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THE GRAVITATIONAL DILEMMA

A speculative flat Earth disc suspended in space, with the Moon below its plane.
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If we were to entertain the potentiality of the modern Flat Earth consensus, the question arises as to whether the center of gravity of a giraffe in nature would warrant a threat to its survival by natural selection through the expected pull off the surface as a result of its collective weight distribution and gravitational drag off of its surface.

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I have read the gravity section on Expose Giraffes twice and the replies I find keep arguing about whether people have seen one. That is not what the section is asking.

They are saying the animal is built the wrong way for the surface it stands on. A picture of it standing there does not explain how it stays there.

If we were to entertain the potentiality of the modern Flat Earth consensus, the question arises as to whether the center of gravity of a giraffe in nature would warrant a threat to its survival by natural selection through the expected pull off the surface as a result of its collective weight distribution and gravitational drag off of its surface.

The Gravitational Dilemma · Expose Giraffes
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rustred
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People answer this with pictures of horses as though a horse has the same amount of neck above it.

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metricsea
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You need to include the legs too. That is where most of the height comes from.

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wrenched
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Yes. The whole thing. I am not just comparing necks.

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sidechannel
Collapse or expand reply by sidechannel

The original page never says which direction the pull is supposed to be. It would help to draw it.

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wrenched
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Off the surface. It says that in the paragraph.

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nailbrush
Collapse or expand reply by nailbrush

That can mean over the edge or straight up. Those are different questions.

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linen
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It says IF. You can disagree with the flat-earth part without pretending I missed the word.

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sidechannel
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I copied the whole paragraph. I am asking about the direction.

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brickwork
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If it has to spread its legs to get water, I do not see why we assume it has no balance problem when it is standing.

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cansleeve
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Because bending down changes where its weight is.

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brickwork
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That is the issue I am talking about.

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flatlander
Collapse or expand reply by flatlander

Their problem is using gravity to explain it. The ground does not need to pull anything for an object to stay on it.

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nailbrush
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Then why is the height relevant?

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flatlander
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I did not write the page. I said the explanation was wrong.

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halfstep
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Was there an image on the old page showing where they put the weight? I remember something beside this and cannot find the same copy.

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marl
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If the earth is not flat, the flat-earth part of this is not a problem a giraffe has to solve.

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wrenched
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Fine, but that still does not explain the animal in the pictures.

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marl
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It was your question about this paragraph.

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