Circles Viewed From Above @icansciencethat

Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Is the horizon curved?
1) If the horizon is a circle AND
2) If the horizon drops below eye level THEN
3) The horizon is curved

Jump Ahead
0:00 Intro
0:18 Practical Demonstration with a Hula Hoop
1:08 3D Visualization
4:55 Summary
6:14 Questions

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$Relativity Redux (Airy, Michelson-Morley, and Michelson-Gale) The flat-Earthers are still trying to convince themselves that these classic ether experiments showed the Earth was stationary. I will highlight the original text from each experiment to show what they really said. I will show that none of these scientists ever concluded that - they didnt even mention the possibility. I will then evaluate whether or not we could interpret these results in the context of a flat, stationary Earth. SPOILER ALERT: the results are consistent with a rotating sphere. A lot of people find Einsteins Special Relativity hard to believe. These real-world experiments lead us to Relativity as the only rational explanation. jump ahead: @0:00 Intro @2:11 Movement of Earth through the ether @4:03 Airys Failure @12:53 Michelson-Morley @17:44 Rotation of Earth within the ether @18:46 Michelson-Gale @25:19 Rotating Ether on a Stationary, Flat Earth @27:29 Ether Does Not Work on a Stationary, Flat Earth @34:09 Ether Does Not Work on a Rotating, Spherical Earth in Stationary Ether @34:53 Summary (Ether Does Not Work, Earth is a Rotating Sphere, this leads us to Relativity) source material: Airys Failure: Proceedings of the Royal society of London, VOL20 (1871-1872) On a supposed alteration in the amount of Astronomical Aberration of Light, produced by the passage of Light through a considerable thickness of Refracting Medium. By George Biddell Airy, C.B. Astronomer Royal. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56114d/f79.table Michelson-Morley: American Journal of Science (Third Series) Vol. XXXIV No. 203-November 1887 On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Liminiferous Ether. by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley. https://history.aip.org/exhibits/gap/PDF/michelson.pdf Michelson-Gale: Astrophysical Journal, vol. 61, April 1925 The Effect of the Earths Rotation on the Velocity of Light, II. by A. A. Michelson and Henry G. Gale Assisted by Fred Pearson. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1925ApJ....61..140M Errors: @12:54 I say, ...late 1900s. I should have said, ...late 19th century. or, ...late 1800s. Duh... the date is right there on the slide.$

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