• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Would there even be a human race? If ghosts existed think of all the animal ghosts, think of all the dinosaur ghosts.

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          7 days ago

          I once worked out how fast the earth would move away from you if this was the case. I think it was something like 25,000 meters per second.

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          So every year the earth revisits a given spot in the ghost trail?

          So the closest ghosts, on any given day, are the ones who died on the same date. So the death anniversary of a loved one would mean they are at their nearest point.

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            Well no, since our entire solar system is also moving. While we may return to a point that’s similar to last year relative to the sun, we’ve still moved in relation to everything outside that frame.

            Think of a car moving down the highway and you’re in the back seat. You scoot over to the other side, throw some trash out the window, then scoot back. In relation to the car you’re back where you started, in relation to the trash you threw… You’re down the highway you filthy litterer.

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        8 days ago

        By this logic, with the speed the earth moves through the galaxy, ghosts could just be 100% real and we’d never know cause they’re all instantly trapped out in space for an eternity

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        I just have to die at a very specific velocity so my ghost is propelled along the elliptic that our planet follows.

        Checkmate atheists.