Re: Greatest hoax ever
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:09 pm
so canute stopping the tides is fake news!Ras wrote:
The tides are in fact effects of a secret weapon system of the US Navy
so canute stopping the tides is fake news!Ras wrote:
The tides are in fact effects of a secret weapon system of the US Navy
https://wiki.tfes.org/Frequently_Asked_QuestionsMichael Sherwin wrote:I guess this is not off topic since it is in the poll, lol. On Dec 20,21 every year the southern tip of Argentina receives 17+ hours of continuous daylight. On the flat earth model that is absolutely impossible. And yet on a spherical earth it is not only possible it is expected and observed. .
It has always been because the whole point of the anecdote was that the king did not control the tide (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide ). I mean, how would any king have commanded the US Navy anyway?duncan wrote:so canute stopping the tides is fake news!
what I meant was that it is commonly believed that the story was recorded in the 12th century, but since there were no tides then as there was no usa navy. it must be that the usa planted the false dating.Ras wrote:It has always been because the whole point of the anecdote was that the king did not control the tide (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide ). I mean, how would any king have commanded the US Navy anyway?duncan wrote:so canute stopping the tides is fake news!
There's no proof for this claim because absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Besides, this is touching classified knowledge.duncan wrote:as there was no usa navy.
or even flat-earth warming ...Paul Bedrey wrote:Global Warming.