I think the world is flat, we're just so small that we notice the curves.
We're so stupid as humans that we only see things in relation to US as if we are the most important thing ever. How do we know that the Earth isn't a molecule or particle of something enormous that is actually flat to a larger scaled being or reality that we don't know exists?
Paper is flat, right? If you tore off a itty bitty tiny piece of paper and shrunk yourself down to the same scale of person-Earth, that tiny scrap of paper is NOT flat anymore, it's a mountainous, cavernous, treacherous landscape, and probably seems 'round' to you being that small.
So, it's clear to me that while it may appear round to US, it's not absolutely round because we don't know what scale we are living on entirely. We don't know much beyond our small space here. We could be living on a piece of paper that some enormous giant being tore off a sheet of paper for all we know.
I'd like to propose that we have a THEORY that the Earth is round however we are not sure of the true scale of anything beyond our own small understanding so we are unsure of the true roundness without knowing the entire scale of the universe and whatever is beyond it.
We're so stupid as humans that we only see things in relation to US as if we are the most important thing ever. How do we know that the Earth isn't a molecule or particle of something enormous that is actually flat to a larger scaled being or reality that we don't know exists?
Paper is flat, right? If you tore off a itty bitty tiny piece of paper and shrunk yourself down to the same scale of person-Earth, that tiny scrap of paper is NOT flat anymore, it's a mountainous, cavernous, treacherous landscape, and probably seems 'round' to you being that small.
So, it's clear to me that while it may appear round to US, it's not absolutely round because we don't know what scale we are living on entirely. We don't know much beyond our small space here. We could be living on a piece of paper that some enormous giant being tore off a sheet of paper for all we know.
I'd like to propose that we have a THEORY that the Earth is round however we are not sure of the true scale of anything beyond our own small understanding so we are unsure of the true roundness without knowing the entire scale of the universe and whatever is beyond it.
"Science is but an organized system of ignorance. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy! What do we know of the Beyond? Do we know what's behind the Beyond?
"I'm afraid some of us hardly know what is beyond the Behind.
"Creatures of twilight and delusion, we drift toward our unknown ends. And that is why I feel the best thing is not to be born.
"But who is as lucky as that? To whom does it happen? Not to one out of millions and millions of people!" -- Theodore Gottlieb AKA Brother Theodore
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We measure things comparing them to US or what we can comprehend, but our measurements mean nothing to anything besides a human. What's a mile? What's a mile to an ant? It doesn't mean shit. Humans are too self absorbed to understand what I'm saying I guess.
If the world was seen from far, far away, it would look like a small speck of dust. Whoever was looking at us from that scale could look down on us from a microscope, and see that no matter the scale, the planets are round. It appears to be flat, but it isn't.
Look at the results of the poll. No one completely agreed with you. 20 are completely against you.
The OP clearly does not want to hear opposing views.
I mean why bother asking if it's normal if they only want to hear people agree with them, eh?
if the world was flat then it wouldn't behave as it does.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum
If our planet, or even our solar system is just a spec of dust in the perception of some other massive being, it will still retain the same shape, just on a radically different scale.
If you ever get the chance to fly 50,000ft up, your flat earth theory will crumble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle
There's a comic series called Disc World, but it's purely fiction.
You could go on Google Earth and it will show the shape of the earth.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/04/earths-true-shape-revealed-for-1st-time.html
^^^ This is the true shape of the earth. It's kinda disturbing to know that our planet is shaped like this, but nevertheless it proves that the world isn't flat.
Also I don't think that not appreciating this reflects badly upon a person as you suggest. It is a pretty useless thing to be thinking about and that there are much more interesting things in the universe to be concerning yourself with!
Columbus believed that crossing the Atlantic could be a shorter route to India.
please share more ground breaking discoveries from your lab!
Even if there were a larger Universal structure (multiverse), it would still have to conform to the laws of Physics, thus also would not be flat. There is, in reality, no such thing as a 'straight' line.
I understand what you are trying to get at, but it is important to understand what we already know about our Universe. We do know some of the large-scale Universe (Level 1 = our local Universe) structure through astronomical observation (Hubble Space Telescope and various Large Radio Telescopes), as far as the Event Horizon in spacetime will allow. So we do know quite a bit more than just "our small space". It is true that the Earth is a very, very small amount of massenergy in just the context of the Level 1 Universe. The Earth is not a particle or molecule, but is composed of particles and molecules.
In order to contemplate what you are proposing (a very large-scale structure), you would need to advance to a Level 3 Universe). I would strongly advise that you should seek to understand the Level 1 and Level 2 Universes first.
Unfortunately, your "THEORY" has already been disproven by a gentleman named Albert Einstein. What I had stated above, is true and in accordance with the General Theory of Relativity. You might wish to familiarize yourself with these concepts, which have since been proven. We say that massenergy within spacetime creates a proportional 'curvature' in space.
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Coming from someone who travels a lot, trust me, the earth really is a spherical shape.
Also, GPS is a technology belonging to the United States government, yet I can use it in Africa. Surely if the earth was flat, they'd have the satellites sit over US airspace rather than orbiting the globe.
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If you refuse to believe all the evidence, you could always join The Flat Earth Society
it is true that the more we zoom-out our prespective changes,
but that can be said more for the universe it self, not the earth: scientists where saing that the universe has a fibourus structure but now that they can see even further out they say it's more like a sponge.
I have heard, that the Earth even with all it's mountains,valleis and ocean treches; if scaled down is still more smooth that the most perfect sphere ever created by man.