If this experiment does suggest a flat earth…
1) we have this big pile of experiments and evidence over hear suggesting the earth is a globe and this 1 experiment here suggesting it’s flat. Occam’s razor would suggest the earth is a globe but there is a gap in our understanding ( or methodology, or data analysis of the 1 experiment) that needs reconciled.
2) we have this big pile of experiments and evidence over hear suggesting the earth is a globe and this 1 experiment here suggesting it’s flat.
Throw out all of the well established evidence because1 experiment appears to contradict it.
I’m ok with 2 IF an explanation can be given as to why each and every experiment and observation for a globe earth can be explained and a new model for each presented that can reliably predict what we observe in the real world.
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this experiment assumes spherical geometry to calculate "real positions" of stars.
ie. It uses the Earth's radius, lat/long conversions to determine where a star "really is."
so you see when the star is observably occluded and calculate it's "true position" (based on spherical geometry)
and theres a difference between the two, which is traditionally explained by atmospheric refraction.
iow, they say the apparent position of a star is true on a flat earth but wrong if on a globe.
if you perform an experiment in this way
you've either baked spherical geometry into your reference point (the "real star position" that refraction is needed to explain)
or your using the apparent position as your reference and are assuming refraction doesn't exist.
either way the experiment doesnt prove ANYTHING AT ALL because its not independent of either model.
somebody doesn't understand logic and has too much time on their hands.
Lmao
Talk about embarrassingly putting your ignorance on display. I suggest you review the experiment a little closer
But, but.... what about all these other experiments?
Your points 1&2 are exactly the same.
I suspect you haven't looked if you think we have this big pile of irrefutable experiments.
You see, you have unreasonable criteria - on one hand you'll swallow a consensus views and CGI imagery from government agencies, and on the other have unreasonable criteria never sought on your default belief. What are the best globe earth poofs?
This is cognitive dissonance in action. If you falsify a hypothesis, which this experiment does thoroughly, then that is independent of having to provide an alternative hypothesis. So instead, you would rather cling to a disproven idea unless someone provides you with something to replace that belief with.
You being unable to reconcile it is what everyone who examined the topic has to deal with. Hence the predictable "whataboutism", I called it before and you guys all still went there anyway.
Topic too hard to address. I have more of these by the way, this is just one that stands out because of how well it is put together.
The experiment says: we have some peaks and they will occlude stars.
One model predicts it will happen at X, while the other at Y.
> Run experiment
> Results matches Y instead of X, consistently
"Experiment doesn't prove anything at all"
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