I'm looking for a single scientific study which proves that the earth is a globe

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Tom Bishop

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On these forums I keep hearing that there is 'endless research' which has proven that the earth is a globe. I'm constantly told that there's no point in continuing the flat-round debate because the subject matter has already been proven. Nearly every single breathing person I've talked to on the topic has informed me that there are 'centuries of studies' which demonstrate that the earth is a globe.

However, while I have found many studies which have proven the earth to be flat (see the link in my signature), I don't recall coming across even a single study which has proven the earth to be round.

This thread isn't about debating the validity of the Flat Earth model. Save that for another thread. This thread is for cataloging the Round Earth research studies, if any exist at all.

Please link to a single scientific paper which has proven through experiment that the earth is a globe. If the earth truly is a globe, then there should be at least one study demonstrating this.

If it's truly such a scientific fact that the earth is a globe, and if much of science is founded on the study of the earth, then there should be a great number of published studies attesting to the earth's rotundity. Please post one single study written at any point throughout the history of time. Surely if the earth were a globe there should be a single scientific study demonstrating so.
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narcberry

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Google Earth!!!
...which has no problem painting a "spherical" earth on a flat monitor...

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On these forums I keep hearing that there is 'endless research' which has proven that the earth is a globe.
Conspiracy fearmongery, I look out of my window and see Ramsay Street, it is also flat.

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1.  During lunar eclipses, the projected shadow of the earth on the moon is
always round.  If the earth were flat, then this projection will not always
be circular (it could degenerate to a line!).  But this is never observed,
regardless of the time of the lunar eclipse.  Aristotle (384-322 BCE) wrote
about this.  The third point, below, is also credited to Aristotle.

2. Eratosthanes (276-195(?) BCE) did a famous experiment on measuring the
angle of the sun at noon in Alexandria, Egypt, and in Syrene.  Finding the
difference in the angles and knowing the distance between the two points,
the circumference can be calculated.  He calculated the circumference in
stadia, which we do not know the conversion to our present day measure.
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narcberry

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By now, you should know better sokarul.

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Tom Bishop

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I don't see any published studies which prove that the earth is a globe. This topic was about studies for a Round Earth, remember?

The Ancient Greeks didn't publish any scientific studies proving the earth to be a globe. I don't know why you guys keep referencing their beliefs.

Besides believing in a globe earth, the Greeks also believed that flies spontaneously generated from rotting meat and that epilepsy was a curse of the gods. They didn't publish any scientific studies about those subjects either, by the way.
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By now, you should know better sokarul.
Yet the retard has his blood and brains splattered around him as he continues to head butt the wall with what's left of his motor functions.

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narcberry

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He needs lessons in mental clarity. You know how Kurt Cobain collects his thoughts?

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He needs lessons in mental clarity. You know how Kurt Cobain collects his thoughts?
With a dustbin?
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Tom... you say you can't find a single shred of science for a round earth, but when space travel is brought up, you call it a lie :). So good luck finding something you won't discount.
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Tom Bishop

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Tom... you say you can't find a single shred of science for a round earth, but when space travel is brought up, you call it a lie :). So good luck finding something you won't discount.

So wait, what I'm hearing is that you guys don't have any scientific studies to back up your belief of a Round Earth?

You're telling me that there are no studies which prove that the earth is round? Not even one?

I'm not asking for a study proving the existence of some obscure hypothetical physics theorem here. We're talking about the fundamental shape of the earth. I'm looking for a simple study by which your model of the earth can be justified. Where are the studies showing that the earth is a globe? Are you honestly telling me that absolutely none exist?
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Please link to a single scientific study which has proven through experiment that the sky is blue. If the sky truly is blue, then there should be at least one study demonstrating this.

If it's truly such a scientific fact that the sky is blue, and if much of science is founded on the study of the atmosphere, then there should be a great number of published studies attesting to the sky's blueness. Please post one single study written at any point throughout the history of time. Surely if the sky were blue there should be a single scientific study demonstrating so.

I'm not asking for a study proving the existence of some obscure hypothetical physics theorem here. We're talking about the basic colour of the sky. I'm looking for a simple study by which your model of the sky can be justified. Where are the studies showing that the sky is blue? Are you honestly telling me that absolutely none exist?

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Tom Bishop

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I don't need a scientific study to know the color of the sky. I can just look out my window.

However, we do need a scientific study to know the shape of the earth, since its such a non-obvious fact by your own admission. When I tell you guys to look out your windows I'm told "it's an illusion!" and that "your eyes are tricking you!!" in regards to the earth's shape. Therefore, we need a scientific study to prove that our experiences are an illusion as you claim.

All of modern science seems to be built around the globe earth. And you're telling me that no one has ever in the history of time written a single scientific study in regards to the earths shape and concluded that the earth is round? What does that tell us?

Lets count up the number of published studies we do have in regards to the earth's shape.

Number of studies which conclude that the earth is flat: A whole bunch

Number of studies which conclude that the earth is round: Zero
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The Terror

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Are you suggesting that all scientists everywhere think the world is flat?

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sokarul

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There are no studies that proved the earth was flat. 
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There have been quite a number of fairly recent studies measuring and mapping the size and shape of the planet. The problem is they are all done by satellite, so you dismiss them as part of the conspiracy.


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What happened, troll?  Couldn't resist coming back to troll?


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So I'm assuming video evidence and testimonies from astronauts around the world that they have been in space and the earth is a sphere don't count, right?
Normally when I'm not sure I just cop a feel.

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What about when planes can go from on point on earth and go straight up to get where there going on the other half of the globe (yes....its a GLOBE!!!!)
ex. A plane leaving europe would get to greenland faster by going straight up instead of going around, if the earth was flat then this flight path would be impossible
Or are planes a conspiracy too?

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The Terror

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I've done a study which proves the earth is a globe

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I looked at the moon for a while. It appeared to stay the same size, which led me to believe it wasn't travelling thousands of miles away from me like what it should do if the flatties are to be believed

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Well, under the FE model the moon travels thousands of miles every day. It would look like it got smaller as it moved further away from you, perspective and all that. You know, like everything else does. It definitely wouldn't look the same size all the time

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What about when planes can go from on point on earth and go straight up to get where there going on the other half of the globe (yes....its a GLOBE!!!!)
ex. A plane leaving europe would get to greenland faster by going straight up instead of going around, if the earth was flat then this flight path would be impossible
Or are planes a conspiracy too?

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Tom Bishop

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Are you suggesting that all scientists everywhere think the world is flat?

Actually I'm saying that there are two types of scientists. There's ones who do actual research, and then there are ones who exercise an uncanny amount of blind faith and can do nothing more than follow media hype like dogs to their master's whistle.

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What about when planes can go from on point on earth and go straight up to get where there going on the other half of the globe (yes....its a GLOBE!!!!)
ex. A plane leaving europe would get to greenland faster by going straight up instead of going around, if the earth was flat then this flight path would be impossible
Or are planes a conspiracy too?

Are there any studies demonstrating this?

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I've done a study which proves the earth is a globe

Care to link us to this study?

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I looked at the moon for a while. It appeared to stay the same size, which led me to believe it wasn't travelling thousands of miles away from me like what it should do if the flatties are to be believed

All explained in Chapter 10 of Earth Not a Globe.
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We don't need a study done for the obvious. The earth was proven to be a globe before scientific studies were published. And we've been working under the assumption that were were right since things have gone into space. So... tell you what. You make an experiment showing nothing can go into space and we'll believe you. For now, the earth is round, and you are the wrongest man in wrong town.
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