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Flat earthers try to sail to the edge of the world

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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    The problem with that is ... ... if the world is flat, then to prove it and send back pics you are going to need a really good WiFi signal ... :laugh:

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    Slacker007
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    True, it would have to have a signal strong enough to travel to the bottomless pit that is at the end of the earth. Which has me wondering what the mathematical expression looks like to describe a "bottomless pit" - a void without end. I am sure infinity is in there somewhere.

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      True, it would have to have a signal strong enough to travel to the bottomless pit that is at the end of the earth. Which has me wondering what the mathematical expression looks like to describe a "bottomless pit" - a void without end. I am sure infinity is in there somewhere.

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      Slacker007 wrote:

      Which has me wondering what the mathematical expression looks like to describe a "bottomless pit" - a void without end. I am sure infinity is in there somewhere.

      I guess a 'bottomless pit' could be described as an infinite Riemann curvature tensor over a four-dimensional manifold. In laymen terms... think of the moon orbiting the Earth... it will never 'hit the ground' so to speak. (Although the moon is a bad example) I know nothing about the flat earth argument... what is the hypothesis? If anything... it looks to me like the universe might be some type of hypertorus[^]. I'm not a physicist so I am probably wrong.

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        Slacker007 wrote:

        Which has me wondering what the mathematical expression looks like to describe a "bottomless pit" - a void without end. I am sure infinity is in there somewhere.

        I guess a 'bottomless pit' could be described as an infinite Riemann curvature tensor over a four-dimensional manifold. In laymen terms... think of the moon orbiting the Earth... it will never 'hit the ground' so to speak. (Although the moon is a bad example) I know nothing about the flat earth argument... what is the hypothesis? If anything... it looks to me like the universe might be some type of hypertorus[^]. I'm not a physicist so I am probably wrong.

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        Randor wrote:

        I know nothing about the flat earth argument

        I saw a guy on TV some years ago. He claimed that the earth was of "infinite mass", which explained the illusion that it appeared round when observed from here. No idea what he though of the pictures from space.

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          Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world… and you can totally guess how it went[^]

          Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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          Slow Eddie
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          It worked for Terry Pratchett.

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            Slacker007 wrote:

            Which has me wondering what the mathematical expression looks like to describe a "bottomless pit" - a void without end. I am sure infinity is in there somewhere.

            I guess a 'bottomless pit' could be described as an infinite Riemann curvature tensor over a four-dimensional manifold. In laymen terms... think of the moon orbiting the Earth... it will never 'hit the ground' so to speak. (Although the moon is a bad example) I know nothing about the flat earth argument... what is the hypothesis? If anything... it looks to me like the universe might be some type of hypertorus[^]. I'm not a physicist so I am probably wrong.

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            Cp Coder
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            I know nothing about the flat earth argument... what is the hypothesis

            Just google "flat earth". There is plenty on the web about the subject. Try not to choke in disbelief!

            Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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              Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world… and you can totally guess how it went[^]

              Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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              trønderen
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              I am still waiting for some mountain climbing group to name themselves "The Steep Earth Society".

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                I know nothing about the flat earth argument... what is the hypothesis

                Just google "flat earth". There is plenty on the web about the subject. Try not to choke in disbelief!

                Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                Cp-Coder wrote:

                Just google "flat earth".

                I think I'll pass on that... I worked very hard to get Youtube to serve me only mathematics, science and computer related videos. It took me over a year. Two years ago I watched a few 'Rogan' videos and it caused my entire YouTube recommendations turned into marijuana, LSD, mushrooms and some South American plant that makes people trip. I couldn't make them go away... clicking on them and down voting somehow caused more of them to appear. I had to reset my account to get rid of them. I don't want google recommending me flat earth videos.

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                  Randor wrote:

                  I know nothing about the flat earth argument

                  I saw a guy on TV some years ago. He claimed that the earth was of "infinite mass", which explained the illusion that it appeared round when observed from here. No idea what he though of the pictures from space.

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                  Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                  which explained the illusion that it appeared round when observed

                  Interesting. I'm not sure I want to comment on that. Even if there were a singularity at the center of the earth I can't imagine how that would translate into a flat earth.

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                    Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                    which explained the illusion that it appeared round when observed

                    Interesting. I'm not sure I want to comment on that. Even if there were a singularity at the center of the earth I can't imagine how that would translate into a flat earth.

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                    It was not my opinion, but that of the flat earther.

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                      Cp-Coder wrote:

                      Just google "flat earth".

