Before I start, I would like to thank everyone who participated and put up with my noobish technical skills. We had disagreements along the way, but they were all respectful disagreements. Users in chat asked some interesting questions which I did my best to answer. One offtopie played with me through most of the stream (special thanks to you), and answered what doubtlessly must have felt like strange questions. Also, I was privileged to have a particularly interesting discussion with one of you towards the end of the stream (26:09min on linked video) about helicopters. Specifically, we debated why - if the earth is round and spinning - the ground does not rotate beneath a hovering chopper. While I still think choppers disprove a round earth, the user I debated was knowledgeable and had some compelling questions. Thank you sir.
It is my hope that this weekly stream will become, above all else, a nexus point for honest questions and honest inquiry. I want us all to question [b]why we [i]think[/i] we know what we know.[/b] Only then can we begin to have real knowledge and solid opinions. But remember, you guys make the journey possible: I just ask the questions...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pItTGALrS08
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2 min in and already find a problem with your theory. You say the earth is accelerating upwards at 9.8 m/s and that when we jump, we are just hovering and the earth actually moves up to us. The problem with this is simple. Every bird, bug, airplane, or anything that flies would also have to be moving upwards at 9.8 m/s otherwise the earth would move up to them. So, not only would they be having to fly upwards at 9.8 m/s (approx 22 mph) but also in the lateral or vertical direction of their flightpath. I guarantee you won't have an intelligent response to this conundrum.