Instigator / Pro
0
1525
rating
23
debates
58.7%
won
Topic
#5070
Is the earth a globe?
Status
Finished
The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After not so many votes...
It's a tie!
Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Standard
- Number of rounds
- 3
- Time for argument
- Two days
- Max argument characters
- 5,000
- Voting period
- Two weeks
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
Contender / Con
0
1492
rating
15
debates
50.0%
won
Description
Pro: The earth is a globe
Con: The earth is not a globe and is -insert other shape here-
Round 1
The lack of a flat earth model
The fact there is not a single flat earth model that can
- Accurately represent size & shape
- Explain the seasons
- Explain day & night cycles
Is very telling to why there is not a flat earth, my opponent should be able to provide a model if the earth is truly flat.
"Gravity"
A flat earth simply cannot explain why things fall, my opponent needs to offer an explanation for this.
Forfeited
Round 2
Forfeited
The Earth is not flat.
If you define globe to mean "the shape of the Earth" then yes, the Earth is a globe. But if you define globe as "a sphere," then the Earth is not a globe.
If you're defining the shape of the Earth as a globe, that's basically the same as asking "is a dog a canine?"
If you're defining globe as a sphere, then the Earth is absolutely not a sphere, it is an oblate spheroid, and if you're measuring just the land mass, it's an amorphous oblate spheroid.
Round 3
Forfeited
It's roundish, yet not a perfect sphere.
Apologies for forfeiture of round one.