I found these three experiments you can perform at home that proves the earth is flat:
1) Jump!
Now, scientists claim that Earth is spherical and rotating at a speed of between 700-1000 miles per hour, depending on your latitude. This is a very high rate of speed. You can disprove this nonsense by simply jumping up as high as you can. Really, it's that simple. What happens when you jump? You come straight down to where you were. But, if the Earth were indeed spinning at such a fast speed, wouldn't you land hundreds of feet away?
If you were to stand in the flat bed of a truck going 75 mph, and jump straight up, what would happen? You wouldn't fall straight down. You would fall out of the truck. That's because trucks move, the Earth doesn't. This experiment proves the Earth is fixed in space and doesn't move.
2) Blow!
Since if the Earth is supposedly a sphere, it naturally comes to assume what would happen to people below the equator, like in Australia? Since they are underneath the sphere, wouldn't they fall off? This is where scientists come up with mumbo-jumbo like "gravity" and "centrifugal force" to explain away their theories. So, the scientists want you to think that because the earth is so much more massive than people or things, that people will naturally "stick" to the bottom of the earth because of gravity.
This can be disproved very simply. Get a balloon and inflate it as big as possible. It will be a spherical shape. Now, take a piece of paper and try to rip, tear, or cut the tiniest speck of paper possible. This paper represents a human being, much smaller in mass to the balloon, which represents the Earth. Now try and place the small piece of paper to the underside of the balloon. What happens? It falls off!
That's right. Even though the balloon is so much bigger in mass, it cannot hold the tiny paper. So if the Earth was a sphere, no one could live below the equator because they would fall off.
3) Get High!
Ok, this one you really can't do at home, but you can do it out in the world. Stand on the ground and look around you. What's the farthest you can see? Maybe it's a building, tree, or mountain. Now, find some place very close to it where you can get a much higher vantage point. (This also works if you're on a jet and about to take off.) Notice how in the higher place you can see much farther? You can see more of the world the higher you get. This shows the world is flat because the higher you go, the easier it is to see over obstacles. At the same time, it shows the world cannot be spherical. Because if the world was curved, the far distance would forever remain out of view because of the Earth's curvature. It would eternally be over the horizon.
If the Earth was a sphere, it would not matter how high you went, you would still see the same thing. Since this is not the case, the Earth is flat.
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Travel in Kansas can be interesting at times, and I truly mean that. I know that some folks who have driven through Kansas find that hard to imagine, but I have crossed Kansas on two wheels and 4 wheels hundred of times, and I always find something new each trip. You just have to look a little bit.
I came across this sign somewhere near Lebanon Kansas, just a couple miles north of US HW 36, a great road to ride motorcycles from central Indiana to the Rockies.
This scene is not exactly a sign, but borders on it to me. Seeing these silhouettes on the Kansas plains reminds me of many scenes from Hollywood.
Interesting that Kansas sports the geographic center of the continental US. I remember Kansas from my cross-country bicycle journey back in 2002 - if I remember correctly it took me 8 days to ride across the state, and there were days I thought I'd never finish. Kansas on a bicycle in July is HOT! It was a good time, amazing experience.
These steel silhouettes are fairly common in Kansas - I've seen them in the south east portion of the state, out near Dodge City, and these were shot somewhere along US 36.
I've tried to figure out if these are Kiowa or Sioux, or other tribe, but have never found a definitive answer. They are usually seen on top of a nice, round hill top.
I enjoy them too. As do the farmers who put them up I think.
Not all the silhouettes are Indians, though, some are express riders, I think. This one was along the Pony Express Trail
Silhouettes are fantastic!!
Reminds me of similar structures I saw in Wyoming....near Tetons.....it is a Moose country and we were looking for wildlife.........except we kept falling for these.....at least got fooled by them for a moment or two!
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Is Wilken Family Whiskey noteworthy here?
I like the irony here.
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But, don't laugh Taz... there are people who believe... and they don't go past the sign!
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1) Jump!
Now, scientists claim that Earth is spherical and rotating at a speed of between 700-1000 miles per hour, depending on your latitude. This is a very high rate of speed. You can disprove this nonsense by simply jumping up as high as you can. Really, it's that simple. What happens when you jump? You come straight down to where you were. But, if the Earth were indeed spinning at such a fast speed, wouldn't you land hundreds of feet away?
If you were to stand in the flat bed of a truck going 75 mph, and jump straight up, what would happen? You wouldn't fall straight down. You would fall out of the truck. That's because trucks move, the Earth doesn't. This experiment proves the Earth is fixed in space and doesn't move.
2) Blow!
Since if the Earth is supposedly a sphere, it naturally comes to assume what would happen to people below the equator, like in Australia? Since they are underneath the sphere, wouldn't they fall off? This is where scientists come up with mumbo-jumbo like "gravity" and "centrifugal force" to explain away their theories. So, the scientists want you to think that because the earth is so much more massive than people or things, that people will naturally "stick" to the bottom of the earth because of gravity.
This can be disproved very simply. Get a balloon and inflate it as big as possible. It will be a spherical shape. Now, take a piece of paper and try to rip, tear, or cut the tiniest speck of paper possible. This paper represents a human being, much smaller in mass to the balloon, which represents the Earth. Now try and place the small piece of paper to the underside of the balloon. What happens? It falls off!
That's right. Even though the balloon is so much bigger in mass, it cannot hold the tiny paper. So if the Earth was a sphere, no one could live below the equator because they would fall off.
3) Get High!
Ok, this one you really can't do at home, but you can do it out in the world. Stand on the ground and look around you. What's the farthest you can see? Maybe it's a building, tree, or mountain. Now, find some place very close to it where you can get a much higher vantage point. (This also works if you're on a jet and about to take off.) Notice how in the higher place you can see much farther? You can see more of the world the higher you get. This shows the world is flat because the higher you go, the easier it is to see over obstacles. At the same time, it shows the world cannot be spherical. Because if the world was curved, the far distance would forever remain out of view because of the Earth's curvature. It would eternally be over the horizon.
If the Earth was a sphere, it would not matter how high you went, you would still see the same thing. Since this is not the case, the Earth is flat.
--- Denise
Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
Ahhhhh, The Borg Motel at Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, Ca. Great place to stay, very reasonable priced and best of all, just across the street of the best views of the Monterey Bay!
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I came across this sign somewhere near Lebanon Kansas, just a couple miles north of US HW 36, a great road to ride motorcycles from central Indiana to the Rockies.
This scene is not exactly a sign, but borders on it to me. Seeing these silhouettes on the Kansas plains reminds me of many scenes from Hollywood.
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Interesting that Kansas sports the geographic center of the continental US. I remember Kansas from my cross-country bicycle journey back in 2002 - if I remember correctly it took me 8 days to ride across the state, and there were days I thought I'd never finish. Kansas on a bicycle in July is HOT! It was a good time, amazing experience.
--- Denise
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I've tried to figure out if these are Kiowa or Sioux, or other tribe, but have never found a definitive answer. They are usually seen on top of a nice, round hill top.
I enjoy them too. As do the farmers who put them up I think.
Not all the silhouettes are Indians, though, some are express riders, I think. This one was along the Pony Express Trail
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Reminds me of similar structures I saw in Wyoming....near Tetons.....it is a Moose country and we were looking for wildlife.........except we kept falling for these.....at least got fooled by them for a moment or two!
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Which reminds me... I found this at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis
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