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Flat Earth.... flame free, please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Freodin" data-source="post: 73491612" data-attributes="member: 1363"><p>Must have been decades since I read that. But that is the beauty of "science fiction".</p><p></p><p>Yes, you can make up stuff as you need it... that's the fiction. But you should have the "science" to be able to explain the stuff you made up.</p><p></p><p>We could, without ever having been on one, explain how things like "horizons" work on such a Ringworld. We could back it up with our common scientific knowledge and understanding. That's why such a scenario is so compelling. Because it is consistent.</p><p></p><p>The "Flat Earth" explanations aren't. One of the famous modern "Flat Earth" assertions is that "The horizon always rises to eye level. This proves a Flat Earth."</p><p></p><p>The problem isn't just that it can be experimentially shown that it simply doesn't... no, the real problem is that <em>it shouldn't even do that on the Flat Earth.</em></p><p></p><p>But Flat Earthers do not understand this, and thus they aren't bothered that their own positions are contradicting each other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Freodin, post: 73491612, member: 1363"] Must have been decades since I read that. But that is the beauty of "science fiction". Yes, you can make up stuff as you need it... that's the fiction. But you should have the "science" to be able to explain the stuff you made up. We could, without ever having been on one, explain how things like "horizons" work on such a Ringworld. We could back it up with our common scientific knowledge and understanding. That's why such a scenario is so compelling. Because it is consistent. The "Flat Earth" explanations aren't. One of the famous modern "Flat Earth" assertions is that "The horizon always rises to eye level. This proves a Flat Earth." The problem isn't just that it can be experimentially shown that it simply doesn't... no, the real problem is that [i]it shouldn't even do that on the Flat Earth.[/i] But Flat Earthers do not understand this, and thus they aren't bothered that their own positions are contradicting each other. [/QUOTE]
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