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9705191 No.9705191 [Reply] [Original]

It has been claimed that the moon's light has a cooling effect, so let's test this hypothesis.

Is there any anon that can currently see moonlight and has a temperature measuring device? If so, you are hereby challenged to do this experiment. Measure the temperature of an object in the shade, then move that object into the moonlight, and again, measure the temperature. Report back with the results.

>> No.9705196

>>9705191

It has been claimed that a harddrive that is full of data weighs more. Lets also test that out while we are at it

>> No.9705200

>>9705196
Why would you need to test something that's common sense?

>> No.9705201

>>9705196
A hard drive will weigh even more if it's full of elephant photos.

>> No.9705263

>>9705191
>Measure the temperature of an object in the shade, then move that object into the moonlight, and again, measure the temperature.
Is this your first time trying an experiment?

>> No.9705264

>It's cold when the Moon is out
>The Sun isn't out
>Therefore, the Moon has a cooling effect!

Non-Sequitur for the win!!!1!

>> No.9705292

Photons can only heat things up. No need for an experiment.

>> No.9705294

>>9705201
Which weighs more,d drive with a picture of a ton of feathers, or a hard drive with a picture of a ton of lead.

>> No.9705304
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9705304

>>9705200
Because some retard claimed he had done the experiment and that a thermometer in the moonlight was colder than one in the shade that night.

This, of course, did not account for any of the million uncontrolled variables that might make the temperature different, nor for the possibility that People Lie About Stupid Shit On The Internet. The "theory" behind it was that reflected light is a mirror image, or something like that, and since moonlight s reflected sunlight t would have the opposite effect of sunlight, which warms things up.

If anybody wants to give it a go, there is a lovely nearly-full moon tonight - I'd suggest using a magnifying glass to focus the light onto the thermometer bulb, a la frying an ant, to maximize whatever effect the light has so that the change is more obvious.

>> No.9705320

>>9705304
So the core of this hypothesis is that reflections reverse the heating effect of light?

Just test with a mirror and bright day.

>> No.9705612

>>9705191
it's just radiative cooling anon. The moon is warmer than space and we can expect more cooling if our thermometer can see space but not the moon.

>> No.9706236

>>9705263
Do it loser.

>>9705304
The theory is that the moon actually produces its own light, the sun is hot light and the moon is cold light, like yin/yang.

>> No.9706260

>>9705292
Bad scientist.

>>9705612
What?

>> No.9706269

>>9706236
>Do it loser.
It's on my list of easy flat earth shit to debunk over summer but I'm not prepared for it tonight.
I need to do this properly or else people will call me out on things, and I don't want that.

>The theory is that the moon actually produces its own light, the sun is hot light and the moon is cold light, like yin/yang.
Except there is literally zero evidence of such an effect aside from their shitty moon experiments.
If it was possible to produce cooling light then they should also be able to demonstrate it artificially.

>> No.9706286

>>9706269
Too scared to do it.

>If it was possible to produce cooling light then they should also be able to demonstrate it artificially.

That would imply they know what the moon actually is, or how it works.

>> No.9706304

>>9706286
I am not working to your timetable.

>That would imply they know what the moon actually is, or how it works.
Surprisingly, experimentation is often a process of finding out how things work.
If it can produce "cooling light" then producing "cooling light" could be a step toward understanding what the moon is.

But they aren't even trying. They don't care. As long as it is different to the globe model they are content.
It shows a complete lack of intelligence.

>> No.9706336

>>9706304
>I am not working to your timetable.

Scared.

>But they aren't even trying. They don't care. As long as it is different to the globe model they are content.

The next step would be to actually go to the moon in some way to do tests, which as you know we've never actually done for real.

>> No.9707066

>>9706304
You're falling for a troll, you know?

>> No.9708788

>>9705320
If you did, they'd shift goalposts because Moon Is Special.

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9709025

>>9705304
What species of jellyfish is that?

>> No.9709030

/sci/ is too scared to do this simple experiment, and you call yourselves scientists? Pathetic.

>> No.9709692

Okay so I just did this, and somehow the moonlight was colder. As soon as the laser beam hit the moonlight, the temp started going down a few degrees, then backup in the shade.

>> No.9709720

>>9709692
Graphs or didn't happen.

>> No.9709734

>>9709720
Don't need any. You can do the experiment yourself if you don't believe it.

>> No.9710147

>>9709692
>as soon as the laser beam hit the moonlight it got colder
You know those thing measure in a cone, right? The further away you are the larger the cone is.
You didn't make the same mistake most other flat earthers did, right? Repeating bad experiments isn't proof of anything.

>> No.9711129

>>9710147
Same distance away, and same angle.