Brian Cox

They had big sidecars though

Funny that. Like I've said before I used to believe in the spinning earth, but not any more.

look I don't claim to know how our world works, merely find it interesting that there is definitely an alternative to the question. If people would just take time to look into the possibilities of an alternative view rather than just ridicule.

I'm far from silly and I'm not clutching at straws, water does not bend or curve and curtainly doesn't conform to the extiria of an object it merely takes the shape of it's container.

Yes I do it's absurd, I'm not on a spinning ball.

No, you’re just a fucking troll or an intellectual fraud. You never reply to anything that answers your direct questions and you never answer a question put to you in turn.

Bollocks to you.
 
I agree with your train of thought Blue but in order to truly evaluate we have to dig deeper into the myriad of information available.Some of it will be dross and some of it although meticulously balanced and weighed will also be dross.Greater accedemics than me are at work on all the unanswerable questions of the universe but even the finest can still be a million miles away from reality.This is what forges the kindred spirit propelling us ever forward and this is why we achieve as we do because of the wonderfully inquisitive mindset of the homosapien.

Hodge is unique in his own right.I wouldn't be impudent to voice his modus operandi is wrong because that would be narcissistic however I would urge him to look closer at the facts presented in this intriguing thread.That doesn't mean that we are right it just means the evidence presented on here for a rounder earth is more conducive than the evidence presented to the contrary.If this thread has done anything it is to make all of you engage your minds more which is an achievement in itself. What do I think ? I think the earth is round but I defend Hodges inquiring mind to my last breath.It's because of our worlds Hodges that mankind is where it is at today.That's all I want to say and shall be nil by mouth going forward.
Good post Two Bob Taxi( or whatever your forum name is this month;-)
 
On a lighter note it's absolutely hammering it down with beautiful rain outside.That spherical fiery ball in the sky can proper fook off: We arn't geared up for it like the continentals and don't have air con or swimming pools. I'm off on the balcony for a gin and tonic to watch all the action unfold.And you better start by answering some of Seans questions Hodge because his patience is understandably wearing a little thin on the ground.Goodnight everyone ..
 
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Fact 1: no flat-earth theory stands up to scientific examination
Fact 2: the earth is 100% certainly a sphere (well, oblate spheroid in reality).

Let's look at some common arguments proving beyond doubt that the earth is not flat:

1. There is no feasible way to explain our observations of the sun in a flat-earth model. Firstly, the sun would start small, grow larger, and then get smaller again every single day as it passes overhead. In addition, if it travels at a constant speed over the whole disc-shaped earth, it would appear to speed up as it passed overhead then slow down again as it moves away (in the same way, if you watch a fast car drive past, your head turns fastest at its nearest point). Finally, there could be no seasons in the way we observe them - for the sun to make a full circle of the flat-earth in one day, it would have to move faster then further away it got from the us (in winter) as it has a bigger circle to move around.

2. Nobody has ever found the edge. People have circumnavigated the globe, fully crossed both the Arctic and Antarctic and explored pretty much every square inch of the earth, but nobody ever found the edge.

3. Direct intercontinental flights south of the equator would be impossible. Flying from, say, Australia to South Africa would be well beyond the range of a commercial aircraft, yet go an look on Expedia - they happen every day.

4. There are photos of the curvature of the earth from high altitudes, near space, Earth's orbit and outer space. They all show a spherical rotating ball. Every single one. That's a huge conspiracy, and some pretty advanced CGI if it were all faked.

5. The ship-going-over-the-horizon argument, which is demonstrated even better if two people watch it from different heights (such as the bottom and the top of a cliff - the person at the bottom loses sight much earlier than the person at the top).

6. We know exactly what is the structure of the earth from its surface to its core, and can measure (and predict) seismic waves coming from an earthquake one side of the earth using sensors on the opposite side of the globe.

7. The shadow of the Earth during an eclipse is round, every single time. The very fact that there can be lunar eclipses proves that the sun and moon must be on different sides of the Earth, which can only be the case if the Earth is a sphere.

I agree with everything you said except your point 2. I found it and I live there.
 
This is the bestest Clarkie ever in the whole history of Clarkies, I haven't laughed so much since my grandads wooden leg fell off
 

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