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Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, better known as BoB, American rapper and music producer, believes that the Earth is flat, according to recent tweets from his account.
No Child Left Behind? Well, it would seem that this one was.
This just goes to show that one does not require an IQ larger than that of a thumb tack to make it in the entertainment industry.
Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, better known as BoB, American rapper and music producer, believes that the Earth is flat, according to recent tweets from his account.
I like to watch out for the ISS as it flys over head in the early morning hours. If you get a chance to see it you will think it flys at different pathways as it flys over head. If you were to track it on NASA's site on your phone or device the pathway looks as if the ISS is traveling in a pattern that has it flying East moving from the north to the south and back to the north again. You would almost think that the ISS is moving. The ISS follows a single pathway as it moves around the Earth. If continues to fly in one direction as it circles the Earth. What we are seeing when you see the line of travel on a map is caused because the Earth is in fact round and not only that, the earth is tilted at what 26+ degrees. I think.
I know a few people this stupid and they don't vote. They say "it doesn't matter" which party is in power. Which, IMHO, is just as ignorant as Mr. BoB's ideas about the earth. The saddest thing is, most of them are proud of their stupidity.
At least he won't be punished like in the old days when someone mentioned earth goes around the Sun instead of Sun.
Have you read Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design? He talks about this.
"A few years ago the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls. The measure's sponsor explained the measure in part by saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?
The goldfish view is not the same as our own, but goldfish could still formulate scientific laws governing the motion of the objects they observe outside their bowl. For example, due to the distortion, a freely moving object would be observed by the goldfish to move along a curved path. Nevertheless, the goldfish could formulate laws from their distorted frame of reference that would always hold true. Their laws would be more complicated than the laws in our frame, but simplicity is a matter of taste.
A famous example of different pictures of reality is the model introduced around A.D. 150 by Ptolemy (ca. 85–ca. 165) to describe the motion of the celestial bodies. Ptolemy published his work in a treatise explaining reasons for thinking that the earth is spherical, motionless, positioned at the center of the universe, and negligibly small in comparison to the distance of the heavens.
This model seemed natural because we don't feel the earth under our feet moving (except in earthquakes or moments of passion). Ptolemy's model of the cosmos was adopted by the Catholic Church and held as official doctrine for fourteen hundred years. It was not until 1543 that an alternative model was put forward by Copernicus. So which is real? Although it is not uncommon for people to say Copernicus proved Ptolemy wrong, that is not true. As in the case of the goldfish, one can use either picture as a model of the universe. The real advantage of the Copernican system is that the mathematics is much simpler in the frame of reference in which the sun is at rest."
Have you read Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design? He talks about this.
"A few years ago the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls. The measure's sponsor explained the measure in part by saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?
The goldfish view is not the same as our own, but goldfish could still formulate scientific laws governing the motion of the objects they observe outside their bowl. For example, due to the distortion, a freely moving object would be observed by the goldfish to move along a curved path. Nevertheless, the goldfish could formulate laws from their distorted frame of reference that would always hold true. Their laws would be more complicated than the laws in our frame, but simplicity is a matter of taste.
A famous example of different pictures of reality is the model introduced around A.D. 150 by Ptolemy (ca. 85–ca. 165) to describe the motion of the celestial bodies. Ptolemy published his work in a treatise explaining reasons for thinking that the earth is spherical, motionless, positioned at the center of the universe, and negligibly small in comparison to the distance of the heavens.
This model seemed natural because we don't feel the earth under our feet moving (except in earthquakes or moments of passion). Ptolemy's model of the cosmos was adopted by the Catholic Church and held as official doctrine for fourteen hundred years. It was not until 1543 that an alternative model was put forward by Copernicus. So which is real? Although it is not uncommon for people to say Copernicus proved Ptolemy wrong, that is not true. As in the case of the goldfish, one can use either picture as a model of the universe. The real advantage of the Copernican system is that the mathematics is much simpler in the frame of reference in which the sun is at rest."
While I quite enjoy that demonstration of the concept of "no privileged reference frame" - and it is very clever - I don't think the shape of the Earth can be held to have the same sort of debatable status?
There's no observation point from which you can reasonably argue that the Earth is anything but spherical. The topological data just do not bear it out in any mathematical system.
While I quite enjoy that demonstration of the concept of "no privileged reference frame" - and it is very clever - I don't think the shape of the Earth can be held to have the same sort of debatable status?
There's no observation point from which you can reasonably argue that the Earth is anything but spherical. The topological data just do not bear it out in any mathematical system.
Totally. I was just referencing the idea that the sun moves around the earth that was mentioned. Aside from the clear fact that no one ever falls off the dang thing.
This is actually kinda sad. If you've ever listened to his music, he's actually pretty smart. He takes an analytical approach to rapping. But this...this is just completely misguided and stupid. Don't think I can listen to him anymore.
Inl don't wqnt his "music" anywhere near my ears...
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