Re: Flat Earthism

John S. Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul J Gans <gansno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John S. Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ron O <rokimoto@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Feb 4, 7:58 am, j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (John S. Wilkins) wrote:
Steven L. <sdlit...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Eric Kyle" <thebarchetta...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote i:

Is there anyone here who could direct me to an expert on
pseudoscience specializing in flat earthism?

Go to the source.

The Flat Earth Society still exists.
And they still believe the Earth is flat.

http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/

I can't. I live on the other side of the planet.

You obviously have the wrong philosophical mind set. We are all on
the same side. Did you feel like you were upside down when you came
to visit the US?

On second thought, maybe you shouldn't answer that question.

I went through some strange inversion, and when I got there all the cars
were *on the wrong side of the road*!

Yup, that happens. I'll bet you were left-handed here too.

Well I did find that my left hand glove would not fit my left hand, and
my right hand glove would not fit my right hand. See this discussion of
my problem.

http://www.domnik.net/info/vasenkatisyys/ontology.shtml

Yup. There are several experiments that reveal handedness.

We seem to have an inbuilt notion of symmetry such that what
is true on the one hand is also true (but reversed) on the other.
Indeed, the laws of classical physics are unhanded.

But as often happens, the Gods of the Quantum have screwed us,
with a left-handed screw as a matter of fact.

PS: I had a lot of trouble with handedness, clockwise, etc. when
I was in high school. I even had an argument with my physics teacher
about it. He insisted on using the terms "clockwise" or "counterclockwise"
and I objected by asking "is that as seen from above or below".

He wanted to know why I would want to get under the desk to look at
an experiment. I smartassed back "what if they are doing the
experiment on the ceiling?".

He was a tightassed kind of guy and I don't think he ever forgave me.

By the way, I'm left-handed.

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--- Paul J. Gans

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