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"New Copernican Revolution"?

rainman84 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:18:26 -0800

potentially habitable planets and vindication for Pluto? Yesterday in Boston scientists at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) discussed how the Kuiper Belt in which the dwarf planet Pluto (formerly known as the the planet Pluto) resides may have Earth- and Mars- sized planets. They also chatted about the prevalence of habitable planets in the universe.

Copernicus, shmopernicus.

desjardins — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:54:13 -0800

The Flat Earth Society considers the notion of a round earth to be a conspiracy. Flat earthers turn to the Bible to support their claims. A map of the flat earth (oddly similar to the UN logo), where

N is the central open sea, I, the circular wall or barrier of ice, L, the masses of land tending southwards, W, the "waters of the great deep," surrounding the land, S, the southern boundary of ice, and D, the outer gloom and darkness, in which the material world is lost to human perception.

A 3D view of the Zetetic universe.
You know who else thought the earth was round?

Golden Ratios

digaman — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:21:30 -0800

Did the roof of the Pantheon influence Copernicus? Are the planets of the solar system aligned in accordance with a nearly-forgotten hypothesis known (unfairly) as Bode's Law? A fascinating wide-ranging discussion on BLDGBLOG with Walter Murch, the visionary editor and sound designer for such films as The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, THX1138, and many others. [Murch's film work has previously been discussed here and here.]