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"One Hundred Proofs Earth is Not a Globe." Number 34, in that issue,
"If the Earth were a globe, there certainly would be -- if we could imagine the thing, to be peopled all around-'antipodes:' 'people who,' says the dictionary, 'living exactly on the opposite side of the globe to ourselves, having their fee [sic] opposite to ours' - people who are HANGING DOWN, HEAD DOWNWARDS while we are standing head up? But since the theory allows to travel to those parts of the earth where the people are said to hand head downward, and still to fancy ourselves to be heads upwards, and our friends whom we have left behind us to be heads downwards, it follows that the WHOLE THING IS A MYTH - A DREAM - A DELUSION - and a snare, and, instead of there being any evidence at all in this direction to substantiate this popular theory, it is plain proof that the Earth is Not A Globe."
Now imagine that when the thought of flat earth was on everyones minds what if they were not living in 3d but rather viewing life in 2d or 1d.
I am not saying the earth is flat.
originally posted by: deadeyedick
Now imagine that when the thought of flat earth was on everyones minds what if they were not living in 3d but rather viewing life in 2d or 1d. It could then make the theory true that an edge of earth could be present in that reality.
That is all. Thank you
originally posted by: skalla
a reply to: deadeyedick
Hmm, the way it thought it worked was that the fourth dimension was time.
originally posted by: deadeyedick
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
I am not saying the earth is flat. I admit that we live in 3d right now.
What would the earth look like if you were viewing it in 1d or 2d?
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: deadeyedick
Now imagine that when the thought of flat earth was on everyones minds what if they were not living in 3d but rather viewing life in 2d or 1d.
So, if they were living in 1d they wouldn't know any directions at all and if they were living in 2d they would know left, right, forward and backward (in various combinations) but not up and down.
Makes perfect sense. But I think they did know those other directions (up and down). Because they built like, Stonehenge and pyramids and stuff.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
originally posted by: deadeyedick
Now imagine that when the thought of flat earth was on everyones minds what if they were not living in 3d but rather viewing life in 2d or 1d. It could then make the theory true that an edge of earth could be present in that reality.
That is all. Thank you
If we were living in a 2D universe, then the Earth would be flat -- but even much flatter than you described.
It wouldn't be simply "not a sphere", but it would be a true 2D surface, meaning nothing would have any height -- there would be no trees, hills, valleys, buildings, or even any people who have any height whatsoever. There would be no birds in the sky, nor would there be a sky for the birds. There would be no up or down. There would only be forward, backward, and sideways.
originally posted by: roadgravel
I am not saying the earth is flat.
Probably should have used different wording the thread title.