Vidya Moksha Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:49 am
Seashore wrote:
Of course, Pollack is not questioning whether or not the earth spins.
But I'm hoping that his upcoming talk may include some information about the spin that may shed some light on our discussion here.
most people treat this subject with derision. Those that actually look, rather than adopt a long held and continually reinforced notion, see that something is not quite right. Even if the earth is round, and even if it is spinning, it highlights shortcomings in current physical theories and laws, many held since Newton's days...
the problem is that once these fundamental man made laws are accepted there is licence to build castles on sand, and the basic assumptions may not be challenged. In the physics forum i posted above, they wont entertain the notion of a non-spinning earth for a second, in fact they actively discourage such talk. When they realise they are on a sticky wicket in terms of their theories they either go quiet or just claim that you cant be suggesting, for a second, that the earth is not spinning.. that is just heresy.