                      I think I'll pass on that... I worked very hard to get Youtube to serve me only mathematics, science and computer related videos. It took me over a year. Two years ago I watched a few 'Rogan' videos and it caused my entire YouTube recommendations turned into marijuana, LSD, mushrooms and some South American plant that makes people trip. I couldn't make them go away... clicking on them and down voting somehow caused more of them to appear. I had to reset my account to get rid of them. I don't want google recommending me flat earth videos.

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                      Slacker007
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                      Just an FYI, when ever this starts happening to me, and I am signed into my YouTube account then I just clear the watch history or the offending videos that are messing up my recommendations, clear my browser cache, restart browser, and login into account again. Seems to work fairly well so far.

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                        Cp-Coder wrote:

                        Just google "flat earth".

                        I think I'll pass on that... I worked very hard to get Youtube to serve me only mathematics, science and computer related videos. It took me over a year. Two years ago I watched a few 'Rogan' videos and it caused my entire YouTube recommendations turned into marijuana, LSD, mushrooms and some South American plant that makes people trip. I couldn't make them go away... clicking on them and down voting somehow caused more of them to appear. I had to reset my account to get rid of them. I don't want google recommending me flat earth videos.

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                        Nelek
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                        Randor wrote:

                        I think I'll pass on that... I worked very hard to get Youtube to serve me only mathematics, science and computer related videos. It took me over a year.

                        I use a VM for such kind of "researches" :rolleyes: :-D

                        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                          Just an FYI, when ever this starts happening to me, and I am signed into my YouTube account then I just clear the watch history or the offending videos that are messing up my recommendations, clear my browser cache, restart browser, and login into account again. Seems to work fairly well so far.

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                          Thanks, I just had something similar happen on my Amazon Prime account recently. I watched three 'UFO' videos in a row and it caused my entire recommendations list to be aliens/ufo related. I contacted support and they showed me how to go into my history and click 'Do not use this for recommendations'. Here is food for thought... ancient Hebrew and the related Canaanite family of languages did not have separate words for 'suggestion' and 'temptation'. Imagine what our future will be like with these 'suggestion' algorithms evolving and people installing a neuralink directly into their brain. A future of un-blockable suggestions temptations advertisements.

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                            Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world… and you can totally guess how it went[^]

                            Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                            Chris C B
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                            Stupid, stupid people! If they get caught in the waterfall at the edge they'll go over for sure, and then they'll just keep bouncing off the shells of an infinite column of turtles - as the old lady said, it's turtles all the way down.

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                              Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world… and you can totally guess how it went[^]

                              Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                              den2k88
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                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWbFFUlCnlc[^]

                              Meet me at the edge of the world
                              To watch it all burn
                              Forget what you learned (we're gonna watch it all burn)

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                                Thanks, I just had something similar happen on my Amazon Prime account recently. I watched three 'UFO' videos in a row and it caused my entire recommendations list to be aliens/ufo related. I contacted support and they showed me how to go into my history and click 'Do not use this for recommendations'. Here is food for thought... ancient Hebrew and the related Canaanite family of languages did not have separate words for 'suggestion' and 'temptation'. Imagine what our future will be like with these 'suggestion' algorithms evolving and people installing a neuralink directly into their brain. A future of un-blockable suggestions temptations advertisements.

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                                Greg Utas
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                                Taleb says that Semitic languages lack a distinct word for forecasting and simply use prophesying. It's rather amusing in light of many statements made about investing or the economy.

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                                  Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world… and you can totally guess how it went[^]

                                  Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                  theoldfool
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                                  How about the millions---millions----who sailed over the edge and didn't get caught

                                  If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

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                                    Taleb says that Semitic languages lack a distinct word for forecasting and simply use prophesying. It's rather amusing in light of many statements made about investing or the economy.

                                    Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                    The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                                    Daniel Pfeffer
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                                    In Hebrew, there are two words - one for prophesy (prophet), and another for vision (visionary). The word root for forecasting in modern Hebrew comes from vision, not prophesy.

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      The problem with that is ... ... if the world is flat, then to prove it and send back pics you are going to need a really good WiFi signal ... :laugh:

                                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                      Cp Coder
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                                      you are going to need a really good WiFi signal

                                      They won't be smart enough for that. At best they are likely to employ carrier pigeons. If the pigeons are smart enough to navigate a spherical world, navigating a flat world will be a breeze! :)

                                      Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                        Well it would serve them right if they fell off the edge.

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                                        pkfox
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                                        Just after they found the edge ?

                                        "I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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                                          Flat Earthers tried to sail to the edge of the world… and you can totally guess how it went[^]

                                          Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!

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                                          Daniel Pfeffer
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                                          Obligatory Monty Python sketch: [The Crimson Permanent Assurance](https://youtu.be/lNlYBNTCBG8?t=358)

                                          Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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