But it would get the light continuously, 24 hours a day, rather than only during the daytime. Also, the sun would never set in the north pole. Or, maybe it would never rise?
it looks like this:
the light spot is spinning around the center throughout the day
the light spot is spinning around the center throughout the day
Still shines disproportionately on the center, because of the energy/area. The outer ice wall makes a degree of sense, because the volume of area is so much larger than the radiation it receives. But the compressed interior space is getting far more energy by area, even if it exists at the edge of the spotlight. Areas closer to the center of the map should be, on average, much warmer than at the periphery.
I fucking love science btw
Definitely fun for thought experiments like this, even if they are fucking bonkers on their face.
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
of course it’d still make no sense in several other aspects, like the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun’s path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
I mean, you’d make it closer to the real model, sure. But this is just “epicycles” for Flat-Earthers. Yeah, it solves the immediate math problem, but now you’re left asking “Why does the sun wiggle like that?”
the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun’s path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
Even bigger than that, you gotta start asking what the Sun is made of and why this burning mass is hanging at the proper distance from the earth’s surface? The nice thing about modern physical models is that you can not only perfectly chart the sun’s changes, but apply the physics behind the Sun’s existence to the problems of terrestrial energy production. The only time the Bible has ever been used to meet domestic energy needs is during a book burning.
Even bigger than that, you gotta start asking what the Sun is made of and why this burning mass is hanging at the proper distance from the earth’s surface?
you could ask the same about the actual reality we live in though
I’m pro-religion-as-a-source-of-history although I know it has its limits/there’s a lot of 2000-year-old political bullshit baked in, not to mention emotional epiphanies that could be literally construed as “LSD dream spirits” etc. It’s still the closest available thing to a written history of the “prehistoric” world
it looks like this:
the light spot is spinning around the center throughout the day
I fucking love science btw
Still shines disproportionately on the center, because of the energy/area. The outer ice wall makes a degree of sense, because the volume of area is so much larger than the radiation it receives. But the compressed interior space is getting far more energy by area, even if it exists at the edge of the spotlight. Areas closer to the center of the map should be, on average, much warmer than at the periphery.
Definitely fun for thought experiments like this, even if they are fucking bonkers on their face.
I think if you introduced another layer of complexity with the sun oscillating in the r-direction (closer to the arctic during the north hemisphere summer and closer to the antarctic during the south hemisphere summer) it would make physical sense in that regard
of course it’d still make no sense in several other aspects, like the fact that we have discrete sunsets/rises instead of the sun just gradually fading into darkness, and also the fact that the sun’s path is an arc (these are actually the same point kinda)
I mean, you’d make it closer to the real model, sure. But this is just “epicycles” for Flat-Earthers. Yeah, it solves the immediate math problem, but now you’re left asking “Why does the sun wiggle like that?”
Even bigger than that, you gotta start asking what the Sun is made of and why this burning mass is hanging at the proper distance from the earth’s surface? The nice thing about modern physical models is that you can not only perfectly chart the sun’s changes, but apply the physics behind the Sun’s existence to the problems of terrestrial energy production. The only time the Bible has ever been used to meet domestic energy needs is during a book burning.
you could ask the same about the actual reality we live in though
I’m pro-religion-as-a-source-of-history although I know it has its limits/there’s a lot of 2000-year-old political bullshit baked in, not to mention emotional epiphanies that could be literally construed as “LSD dream spirits” etc. It’s still the closest available thing to a written history of the “prehistoric” world