On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:39:18 GMT, "flint"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:29:37 GMT, "flint"
wrote:

Humans didn't have the ability to measure the curve of the surface of the
Earth until the Arabs did it in the early dark ages. Does that mean the
world was flat until they figured out how to measure it???

Really? Eratosthenes has already measured the diameter of the Earth
pretty accurately in the third century BC. And well before that the
curvature was known and estimated - albeit approximately.

Of course the flat earthers are still out there. There are plenty to
be found in the land of high-end audio.

d

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The Arabs were almost right on the money when they calculated the
circumference of the Earth, but you are right about Eratosthenes. However,
my argument still holds that simply not being able to measure something is a
poor argument for something not being there.

- FLINT

I think the point is that as soon as anybody knew there was something
(earth's diameter) that needed measuring, they set about doing it and
pretty soon got close. In audio, the differences that supposedly exist
often magically go away as soon as you do anything that looks even
halfway objective. And they vanish totally when a measurement happens.
It is not that they are there, but not measurable, but they are not
measurable because they are figments.

You can bet that if the world was in fact flat, but some people had
suggested it was round, the measurements would have happened just as
quickly, and verified the flatness just as quickly. Absence of
measurements supporting differences is a good indication that they are
in all probability not there.

d

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