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I was thinking (I know a rare time in my life and a remarkable splodge on my calendar), if I was taught in my school (that's the normal place) the building blocks of my paradigm (how my universe is) and I was the one who pieced it all together (a clever trick by my teachers, making me think and link) then what value/values could I contribute by informing anyone who was even vaguely interested, my thought processes on the subject.
The history of when and where (I tend to link and time stamp my memories by remembering the situation that they occurred in, for instance, I remember that I was driving over the Pennines when I heard, on the radio, that Google had bought YouTube, I was on a course at the time therefore I timestamped it at the time of that particular course and it was November 2006, incidentally about the same time as Amy Winehouse releasing Rehab, I looked it up, just now, and I'm correct, I find this useful). Anyhow, I remember going to stay at my Grandparents when I was eleven, my Grandfather seemed to derive enjoyment from debate, he was always inquiring as to my state of education, and always trying to pick flaws in my argument. One of the discussions that we ended up having, was, after I had asserted that our thought process were just a result of electrical impulses. What happens when we die?
I asserted that the switch goes off, (what I would consider now as a no power state) blackness!
I was eleven. I have only recently recalled the conversation, and only recently reviewed it in its entirety (I know that we do lie to ourselves when we remember things, so I was trying my best to recall his reactions) I do recall him questioning my statement with a tinge of incredulity in his voice, wether it was against his paradigm or my youthfulness that caused this, I shall never know, nor will I know what exactly his belief systems led him to believe what happened when you die.
My point is this, I know that was the moment I realised what I believed.
So starting with the idea that I don't know how things work, and that I would like to. I was off on a journey that would lead to my understanding (I'm perfectly aware that my model probably has flaws and could do with being tweaked, or even that I could be 100% wrong)
Back to the physics thing, having been encouraged to perform the Cavendish experiment:-
https://www.school-for-champions.com/science/gravitation_cavendish_experiment.htm
For a visual of it and a bit of a hint as to the character of the man himself:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdiUoKa9Nw
In my head, I could imagine that there were lots of floating bits of rock hanging round doing nothing, two rocks would be mutually attracted (see the links above for details) and they would come together, this would make them doubly attractive to other rocks/small specks of matter and so the process would continue until you have a (what we would consider) a massive amount of matter (still attracting more 'Stuff'.
In the meantime we were taught about types of energy:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EEnMwkmZk
OK so now we are accumulating a large amount of matter which, as it flies in, is imparting its energy to the main mass as it joins it (my personal view of a part of how the earth's core could be so hot) add to that the pressure of all the extra bits that have joined the first two rocks all trying to join the centre of mass and we are having a wonderful time getting to get a very simplified version of how our planet was formed.
why would it be spherical? See below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF8aQHwcKN0
Same effect but on a massive scale.
OK that is just the start of what leads me to believe what I believe, but I hope that it demonstrated how the building blocks go together and the foundation of my Paradigm. I realise that you have to be open to the initial premises (even though you go back and prove them to yourself repeatedly), I am also aware that we are not all wired the same way, so we all have a different baseline of understanding, and the way we come to realise our thought processes and learning paths differ from person to person (please can I have a Matrix style input port installed).
What's my point? I am trying to be sympathetic to the people who are struggling to get a grip on what the planet they are existing on is about and how it works, some people do not want to admit that they are 'specks in space' as it leads them to believe that they are not special, but we are special and denying reality will not empower you to contribute to the program (Humanity 1.0) in fact it becomes a little chunk of Malware (Religion 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 also known as Yaweh 1, 2 and 3). Now if you are religious and are offended by that last statement, it was an attempt at humour, and should be treated as such, (Mathew 5.38).
Having watched some of the more thoughtful questions posed by flat earth proponents, one of them posed the question about craters on the moon always looking like they were caused by a perpendicular strike from Meteor/asteroid objects, that actually caused me to think about it and use their 'research' method YouTube.
I went to YouTube and typed in 'how do we explain circular craters on the moon', (30 seconds of my time, I'm a slow typist) and clicked on the top link, 11 minutes 32 seconds later, I had a very commendable explanation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCGWGJOUjHY&t=555s
What is wrong with that? I found the explanation perfectly rational and I watched a microscopic version of it happening and a video of it happening to the moon. OK thinks I, why would I not believe it? The only answer to that question that I could come up with is if I had enough of an agenda that would make me unwilling to accept it, even then would I be prepared to find some form of experiment (repeatable and convincing) that would prove/disprove it? (Cognitive bias) I find that many of the Flat Earth community who are sufficiently motivated to produce online content would more than likely not seek a reliable solution to this (due to it being contrary to their firmly held beliefs or liable to disrupt a cash flow from their online content (I suspect the latter is more prominent))
Hugs
I was thinking (I know a rare time in my life and a remarkable splodge on my calendar), if I was taught in my school (that's the normal place) the building blocks of my paradigm (how my universe is) and I was the one who pieced it all together (a clever trick by my teachers, making me think and link) then what value/values could I contribute by informing anyone who was even vaguely interested, my thought processes on the subject.
