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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Can we not have a Flat-Earth esque argument about magnetic poles and shit? This is supposed to be a meme topic.

@YugiNoob buy a compass and go north until you hit the north pole. If you continue to travel in the same direction, your compass will flip because you've pass the magnetic pole it was pointing at.

The same is not true for east/west. A compass is a physical object that can demonstrate this point very well, because its needle is always situated toward the magnetic north pole. There is no east/west flip on a compass. If you travel East and then continue in the same direction forever, you will always find the compass reading East.

The thing with the compass is that its only relative to the magnetic poles. You can start at one point and when you walk far enough , have travelled far enough around the curvature of the planet to say that youre heading west. This, however is relative to the way youre looking at things. Just as how north is at the top of the planet is relative, its just one of the way we see things.

Since theres no set pole to start or end on, why cant you just head east, and once you pass the equatorial diameter of the planet, be considered to be heading west?