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If the earth was flat couldn't we see famous landmarks off in the distance?
If the earth is flat then what are mountains? ¯_(ツ_/¯
If the earth was flat couldn't we see famous landmarks off in the distance?
These two things do not go together. There is nothing intelligent about believing a bunch of fan fiction over established fact just because you're paranoid/distrusting of the government/scientists/millions of other people involved in this great "cover-up."
Lol, bouyancy requires gravity!They use bouyany as an explanation.
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Atmospheric perspective already keeps you from seeing landmarks that are before the curvature of the earth.
It's sitting on a turtle, I believe.
hollow earth theory is far more credible, although flat earth does have its own merits
try to keep an open mind
No, no, no, no. I'm not going to let the 21st Century degrade into the century where "trying to keep an open mind" lead us to even consider the Flat-earth theory has a single iota of merit.
No, no, no, no. I'm not going to let the 21st Century degrade into the century where "trying to keep an open mind" lead us to even consider the Flat-earth theory has a single iota of merit.
hollow earth theory is far more credible, although flat earth does have its own merits
try to keep an open mind
hollow earth theory is far more credible, although flat earth does have its own merits
try to keep an open mind
Honestly I found the calming energy cat and you finding the sentiment cute was the weirdest part of this story.
hollow earth theory is far more credible, although flat earth does have its own merits
try to keep an open mind
Did the Concorde flown that high that you could actually see Earth's curvature? Legit question.I've flown on the Concorde and seen the curvature of the earth. I've also done an around the world trip India > Thailand > Singapore > Australia > Hawaii > USA > England > India and never found the edge. There are no merits to flat earth theory.
Did the Concorde flown that high that you could actually see Earth's curvature? Legit question.
If yes, that's awesome.
I've flown on the Concorde and seen the curvature of the earth. I've also done an around the world trip India > Thailand > Singapore > Australia > Hawaii > USA > England > India and never found the edge. There are no merits to flat earth theory.
I'VE fucking seen the curvature of the earth. You can see it out of any commercial plane window midflight.
It doesn't. But that's not what Big Gravity would have you believe.fucking gravity, how does it work
fish eye windowsnot serious, but I bet someone believes that
Did the Concorde flown that high that you could actually see Earth's curvature? Legit question.
If yes, that's awesome.
I know how you feel. Someone on my Facebook is constantly posting flat earth shit. I'm not sure what theory he believes though. He either thinks that there are ice walls at the edges of the Earth with government personnel stationed there to stop people getting to close to them, or he thinks that there is a giant dome surrounding the Earth that has never been penetrated, thus there are no satellites and we've never been to space, all the footage of astronauts on the ISS is fake and it's actually just people in water tanks. Yeah this is what he thinks I'm pretty sure:
Your mistake was debating him. Flat Earthers want attention, they want to show you how quirky and clever they are, they want to be a conversation piece. Rather than trying to convince them or prove them wrong, just say, "You're a fucking imbecile" every time they bring it up and leave it at that; it stops real quick.
fish eye windowsnot serious, but I bet someone believes that
I guess if you view everything completely in black and white. I also have intelligent religious friends, friends who differ in my views on politics etc, but I'll stop short of labelling everyone stupid and finding new friends. Whatever floats your boat though.
Is the flat earth theory just some word republican shit because reasons.
I'VE fucking seen the curvature of the earth. You can see it out of any commercial plane window midflight.
How much did George Soros pay you to post this bro?I've flown on the Concorde and seen the curvature of the earth. I've also done an around the world trip India > Thailand > Singapore > Australia > Hawaii > USA > England > India and never found the edge. There are no merits to flat earth theory.
No lie that looks real coolI've seen the sun set from a commercial airliner. You can see the Earth cast an actual shadow.
Was at a bar a few months ago and this young guy started talking to me about how the moon landings were faked.
This willfully ignorant, anti-science, anti-facts sentiment has been on the rise for decades, but it seems like it really ramped up in the past 10 years. Colbert nailed it years ago when he talked about "truthiness", that people want to believe what they feel is the truth rather than accept anything else.
I don't know what's worse, flat earthers or sovereign citizens.
I they think it would be practical to patrol the entire edge of a flat Earth in a harsh climate then it's no wonder so many people think it would be easy to secure the whole US border with Mexico.
As long as he doesn't annoy you about it, let him be.
Americans have reached a point where ignorance, especially of anything related to public policy, is an actual virtue, the scholar Tom Nichols writes in his timely new book, The Death of Expertise. To reject the advice of experts is to assert autonomy, a way for Americans to insulate their increasingly fragile egos from ever being told theyre wrong about anything. It is a new Declaration of Independence: No longer do we hold these truths to be self-evident, we hold all truths to be self-evident, even the ones that arent true. All things are knowable and every opinion on any subject is as good as any other.
"A conspiracy theory is a view about the world in which the surface story is never the real story. It's a view without any limits to its skepticism or doubt. It's a mindset in which nothing that contradicts the theory is taken as anything other than evidence that the theory is true."
Read this on medium today and it's important to remember when talking to conspiracy theorist types:
For one I have actually had debates with religious people on a metaphysical level. It may blow your mind but there are people who manage to believe in god while also obeying scientific theory.
A flat-earther is someone who outright denies scientific evidence that's been accepted for a very long time..
Flat Earth Society began in the UK.
Edit: Actually looking into it, a lot of the modern flat-earthers began in the UK.
no clue, I don't take flat earth theory very seriously
I mostly don't understand the point in believing in a flat earth. Like is there a whole new science that can be explained? What are practical benefits???
There's many practical applications of a round earth. Gravity being one of them.
Why believe in a flat earth?