Because the point is confidence. Science has the means to obtain certainty, but it is a very high barrier. So, we use confidence.
I'm 99.99999% certain the Earth is round. Before you scoff, that's more certain than I am of a thrown ball coming back down after it reaches its apex.
And no, I won't waste my time watching your link. You are correct. Many physicists are crazy and engineers often think they are smarter than they really are.
A very, very simple mechanism to tell, is tidal movements. Those will only happen like they do if the planet is spherical. By the way, it looks round to you ecause you haven't measured it. It's not a huge variation. The distance around the poles is shorter than the distance around the equator.
We have people in space right now. You can go outside and see them with a pair of binoculars. They pass over much of the planet so you'd probably be able to spot them with some quick research. You can even email them and see videos that are live.
Satellites work exactly like I'm told. I've been in a clean room where they were building one and know a dozen real rocket scientists. I went to MIT! I know some of those people you see on television, personally. I've been in a clean room and understand orbital mechanics.
Newtonian gravitation is just fine for large objects. It is a useful model. I understand the complaints and the discrepancies. I could literally just ask for a masters in a variety of physics domains, as I've completed the work. I'd have to write a thesis or something, that's it. A few more classes and I could have a Ph.D. in a number of physical sciences.
On top of that, I've pointed the plane and helped plot our route, and traveled extensively. Our plotted route wouldn't have gotten us where we were going if the planet was flat.
There is actually a chance that the ball won't come down. Theoretically, the exact moment could be just right for the particles to be entirely different than what you threw into the air. Particles and states of matter are always changing and, in theory, you could get back something very unlike a ball.
Sort of like if you put a diamond in a box and open and close it a bunch if times, it's a mathematical certainty that you will eventually open the box and find not a diamond but coal. Of course, the odds are really, really low of it happening on any specific peek, but it's a mathematical certainty that it will eventually happen if given enough time and enough energy to open, close, and observe the material in the box.
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TheBuddha ago
Because the point is confidence. Science has the means to obtain certainty, but it is a very high barrier. So, we use confidence.
I'm 99.99999% certain the Earth is round. Before you scoff, that's more certain than I am of a thrown ball coming back down after it reaches its apex.
And no, I won't waste my time watching your link. You are correct. Many physicists are crazy and engineers often think they are smarter than they really are.
A very, very simple mechanism to tell, is tidal movements. Those will only happen like they do if the planet is spherical. By the way, it looks round to you ecause you haven't measured it. It's not a huge variation. The distance around the poles is shorter than the distance around the equator.
We have people in space right now. You can go outside and see them with a pair of binoculars. They pass over much of the planet so you'd probably be able to spot them with some quick research. You can even email them and see videos that are live.
Satellites work exactly like I'm told. I've been in a clean room where they were building one and know a dozen real rocket scientists. I went to MIT! I know some of those people you see on television, personally. I've been in a clean room and understand orbital mechanics.
Newtonian gravitation is just fine for large objects. It is a useful model. I understand the complaints and the discrepancies. I could literally just ask for a masters in a variety of physics domains, as I've completed the work. I'd have to write a thesis or something, that's it. A few more classes and I could have a Ph.D. in a number of physical sciences.
On top of that, I've pointed the plane and helped plot our route, and traveled extensively. Our plotted route wouldn't have gotten us where we were going if the planet was flat.
Sheesh...
GhostPantsMcGee ago
Fucking unbelievable, just listen to yourself you absolute nut job.
TheBuddha ago
There is actually a chance that the ball won't come down. Theoretically, the exact moment could be just right for the particles to be entirely different than what you threw into the air. Particles and states of matter are always changing and, in theory, you could get back something very unlike a ball.
Sort of like if you put a diamond in a box and open and close it a bunch if times, it's a mathematical certainty that you will eventually open the box and find not a diamond but coal. Of course, the odds are really, really low of it happening on any specific peek, but it's a mathematical certainty that it will eventually happen if given enough time and enough energy to open, close, and observe the material in the box.
Matter is always in motion.