I like what you say Telecaster, regardless of how you might want to apply your perspective, what you say has often been the case.
...And it is why as mentioned that we might have come to a point that past theories we set forth as unproven fact, with so much theoretical modeling, and built on the model to a point that we need to revisit these old premises.
It would be crucial to bring up the basics and test those models BECAUSE our tools of measure have improved so greatly.
Our tools of communication are endless. Our ability to extract data, process it, and fact check it in observation is so accessible with current transportation, ...
So what ever in the very far past that only a VERY few had access to(let alone error margins), and few could even author to quantify were dictating what laws we govern under.
Just as rulers and war winners wrote the history books, such rulers dictated what we theorize and build our knowledge atop.
And if there is debate or any contradiction, a invincible figure of authority will squash it with support of society rulers, ridicule, belittle and gain of laughter of the masses. People are not dumb, but put a large group together in front of a charismatic speaker, and you got yourself a herd.
In todays' time, while we have billions of people uncovering new ways of photography, new ways of creating music like never before, new levels of skill/professionalism.....
Sure with many that produce below the average, but with so many above and beyond our understand, that everyday those presistant have the aid of a shrunken learning curve, they get better and better.
There is NO WAY you can dispute it. The populous can and will overturn what was once only visible to a very few, as you see it happening in industry.
You are kidding yourself if you think this turn of the century was only technological and revolutionary in photography...It is in many and spills into all areas.
Science is ALSO something that many people can pioneer in, as new evidence across the globe(or whatever), will discover and uncover what was hidden, or misrepresented. If you don't fact check, and you are under the mainstream of information only fed to you, you are a product of that info and things will not wait for you.
My signature has said for the past few years that; If you buy a camera, you are a photographer". This is your litmus test that you are behind as a personal being, while the industry, the craft of it has moved right past you...But if you don't try and see what is real, and fact check, you too will be left behind.
When you can raise a few eyebrows, and then some will say, lets retest, and then you see people in different parts of the world seeing the same thing, that they just dont see a calm level water rise and obstruct the view over a long enough distance based on our past taught calculations and models we formulated.......You fall under just a few categories....
1. The more you are well versed in the language, the more you are vested to fight any knew or unknown, or contradicting info. You will fight it with simple repitition of what you know. You will not accept it. Arrogance can easily cloud things.
2. You know that something has been wrong for some time now, but its not in your interest to make it public and make it a new norm. You will ridicule, and try and gain the support of just being the cool and fun guy that leads the herd. This person will try and discredit the individual, if they cannot discredit the info. Often will just refute the validity of the info.
3. You have open eys, and you accept things only as science and reality allow you to test them, and simply draw observations and facts based on testing, and using the scientific method. You are open to different forms of thinking. This is usually an independent, or classic educated with zero badges or diplomas enlarged on his wall behind the desk. Truely someone who loves the observation of science, and not the business of.
Now if you look at those that are putting ther reputation on the line. They are vulnerable claiming things that simply don't make sense in the accepted societal norm. They are either..
1. Crazy,
2. Or they have seen something that certainly sparked their interest enough to test it. And they found that it contradicts a rule they know. Then they share this to add a external perspective. And then check the work and the way it is applied. Now then you have some serious backing to what you claim. So you will have people with simple education to highly expert in the field under the classical theorems and understanding do one of the above 1, 2, or 3
So this guy has sparked my interest to see if this shore to shore test is accurate.
I want to test this myself.
What can you suggest I do to satisfy those folks such as we have in this thread?
I would think I need a decent zoom lens.
2 points across a body of water. (on a calm day)
Someone to video tape the test. What else?
