Rabs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Lol.. the earth is round for the same reason a bubble or water droplet is naturally round... Gravity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I should recount the story of my father and a period in time during the 60s when he wanted to get out of the RAF. He was told that one way was to stand for parliament. He duly did, and of course, being as pedantic and silly as me he chose to stand for the flat earth society. Sadly, having gone through all that he found out they'd changed the rules a year before and that he would have had to have won to get out, perhaps he should have picked a mainstream party. Anywho, some time later he was telling this to his mate who said he could get him out if he wanted out so my dad agreed to do what he said, meet a staff doctor a few days later. The staff doctor asked him if he really wanted out and when my dad said yes he handed him a form and asked him to sign it. Dad commented that the form was blank. The doctor said just sign it and you'll be out. Dad did sign it and was discharged a week later. He never did find out what got written above his signature. Here's a question. It was the 60s, what do you think the doctor filled in above the signature? I have my own theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Just a taste... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJfS5bvb6Yk&feature=youtu.be I got my foil helmet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Lol.. the earth is round for the same reason a bubble or water droplet is naturally round... Gravity... Ah, but the earth isn't round. It's an oblate spheroid, explain that then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Ah, but the earth isn't round. It's an oblate spheroid, explain that then? Its round enough :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Ah, but the earth isn't round. It's an oblate spheroid, explain that then? BUT in thinking it about it more.. That's also probably to do with gravity.. The orbital path of the planet (apparently) is not straight so the non perfect sphere is probably due to being between the sun and another planet at the time it was formed so the gravitational forces were not equal from the top, middle and bottom... or something along those lines.. apparently the earth itself doesn't actually spin on the poles but more on the side. But I wanst there at that time so cant say for sure :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 The Universe is far bigger, better and weirder than any tiny conspiracy theory. I don't have time to explain this at the moment. or ever.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Accompany me to Portsmouth. Bring some binoculars. We'll watch the ships go over the horizon and disappear from the bottom up rather than keep shrinking until they're not visible. Done. They're sinking, you simpleton. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelT Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Yea, didn't John Hershel Glenn Jr. in April 1961, say it was shaped like a Les Paul? In 1961, was it the original Les Paul or the SG shape Les Paul? That's the real question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 BUT in thinking it about it more.. That's also probably to do with gravity.. The orbital path of the planet (apparently) is not straight so the non perfect sphere is probably due to being between the sun and another planet at the time it was formed so the gravitational forces were not equal from the top, middle and bottom... or something along those lines.. apparently the earth itself doesn't actually spin on the poles but more on the side. But I wanst there at that time so cant say for sure :) That's a smart answer. What if I said the larger dimension was bang on the equator but because of the wobble you mentioned the equator isn't always pointing at the sun, hence the seasons? And don't forget, the effect on the earth due to the sun's gravity is uniform. It's in orbit and all of it is being pulled straight towards the sun, the front (half facing the sun at that time) and the back (facing away, aka, night time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 They're sinking, you simpleton. Pip. Brilliant! Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 That's a smart answer. What if I said the larger dimension was bang on the equator but because of the wobble you mentioned the equator isn't always pointing at the sun, hence the seasons? And don't forget, the effect on the earth due to the sun's gravity is uniform. It's in orbit and all of it is being pulled straight towards the sun, the front (half facing the sun at that time) and the back (facing away, aka, night time) Now explain Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 That's a smart answer. What if I said the larger dimension was bang on the equator but because of the wobble you mentioned the equator isn't always pointing at the sun, hence the seasons? And don't forget, the effect on the earth due to the sun's gravity is uniform. It's in orbit and all of it is being pulled straight towards the sun, the front (half facing the sun at that time) and the back (facing away, aka, night time) Yeah this is all school boy stuff really... Things I read about or saw on some documentary and mostly forgot years ago .... Its all getting a bit serious now... Wheres the crazy hats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Now explain Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. It was his concept album with a distinct Copernican influence. The 12" remix "Conservation Of Angular Momentum" had a considerable impact on everybody I believe....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 The earth was flat when I lived in Florida. Now I live in Oregon and it's not flat anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Watch the videos, then come back here and debunk everything you watched. If you dare.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Watch the videos, then come back here and debunk everything you watched. If you dare.... I fear that would be a huge waste of time for everyone involved.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I fear that would be a huge waste of time for everyone involved.... I want to say it...but I shan't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 I'm not saying I believe in it, just like Sasquatch or UFOs I keep an open mind to the possibility it could be true,until proof exists one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 ...the earth is round for the same reason a bubble or water droplet is naturally round... Gravity... No it isn't; it's due to surface tension. A droplet of water outside of gravitational forces (deep space, for instance) would still be spherical. Carry On! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Now you see I've taken just an ordinary statement and we've made a debate out of it without anyone getting angry or sore. I'll think of something else to talk about soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Just don't demean Sasquatch😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 No it isn't; it's due to surface tension. A droplet of water outside of gravitational forces (deep space, for instance) would still be spherical. Carry On! Pip. Ahh but I thought surface tension was what holds the bubble or droplet together.. Not the actual reason that they are round... This is what the net says Everything in nature tends to stability by reducing its entropy (randomness/chaos). Circle, Disk and Sphere (1D, 2D and 3D) are the most stable shapes in their respective dimensions. Hence all naturally occurring objects are round. Edges in shapes like square and rectangle are subjected to sheer stress and hence their stability decreases. Over the course of time, it becomes round (or oval). Gravity is also responsible for the round shape of celestial objects. Gravity is also a force (which moulds things to round shape just like you can mould clay lump to round shape by the force of hand). Moreover in the absence of gravity or any other shaping force to act on, the objects tend to occupy maximum area or volume possible. And circle has maximum area of all shapes for given dimensions and same is for disk and sphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Is the Earth flat? No, but the Universe is. That is, space is "flat" in all directions, as observed back to 380,000 years after the big bang. Which is pretty remarkable, since "empty" space apparently contains some small residual amount of "dark energy," and since there is SO MUCH space in the Universe, the dark energy tallies up to about 70% of the total mass/energy in the Universe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Ahh but I thought surface tension was what holds the bubble or droplet together.. Not the actual reason that they are round... This is what the net says Everything in nature tends to stability by reducing its entropy (randomness/chaos). Circle, Disk and Sphere (1D, 2D and 3D) are the most stable shapes in their respective dimensions. Hence all naturally occurring objects are round. Edges in shapes like square and rectangle are subjected to sheer stress and hence their stability decreases. Over the course of time, it becomes round (or oval). Gravity is also responsible for the round shape of celestial objects. Gravity is also a force (which moulds things to round shape just like you can mould clay lump to round shape by the force of hand). Moreover in the absence of gravity or any other shaping force to act on, the objects tend to occupy maximum area or volume possible. And circle has maximum area of all shapes for given dimensions and same is for disk and sphere. The net is wrong on that count. It says all naturally occuring objects are round. Of course they're not. Take you and me. I'm somewhat round but not entirely where by comparison you're far less round. In fact, the vast majority of naturally occuring objects are not round. Pippy is right, the reason water droplets are round is due to surface tension exerting a uniform force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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