Like your response, Go as high as you like, Do it! Post it! Maybe you're the one, lol, etc.
You were arguing the math. You provided NONE of your own figures. To be clear, these people could have been 100 feet up on the mass and the objects would still not be visible if we lived on a ball that was 25,000 miles in circumference.
Do you understand now?
To further illustrate that what you and
@Fawlty (his salt flats theory which I debunked) have done is conflated what is known as a vanishing point with an object that you believed moved over a curved horizon, I have time stamped this video that will show you clearly and yet again. Btw, he will be doing this live on June 2nd, it would be great if everyone on this thread watches that.
It starts with an explanation of the experiment here:
And please remember that this can be replicated by anyone with a $500 camera from Nikon.
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RE: The only thing Foucault's pendulum proves is how gullible the masses can be.
Now, has anyone looked into the hoax that
@Higus believes proves the motion of earth?
I mentioned it was a carnival trick. Here's why:
1) It uses a ball and socket joint which is literally made to facilitate a circular motion. Try the exact same thing with the string simply attached to the object that would hold it in the air.
2) This experiment is far from replicable. Sometimes, it has been shown to swing in the wrong direction, sometimes a straight line sometimes move far to fast and sometimes even too slow.
3) The whole thing is based on a lateral bias from the initiator of the first swing, and again, should the earth be moving underneath the pendulum as claimed, no initiation would be needed, and yet we all agree that a perpetual motion machine is not possible.
“We believe, with all due deference to the pendulum, and its proprietor, that it proves nothing but the craftiness of the inventor; and we can only describe the show and showman as deceptions. A thing so childish as this ‘pendulum proof’ that it can only be described as one of the most simple and ridiculous attempts to gull the public that has ever been conceived. It has been said that the pendulum experiment proves the rotation of the earth, but this is quite impossible, for one pendulum turns one way; and sometimes, another pendulum turns in the opposite direction. Now we ask does the earth rotate in opposite directions at different places at one and the same time? We should like to know. Perhaps the experimenters will kindly enlighten us on this point … If the earth had the terrible motions attributed to it, there would be some sensible effects of such motions. But we neither feel the motion, see it, nor hear it. And how people can stand watching the pendulum vibrate, and think that they are seeing a proof of the motions of the earth, almost passes comprehension. They are, however, brought up to believe it, and it is thought to be ‘scientific’ to believe what the astronomers teach.”
-Lady Blount, “The Romance of Science”
Lol
I haven't been trying to prove anything. You even thanked me for admitting this, not that it was a secret. I have been responding to the OP title about potential ways to test things or explaining how impractical/expensive it was not to in some cases. Also stating perceived flaws imo about other tests.
They probably liked it based on the fact that they agree the water test would be astronomically expensive and the other 10k you would have to put thousands into with no guarantee of return even if you did "prove" something one way or the other. Also if you haven't noticed I've repeatedly said prove be it flat or curved. My opinion is that it is curved but I keep stating curved or flat because I personally have not been proving anything one way or the other...
Ok, thanks again for clarifying. Let's watch together on June 2nd and meet back here to discuss.
And I'd love your thoughts on how they saw the mirror even over the shorter distance in the video linked above.
I liked posts that made an earnest attempt at the discussion. I'm in no position to evaluate anyone's scientific claims.
Gotcha, still trying to believe "earnest" as these posts are debunked so easily, though.
Will you be watching the 2nd? And will you watch 5 minutes from the timestamped video linked above? I'd love your thoughts. And I know your still catching shit for even daring to allow this discussion, so if you feel uncomfortable about responding to the experiment and what it confirms, I understand.
There is no arguing with flat earthers. You could take them to space, show them the earth is a sphere, and they would probably start foaming at the mouth about holograms, paintings on the windows, or how they are in a bunker somewhere being misled.
All the science, all the observations, all the evidence says the earth is a sphere (or close to it, centrifugal force cause a slight deviation as the earth cooled). Hell, any joe blow can prove it now with a balloon and an iphone, which has been done several times. But flat earthers will use bad math, impossible requirements, and bad-faith arguing to keep their tiny little minds happy that the earth is a flat disc and we are all being duped for reasons that they refuse to or cannot explain.
This entire post is an ad hominem attack, but for "Hell, any joe blow can prove it now with a balloon and an iphone, which has been done several times."
What are you talking about? Please show us this proof and become The One!