When a flat Earther tells you that water cannot curve
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Just as suspicions about the world being flat could also be wrong, as well as our current understanding of weight only acting downward.
Precisely!
Correct, which is why suspicion, aka belief, must always be identified and excised if you wish to be even remotely capable of objective study (of anything).
That is more or less demonstrable - aka, a law. However weight doesn't act in any direction necessarily - it is just an intrinsic property of matter. Wether that weight is directed down, up, or neither is defined by its relationship to the media it displaces.
And that is precisely the reason we don't research the "cube earth". Looks like you have, and now understand, your answer.
Is it fair to say then that you simply believe that the world is not a globe?
In your own perspective, yes. But it's just a belief that it applies universally in all environments, unless you've been there.
Well, no, because I was asking about you, specifically. Not the royal you. I understand why "we" don't, but not why "you" don't.
As i keep telling you, i work very hard (and it is central to flat earth research, as well as necessary for the chance at objective study of any kind) not to believe anything!
I used to believe the world was spherical, just as we all were raised to from childhood. Now i no longer believe that, and through my research have concluded that based on the scientific laws (i.e. repeated observation/measurement) that spherical is not a possible shape for it. Cubic, as you mentioned - is possible, but spherical is not (i.e. the spherical earth posit is unscientific / unempirical)
No, in reality! Who cares what can be demonstrated in a perspective/imagination? I care what can be demonstrated in reality. In reality, we can trivially demonstrate that weight is not always a force that points downwards. We can also demonstrate that it is intrinsic to the matter itself, and there is no possible matter without weight.
It is established the same way everything in scientific law is - repeated observation/measurement. It is true that the laws of nature may be different at some wacky location but - until and unless we can get there to measure that wacky difference - the principle of uniformitarianism is a given and a pillar of science. You may believe that things happen differently elsewhere or under some special circumstance, but until you confirm it through observation/measurement - it's just belief.
It is true, however - that science is always provisional and subject to change (often extreme change) as new data is collected. The foundation of uniformitarianism, on which science is built, is a speculative posit, i agree - however, it has been a largely valuable one.
Science can only make partial positive statements, never absolute ones. When i say the surface of the earth can't be spherical, it is due to the laws of nature that we established on its surface.
You mean the royal we? You were only asking me, and i was only responding to you. My answers are my own.
You asked why i don't study the "cube earth". I answered that question for myself, and cannot speak for anyone else. You said "exactly", indicating that you now understand why i don't. Are you still misunderstanding something?
I am a part of we, my friend!
But you could be wrong, that's all I'm saying. You suspect that the earth cannot be spherical, but your suspicions could be wrong due to misunderstandings of the laws of nature
Can you explain a bit why one is more possible than the other?
It's your limited view of reality. You can demonstrate how objects may behave in ultra-deep water, for example, but until you yourself have been in ultra deep water, you will never know for sure.
And vice versa! You may believe your own observations are universal, but until you've been in areas where there may be key environment changes, it's just belief.
We meaning who? Just you? Because when you use the term "the laws of nature," you may have your own unique view on it vs others.
Only why you wrote the answers as the royal we, when I asked a question to you, specifically. To me, it's like you're not answering the question.
I asked why you don't research the cube earth, and you responded "That's why we don't research "the cube earth""
Who is we?