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- glinsvad, on 06/05/2009, -0/+60Life expectancy of a 21st century scientist in the 16th century: Not long.
* Statistically corrected for higher suicide rates due to lack of internet and coffee. - inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+45It was a difficult argument to make.
"Oh, the sun is stationary, and we are flying around it? Well then how come IT moves in the sky?"
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"We're spinning now too? Gee, it must be reeeeeal easy to win an argument when you can just MAKE ***** UP." - banderwocky, on 06/05/2009, -4/+46Is it really that different now?
- budgeysmuggler, on 06/06/2009, -0/+26http://abstrusegoose.com/155
cute. - basickly, on 06/06/2009, -0/+18It's comedic timing. Not saying it is or isn't funny, but that is the purpose of the extra frames repeating essentially the same thing. This is not an uncommon technique in comedy.
Soooooo... - adeelarshad82, on 06/05/2009, -3/+17best 1600 A.D Comic Ever!!!! [well don't think there are many options anyway]
- LeadStripes, on 06/06/2009, -1/+15By 1600 it had already been known for centuries that the earth was round and not flat. But heliocentricity is another story.
- leitey, on 06/06/2009, -0/+7Lol. Basically, there's an idea that things are funniest the third time you say them. So, the comment was repeated 3 times.
In the comic, I think the panels work well, to emphasize the "are you serious?!" tone in the man with the torch's voice. You can't convey the tone of his voice with text, but I think the repetition works. - inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+7What's even more ***** up is that humans are organisms that are made up of a bunch of smaller organisms. I still don't even get how that works. Okay, so millions of cells help me think. But how the ***** do those cells do that? Must have been the hardest thing to explain for the first time.
- burningrobot, on 06/06/2009, -1/+6You know the funny? What is it?
- Ultramagnus0001, on 06/06/2009, -2/+6http://abstrusegoose.com/150
- comeanon, on 06/06/2009, -1/+5dugg for binky79 comment at bottom
- atmenterprises, on 06/06/2009, -1/+4And the book of Job in the Holy Bible tells us that the earth hangs on nothing and Isaiah says the planet is a sphere. I don't know why the Catholic church was so against this so-called "heresy". It's right there in the Word of God!
- rahsut, on 06/07/2009, -0/+3i think he means that it too is moving along with the rest of the galaxy
- peteyb1313, on 06/06/2009, -1/+4the sun isnt stationary silly goose
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+3The bigger problem was people saying that the Earth orbited the sun, rather than that the sun orbited the Earth. According to the church's official interpretation, the Earth was the center of the universe, and so people got in trouble for contradicting the church on that.
- drummerman109, on 06/06/2009, -0/+3http://www.duggback.com/comics_animation/1600_A_D_ ...
- SirBruce, on 06/06/2009, -0/+3The Bible also talks about the "four corners" of the Earth and that Jesus went up on a mountain high enough he could see the entire world -- two things which directly contradict the notion the planet is a sphere.
- sageerrant, on 06/06/2009, -0/+3All the way down.
- CleoQKazoo, on 06/06/2009, -0/+3I was feeling it until the reddit part. im loyal to my digg
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2To be clear, the controversy wasn't over whether or not the Earth was a sphere. It was over the heliocentric theory, as during the middle ages the Catholic church took a firm stance that the Earth was the center of the universe, not the sun.
- Bic823, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2I like turtles.
- TSK05, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2(A note in that although I said the sun would move around in the sky even if we orbit around it without spin, I did not mean to imply the night and day would be like they are today, only that the sun would still move in the sky.)
- TSK05, on 06/07/2009, -0/+2Ah, yes, true. But with respect to the center of our solar system, the sun is nearly stationary (with the exception of that small orbit I mentioned). The sun's velocity with respect to the center of the galaxy is not any more valid than its velocity with respect to the solar system, so the guy was not wrong in saying that "Oh, the sun is stationary."
- lodeswrath, on 06/07/2009, -0/+2science still doesnt know exactly how that works...
but we will, eventually - 408train, on 06/06/2009, -1/+3lol silly heretics
- brainflakes, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2Probably not that many, it had been well known that that the earth was a sphere since ancient greek times
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth
Eratosthenes even calculated the size of the earth in 240 BC.
It's a complete myth that Cristopher Columbus set sail to prove the earth was round, everyone already knew it and even relied on the fact for navigation. - SirBruce, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2The Bible also talks about the "four corners" of the Earth and that Jesus went up on a mountain high enough he could see the entire world -- two things which directly contradict the notion the planet is a sphere.
