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Is the Earth really flat?

Is the Earth flat?

  • Yes! The Earth is flat!

  • No! The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

  • Yes, but only at near light speed.

  • No, not after the Valar's intervention at the end of the First Age.

  • Its shape depends entirely on what I choose to believe at any moment.

  • It depends on what the Authority tells me to believe.


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It was Eru who did that, not the Valar.

Hmmm... you could be right, but I had thought that Eru worked through the Valar when it came to changing anything about Arda.


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Hmmm... you could be right, but I had thought that Eru worked through the Valar when it came to changing anything about Arda.


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Change of the World - Lord of the Rings Wiki

After Ar-Pharazôn broke the Ban of the Valar by sending an army to Aman to conquer the Valar and obtain immortality from them, the Valar laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon Eru Ilúvatar, who responded with a great cataclysm that forever changed the world.
 
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I love that VSauce references Poe's Law, which got it's start in this very forum. I think I was one of the first people who tried to put Poe's Law into wikipedia, but it was rejected because it was, at the time, only known on this forum and IIDB.
 
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I love that VSauce references Poe's Law, which got it's start in this very forum. I think I was one of the first people who tried to put Poe's Law into wikipedia, but it was rejected because it was, at the time, only known on this forum and IIDB.

I noticed that as well. It's great that the term had gone viral. It's a useful concept.


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Watch this video first:


Take the poll, and chime in with your views.


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This is a great video, thanks for posting it!

Personally, I believe the Big Globe conspiracy is being directed by the Reptilians and the Greys. :wave:
 
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