess

>refutations

If the earth was flat, why can't I noscope the africans from across the ocean?

If the earth was flat then why are people able to use the super fast elevator on that tall ass building in dubai to see the sunset twice?

>>2895

>I don't think the flat earthers all think that if we live on a flat earth, that it is spinning.

coriolis effect is observable though, so unless they have a better explanation for it than a spinning sphere, it's a full refutation.

>refutations

If the earth was flat, how come I can't noscope africans from my front porch?

>>2444

Actually he's showing you how a psudeoscientific person can always bolster their position with an infinite regress of nonsense.