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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
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No street lights where I live.
At night I can stand and look in awe at the vast expanses of outer space.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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Maybe it's just that the street lights are not working.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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Simple. Space isn't a Vacuum. Because it's full of matter.
Definition from the Oxford dictionary. Vacuum. A space entirely devoid of matter.
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But why do you think it goes dark at night?
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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Very pretty. But illogical.
As your sun has nothing to hide behind there would always be residual light, no matter how far away the light source was.
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Sarcasm and insult. Make for a very weak argument.
When debating try and offer a rational and logical response.
All your flat Earth arguments are falling short in logic and rationale.
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I was addressing the argument:
"As your sun has nothing to hide behind"
It's common knowledge that there is atmosphere that blocks light.
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Certainly atmospheric conditions can have an impact on light intensity, at any time of the day.
But this falls short of explaining why it goes dark at night.
Variable atmospheric conditions also fail to explain seasonal changes in day length, especially in polar regions.
Perhaps you could elaborate on this theory, so that I can get a clearer understanding of what you are trying to say.
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"Certainly atmospheric conditions can have an impact on light intensity, at any time of the day.
But this falls short of explaining why it goes dark at night."
I fail to understand why you are making this statement. If you took a 75 watt light bulb to a football field you wouldnt be able to light up the whole field. This is not exactly to scale of corse, but you get the idea. Add to that hundreds or thousands (depending on the altitude of the sun) of miles of atmosphere (clpuds, dust, smog, water, heat, fog, etc.), and you have a means of blocking light. This is one of the reasons we can't see clear across the Atlantic Ocean.
The mountains in the distance are not hidden by curvature, they are just hidden by an accumulation of particles of matter in the air. This indubitably causes it to go dark at night.
On a similar matter, if you're talking about sunsets, that is a combination of refraction and perspective, I can explain that again if I need to, but both subjects have been covered extensively. They were likely covered in the first few pages, but if you can't find them, I'll go over them again.
"Variable atmospheric conditions also fail to explain seasonal changes in day length, especially in polar regions "
This is due to a different circuit of the circuit around the pole. In our summer, the sun is closer to the center, causing the arctic midnight sun, where the sun doesn't go down in the northern polar region. It's included in the Gleason' s map.
The evidence for this is the sun analemma.
Which contradicts the globe model, but fits perfectly in FET.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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Then again, we can see the moon during the daytime, so we know this model isn't accurate. Find a model that is actually accurate, and we'll discuss it.
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And seeing the moon during the day works in the flat earth model too. Maybe you don't fully understand the model.
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This proves that a ball earth isn't necessary for the sun to "go down" at night.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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