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Never said anyone was. No, I don't think they figured everything out. I think they were lacking quite a bit. So you're not questioning that one can use math to determine if the earth is round or flat? Because (tongue in cheek) it's simple trigonometry... Again, never said anyone was...

This is a written forum, not a video sharing site. If I wanted to watch YouTube videos, I'd open up the YouTube app on my phone or the page on my computer's browser and watch them there. But I'm on TOL, not YouTube, meaning I'm here for written discussion and reading responses. So could you...

Is it possible that the Greeks got it right on calculating the size of the earth, at least in the ballpark? So then it should be easy to show where their math is wrong, right? Could you do so for us here? Again, would it then be easy to show where the math is wrong, and show your work here...

I think that the Grecians were a very smart people, with strong interest in mathematics and philosophy. I think their philosophy was not grounded in truth, but I'm pretty sure mathematics can't be influenced by philosophical beliefs. 1+1=2 whether you're a polytheist or atheist or monotheist.

I'll find it and mention you.

Dave, I'm pretty sure I'm still waiting for a reply to one of my posts.

Oh dear.... From the twitter thread above: Check out @ankaralitutank’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/ankaralitutank/status/961004614404530182?s=09

Dave, an 8in drop over a distance of 63,360in (1mi) is not going to be very noticable. In fact, unless you can perceive a drop of 1/7920th of a mile at a distance of a mile away, you're not going to be able to see the curve from ground level. Again, Dave, unless you can see a 1/7920th of a...

Dave, even assuming that gravity doesn't exist, and it's only density/buoyancy that causes things to rise or fall, on a spherical mass, things would rise and fall in relation towards the center of the earth, not north being up and south being down. If "down" is towards the center of the planet...

Hey, PJ, can we avoid taking verses out of context? The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance and saw heaven...

So you're saying that no flat earther has any numbers as to the size of the earth (if it's flat), yet we globers have measurements of the earth, circumference at the equator, diameter, mass, etc? As many miles as who says? How far, PJ, do they say it is from the north pole to the equator? Double...

Yes, the north star is in line with the north pole. That does not make it the north pole though.

North Pole != North Star Duh.

Still waiting for an idea of how far, PJ. How far away in the flat earth model is the southern border to the north pole, and an additional question, how far is the equator from the north pole?

Hey, if you want to spend the money on flying a plane from north pole over the south Pole and back to the north pole, no one is stopping you.

No response to the above, Dave?

Any results yet?

PJ, how high up is the Sun in the flat earth model you think is most accurate, and what is the diameter of the earth's "disk', ie 2x the distance from the north pole to the section of ice wall that is farthest from it?

You're going to have to be more specific then, because I'm still not seeing any inconsistencies. No, Dave, it does not. The string is what is pulling on the ball, changing it's direction when you swing it around your head. That's what centripetal force is. If the string were to suddenly let...

Dave, I want you to do something for me. I want you to pick up a baseball, and tie a string around it, and then swing that ball around (outside, please, I don't want you breaking any vases). Then I want you to try to do the same thing, without the string or anything else holding onto the ball...