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From: madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage,alt.flame
Subject: Re: The flat earth
Keywords: platygaeanism,creationism,astroloy
Message-ID: <17269@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 10 Dec 87 21:37:25 GMT
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Reply-To: madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost)
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In article <3838@uwmcsd1.UUCP> len@csd4.milw.wisc.edu.UUCP (Leonard P Levine) writes:
>In article <17127@bu-cs.BU.EDU> madd@buita.UUCP (Jim Frost) writes:
[proving the earth is round via measurements from different areas]
>Sorry, Jim, although I am not a flat earther, the same data can be 
>interpreted by assuming a flat earth, and locating the sun close to
>the earth.

Yea, you're right.  Didn't think of that.  However, you could always
time sunsets at different places using a universal clock.  They would
be roughly the same using a flat earth theory (although it would be
interesting to know where the sun goes at night) while they'd vary
considerably with a round earth.

Looking forward to someone showing me how you could get the same
results with a flat earth....

tiny jim
madd@bu-it.bu.edu
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