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2You know, religion has a long, established history of being wrong about science. But despite being repeatedly wrong, this time, regarding evolution vs creationism, they've got it right? All I can say is I'm glad the Catholics and most of the mainstream Protestant churches have finally seemed to figure it out, now if only everyone else could get with the frickin' program.
- gabrielgonzalez, on 06/06/2009, -0/+2Thats very true. I dont know why people insist on believing faked stories about history. Everyone knew that so its very difficult to believe that only religious people didnt believe because they were stubborn and their beliefs didnt permit them to do that. Its ludicrous.
- realeiger, on 06/06/2009, -0/+1Certainly true. Ironically, Columbus did have a major disagreement with the court cosmographers of Castile. However, it was not over whether the earth was spherical; as you rightly point out they all believed that. Rather, they felt he had miscalculated the size of the earth and hence the distance to Asia. They felt the earth was much larger than he was allowing and hence, unless there was something between Europe and Asia there was no way he could make it to Asia alive.
Of course, they were right and he was wrong. Luckily for him, America was between Europe and Asia. - pygmy, on 06/06/2009, -3/+4abstrusegoose should burn at the stake for crimes against humor.
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -2/+3i wonder how many people have actually been burned at the stake in their pursuit of trying to prove earths spherical nature
- allisonaxe, on 06/06/2009, -1/+2it bothers me that this webcomic is just another lame xkcd ripoff. also, it REALLY bothers me how, much of the time, the author doesn't even bother to draw bodies or more than one arm (example: http://abstrusegoose.com/156 ) no, its not a "style," you're already doing minimal stick figure-esque drawings. if you're just drawing crappy stick figure people, at least flesh it out.
i miss creativity. - j0etb, on 06/06/2009, -0/+1... and down.
Reflective device? - darthjure, on 06/06/2009, -2/+3I liked it, but I would have liked it more without the cussing. That really didn't add anything, but now I can't show it to people who otherwise would have enjoyed it.
- ELiTe185, on 06/06/2009, -0/+1Fails. Anyone got another?
- Logicexe, on 06/06/2009, -0/+1Oh you're right, I misinterpreted what you were saying. I was imaging a stationary Earth with the sun revolving around it once every 24 hours like in the old geostationary models. I misread your post.
- AReallyGoodName, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1Get over it.
http://abstrusegoose.com/25 - Logicexe, on 06/06/2009, -0/+1Why would the day night cycle look any different though? I get what you're saying about the changes in seasons but why would the day night cycle be different?
You can fix the seasonal cycle though. Just make the Sun orbit at a constantly changing angle that mimics the effects of our axis. It's no more bizarre than all the epicycles the geostationary model was full of before it was trashed. - TSK05, on 06/06/2009, -0/+1I believe the night/day cycle would look different because if the Earth is not spinning at all and only moving around the sun then you'd get roughly a half year (or perhaps 3 months) night and a half year day due to the fact that it's stationary with respect to the sun (it's kind of like why the moon has to spin to be tidally locked). If the Earth does not spin but just orbits then any given spot would roughly face the sun for 3 months at a time. But I might be having a brain fart; if I am not thinking this through then feel free to give me your logic.
As for your second paragraph's first two sentences: I don't know about that. - Halsfield, on 06/06/2009, -1/+1Was anyone else expecting him to light the fire at the end?
Also, did this really need that many panels? Seems like they could have gotten the same message/joke across in about 3-4. Not the greatest comic but certainly beats most of the "B.C." comics. - TSK05, on 06/06/2009, -1/+1Yes, it has an orbit but it's extremely small, I don't think it was detectable in the 1600's.
- basickly, on 06/06/2009, -0/+0Hehe. I got it, I was just joking.
- lobasuu, on 06/06/2009, -2/+2Not to mention that ALL the panels are the same friggin scene.
- atmenterprises, on 06/06/2009, -2/+2"Religion" has a long history of being wrong about many things - the Crusades, Catholic church cover-ups of sexual abuse, etc. However, in this case, the Bible (specifically the books of Job and Isaiah) clearly says the earth hangs on nothing and that it is a sphere. While no one clearly knows when the book of Job was written, estimates range from 1600 BC to 200 BC.
So the Bible wasn't wrong, to sum it up. Unfortunately even the "religious" don't read their Bibles like they should. - Chooxo, on 06/06/2009, -2/+1I try not to think too hard about how absolutely ridiculous our situation is.
- Kalior, on 06/06/2009, -2/+1this is maybe my favorite digg comment ever
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