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Has anyone ever wondered if indeed it is we in England who are upside down and not Australia, how do we know which way up our planet is, who says it is the way it is?
We assume our planet is round, it only looks like that because the oceans fill the gaps, infact we are spiky, the world we live in is a wonderful place, and fascinating, i mean how did we get here in the first place, there must have been a time when there were no stars, and no planets, so was it the "big bang theory" or something else? the mind boggles, any ideas anyone, what are your pre-conceptions?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Who says North has to be at the top? Civilisation developed first in the Northern hemisphere and they decreed North to be at the top. I have seen a map of Australia (published in Australia) that has South at the top of the map. That is an equally valid view of their world but unfortunately out of step with everiyone else. It is therefore just a convention that puts N at the top and is is convenient for everyone to use the same convention.
But if the north pole is north, and the south, south, then in Australia surely their north would be south, and their compasses somewhat different to ours [ if you understand this...you are a better man than i am....lol, figuratively speaking...that is ]
I could go asking these sort of questions all night, i am fascinated by all scientific things, like how does a tree know when to stop growng? how do we humans know when to stop growing? can you imagine us, hundreds of feet tall?
Why is our nose called a nose? who gave it that name in the first place?
I think that is enough....for now, to think about, i love this site, this is a bit like the Q & A'S page in the BBC'S Focus Magazine, printed here in Bristol, it is really good for those fascinated by all things scientific.
gen2 wrote:
Who says North has to be at the top?
Me.
I have seen a map of Australia (published in Australia) that has South at the top of the map.
I have got such a map in my living room, just a few yards away. So what? This means only that the Australians are mad people who don't know how to print maps correctly. It's probably the same reason why they don't speak correctly (without an accent) like us normal people.