Spirituality
04 Feb 15
06 Feb 15
Originally posted by KazetNagorraAnd for some here, the ability to lay in wait and watch until a mistake can be zeroed in on is almost exactly perfect. It's not amazing, but I suppose it could be called a skill.
And if you take two random adult males from the human population, they are "almost exactly" equally tall. Amazing!
06 Feb 15
Originally posted by lemon limeThose people start out as the grammer and spelling police. Excuse my grammar. 😀
And for some here, the ability to lay in wait and watch until a mistake can be zeroed in on is almost exactly perfect. It's not amazing, but I suppose it could be called a skill.
06 Feb 15
Originally posted by RJHindsI just now thought of something that can prove the earth is spinning. The coriolis effect. I'll let the pointy headed perfectionists here explain that one... I'm not in the mood for getting jumped on again today.😛
Those people start out as the grammer and spelling police. Excuse my grammar. 😀
06 Feb 15
Originally posted by lemon limeMy remarks with regards to the term 'exact', was not an attempt at zeroing in on a mistake. I merely wanted it clear that I was disputing the claim that the apparent size of the sun and the moon are exactly the same. They are very close, which is a fun fact, but they are not close enough to be considered anything more than a fun fact. I have in the past seen people claim that the supposed exactness is evidence for God, and I thought it important to point out that it is not nearly as exact as some people think.
And for some here, the ability to lay in wait and watch until a mistake can be zeroed in on is almost exactly perfect.
06 Feb 15
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Originally posted by catstormI'm a curved surface earther.
How does something as big as the sun orbit the earth, unless it is really much smaller and closer. The flat earthers have the sun 30 miles across.
Some people are like that guy in The Martian Chronicles... if they don't see it, then for them it doesn't exist.
Edit: I think I referenced the wrong sci-fi story... I checked out a summary of it and couldn't find any reference to the character I had in mind. It was about a guy who was raised by aliens (Martians?) to think like they do... they were like perfect witnesses, because they could only testify to what they saw and heard. If you ask them 'what did you see' they would tell you... but if you asked what was on the other side, as far as they were concerned there was no other side... because they had not witnessed the other side.
So the gist of that story is, earth boy is raised by aliens (no human contact), goes to earth and doesn't quite fit in, and then is treated as some kind of messiah or guru (or something like that). Does this story line sound at all familiar to anyone?
Originally posted by twhiteheadUh huh... and I assumed you were smart enough to also know this.
My remarks with regards to the term 'exact', was not an attempt at zeroing in on a mistake. I merely wanted it clear that I was disputing the claim that the apparent size of the sun and the moon are exactly the same. They are very close, which is a fun fact, but they are not close enough to be considered anything more than a fun fact. I have in the past s ...[text shortened]... od, and I thought it important to point out that it is not nearly as exact as some people think.
When total eclipses do happen to completely cover up the sun it gives us the opportunity to check some things out we otherwise couldn't... such as being able to prove gravitational lensing, or observe more detail in the corona.
06 Feb 15
Originally posted by lemon limeLet Youtube educate us all.
I just now thought of something that can prove the earth is spinning. The coriolis effect. I'll let the pointy headed perfectionists here explain that one... I'm not in the mood for getting jumped on again today.😛
Coriolis Effect
If that did not do it continue by watching the Lecture: Coriolis Effect
Originally posted by lemon limeHow many Sheldon Coopers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
How many Sheldon Coopers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140609010635/bigbangtheory/images/d/de/Sheldon-sheldon-cooper-31965530-500-645.jpg
The answer is one, but only if Sheldon Cooper can talk someone else into doing it. Otherwise the answer would have to be... wait for it... wait...okay, here it comes...
... infinity
07 Feb 15
Originally posted by lemon limeI found it! It just now occurred to me I could find the name of that story by using the internet... oh man, I really am "Old School"! 😛😕😳
I'm a curved surface earther.
Some people are like that guy in The Martian Chronicles... if they don't see it, then for them it doesn't exist.
[b]Edit: I think I referenced the wrong sci-fi story... I checked out a summary of it and couldn't find any reference to the character I had in mind. It was about a guy who was raised by aliens (Martian ...[text shortened]... messiah or guru (or something like that). Does this story line sound at all familiar to anyone?[/b]
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A Heinlein (1961)