The history of when and where (I tend to link and time stamp my memories by remembering the situation that they occurred in, for instance, I remember that I was driving over the Pennines when I heard, on the radio, that Google had bought YouTube, I was on a course at the time therefore I timestamped it at the time of that particular course and it was November 2006, incidentally about the same time as Amy Winehouse releasing Rehab, I looked it up, just now, and I'm correct, I find this useful). Anyhow, I remember going to stay at my Grandparents when I was eleven, my Grandfather seemed to derive enjoyment from debate, he was always inquiring as to my state of education, and always trying to pick flaws in my argument. One of the discussions that we ended up having, was, after I had asserted that our thought process were just a result of electrical impulses. What happens when we die?
I asserted that the switch goes off, (what I would consider now as a no power state) blackness!
I was eleven. I have only recently recalled the conversation, and only recently reviewed it in its entirety (I know that we do lie to ourselves when we remember things, so I was trying my best to recall his reactions) I do recall him questioning my statement with a tinge of incredulity in his voice, wether it was against his paradigm or my youthfulness that caused this, I shall never know, nor will I know what exactly his belief systems led him to believe what happened when you die.
My point is this, I know that was the moment I realised what I believed.
So starting with the idea that I don't know how things work, and that I would like to. I was off on a journey that would lead to my understanding (I'm perfectly aware that my model probably has flaws and could do with being tweaked, or even that I could be 100% wrong)
Back to the physics thing, having been encouraged to perform the Cavendish experiment:-
https://www.school-for-champions.com/science/gravitation_cavendish_experiment.htm
For a visual of it and a bit of a hint as to the character of the man himself:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdiUoKa9Nw
In my head, I could imagine that there were lots of floating bits of rock hanging round doing nothing, two rocks would be mutually attracted (see the links above for details) and they would come together, this would make them doubly attractive to other rocks/small specks of matter and so the process would continue until you have a (what we would consider) a massive amount of matter (still attracting more 'Stuff'.
In the meantime we were taught about types of energy:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8EEnMwkmZk
OK so now we are accumulating a large amount of matter which, as it flies in, is imparting its energy to the main mass as it joins it (my personal view of a part of how the earth's core could be so hot) add to that the pressure of all the extra bits that have joined the first two rocks all trying to join the centre of mass and we are having a wonderful time getting to get a very simplified version of how our planet was formed.
why would it be spherical? See below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF8aQHwcKN0
Same effect but on a massive scale.
OK that is just the start of what leads me to believe what I believe, but I hope that it demonstrated how the building blocks go together and the foundation of my Paradigm. I realise that you have to be open to the initial premises (even though you go back and prove them to yourself repeatedly), I am also aware that we are not all wired the same way, so we all have a different baseline of understanding, and the way we come to realise our thought processes and learning paths differ from person to person (please can I have a Matrix style input port installed).
What's my point? I am trying to be sympathetic to the people who are struggling to get a grip on what the planet they are existing on is about and how it works, some people do not want to admit that they are 'specks in space' as it leads them to believe that they are not special, but we are special and denying reality will not empower you to contribute to the program (Humanity 1.0) in fact it becomes a little chunk of Malware (Religion 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 also known as Yaweh 1, 2 and 3). Now if you are religious and are offended by that last statement, it was an attempt at humour, and should be treated as such, (Mathew 5.38).
Having watched some of the more thoughtful questions posed by flat earth proponents, one of them posed the question about craters on the moon always looking like they were caused by a perpendicular strike from Meteor/asteroid objects, that actually caused me to think about it and use their 'research' method YouTube.
I went to YouTube and typed in 'how do we explain circular craters on the moon', (30 seconds of my time, I'm a slow typist) and clicked on the top link, 11 minutes 32 seconds later, I had a very commendable explanation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCGWGJOUjHY&t=555s
What is wrong with that? I found the explanation perfectly rational and I watched a microscopic version of it happening and a video of it happening to the moon. OK thinks I, why would I not believe it? The only answer to that question that I could come up with is if I had enough of an agenda that would make me unwilling to accept it, even then would I be prepared to find some form of experiment (repeatable and convincing) that would prove/disprove it? (Cognitive bias) I find that many of the Flat Earth community who are sufficiently motivated to produce online content would more than likely not seek a reliable solution to this (due to it being contrary to their firmly held beliefs or liable to disrupt a cash flow from their online content (I suspect the latter is more prominent))
Hugs
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