Tuesday, November 8, 2016

The Earth is a Great Cubicuboctahedron

The Flat Earth Society is a group of humans who have cleverly discovered that the earth is not round, but in fact flat. This may seem contrary to what the government has indoctrinated you with, but the evidence presented is pretty damning of the idea that our world is round. Reasons for this include the fact that you can't see the curvature of the earth on flat ground, and many circumnavigation attempts that ended tragically when the ships were never seen again. It seems pretty clear to Flat Earthers (FEs) that they went off the edge of the earth. Other successful attempts were of course, fraudulent.

There is certainly wisdom behind this logic, but the conclusion is not quite correct.

Our world is certainly not round, simple logic dictates that. But it is not one flat plane, either. It is in fact many flat planes. The earth is a great cubicuboctohedron.

For those unfamiliar with the term, a great cubicuboctohedron is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, one which has 20 faces, and 24 vertices.

This is, in fact, a common formation in space, naturally formed by interstellar gas, and is actually the most efficient shape in the known universe. Gene Roddenberry seemed cognizant of this fact when he designed the fleet operated by the Borg.

With this knowledge, a lot of FES claims still hold up pretty well. There still is no curvature, land appears flat because it is.

This does make it possible, albeit perilous, to circumnavigate the earth. The key is changing planes at the correct location, where 2 planes meet rather than 3 planes. You see, that sharp corner formed by 3 planes will impale your boat like a toothpick through a giant, boat-shaped rueben. 2 planes, however, can be navigated safely with caution.

As far as FE's idea that the sun revolves around the earth, that is of course complete hogwash. Everyone knows the sun is just a giant flashlight floating in the sky created by the United States Democratic Party.

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