JMac
Here is another water level observation. Please review the evidence I have provided here and come to your own conclusion. All feedback is welcome. Please be civil and logical. Thank you.
updated 7 years ago
Believers in either of these positions will assert that their belief in the shape of the earth has been proven. For them this may be true. For me I have yet to find proof that was 100% incontrovertible. Something that I knew was authentic, accurate and proved the shape of the earth with total certainty. My quest is to find that proof. Some people may say that this is foolish. I don't care. For me it is fun to come at a seemingly complex debate from a 100% neutral position and try to find the answer on my own through direct experience. I am doing this only because it is fun. If it was not I would not do it.
This is probably the 20th or 30th test I have done. I have been out on lakes, on the ocean, in the desert, and in the mountains doing lots of tests. Unfortunately many of the tests I have done ended up not being suitable for video or photos. Usually what happens is the distant objects are almost not visible with my recording equipment but I am barely able to see them with me eyes. Also many of my tests have taken longer to set up than anticipated and darkness fell upon me before I could get the shot. But I have been out there doing a lot of observations. I've also watched virtually every single observational video on flat earth in existence trying to educate myself and get ideas for designing my own tests.
I hope you enjoy this video. With this new water level system I have had much more flexibility in where I can do my tests and I have collected a lot of data that is all in raw form now waiting to be edited. I will be uploading more videos soon. All of which are producing similar results. I can tell you honestly I am consistently seeing evidence for curvature. At least that's what it looks like to me. I have also put a good amount of time into researching both perspective and refraction and still I can not explain these observations on a flat earth.
Feel free to leave comments and logically challenge any of my data or opinions. As I have stated repeatedly I do not care what the shape of the earth is. I don't care if I'm wrong. I don't care if I'm right. I don't care if the earth is flat. I don't care if the earth is a globe. I ONLY WANT THE TRUTH delivered to me through my own direct observations and analysis. And I'm willing to be challenged and corrected on any point. I read all comments thoroughly. I may take time to understand them and integrate them but my goal is to do just that.
Thanks for stopping by.
I will also delete all comments that attempt to draw me into any debates or arguments about other "flat earth" related topics that are not DIRECTLY covered in my video. I am focused on one thing and one thing only and that is to either validate or invalidate the evidence I have collected and presented.
If you want to argue with someone about the ISS, the southern cross, or any other "flat earth" topics please take it somewhere else. I am not interested AT ALL. I will delete challenge comments that are not directly challenging my data with countervailing data. And again as this is my video I am the arbiter of whether or not you are presenting a legitimate challenge.
Don't get me wrong. I want to be challenged. In fact I am actively looking for some piece of data that will debunk my observation. I want to see it. I want to be challenged with relevant data but I will not argue or be drawn into petty drama like I see ALL OVER flat earth video comments. I am and always have been incapable of functioning at the level arguing and drama. It's not going to happen so don't even bother trying.
And now... about me and the process of making this video and my related thoughts about it.
My love of truth and love of the pursuit of truth compelled me to conduct this experiment and produce this video.
I find the evidence I collected to be very convincing. In fact I find no way to interpret this data other than to say that it clearly supports the conclusion that the earth is flat. Yet if you were to ask me if I believe the earth is flat my answer would be “I don't know" because at this point I truly do not know what I believe. I am fully aware of what this evidence is pointing to and yet my mind seems unable to firmly settle on the belief that the earth is flat. Maybe this is due to a lifetime of being told that I live on a globe flying through space.
As of now, the day I will upload this video, I am in still in a state of suspense not knowing what to believe. I do trust my own eyes and the evidence I collected but I want more. If I had one wish relating to flat earth it would be that fifty replications of this test be carried out by fifty different individuals or groups of people around the world and that the corresponding fifty videos be produced and uploaded onto Youtube presenting the evidence collected.
And I wouldn’t stop there. I’d wish for new tests to be developed that were easy to understand, concise, and conclusive methods of measuring the shape of the surface of the earth. These new tests would also be carried out by individuals or groups of people around the world and the corresponding videos would also be produced and uploaded onto Youtube presenting the evidence collected.
If I could see many repeats of the test I conducted as well as the presentations of many other tests and all of them clearly pointed to the exact same conclusion that my test points to then maybe my mind would feel comfortable enough to settle on the belief that the earth is flat.
I think what I’m trying to say is I’m not really interested in a belief system. I’m not interested in proof that takes me ninety nine percent of the way there and then it’s up to me to make that last one percent leap of faith or belief. I want one hundred percent irrefutable proof so I do not have to adopt a new belief system. I want to know. Maybe that’s not possible. Maybe the evidence I collected and presented in this video is enough proof. I’m not sure. As of now I really don’t know what to believe.