Flat-Earthers still believe the earth is flat.
This conspiracy theory that the earth is really flat is gaining ground.
http://www.livescience.com/24310-flat-earth-belief.html
http://www.livescience.com/24310-flat-earth-belief.html
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No matter, it seems to me that this idea keeps going and gaining ground because it keeps being reported on. These articles are a dime a dozen nowadays when a few years ago they were fairly scarce.
I wonder if any of them would take a flight to the end if someone paid them to.
I think that's where their logic fails most obviously, if the earth was flat than we'd have reported cases (espeicially by now in 2016) of people simply falling off the edge.
I wonder if any of them would take a flight to the end if someone paid them to.
I think that's where their logic fails most obviously, if the earth was flat than we'd have reported cases (espeicially by now in 2016) of people simply falling off the edge.
But the edges are guarded by NASA. And if someone fell off the edge, there would be a cover up.
Couldn't fly them to the edge in the first place, and when you said you never hit the edge because the earth is round, they would say your compass made you go in a circle.
If you flew them to outer space to show them the globe, they would say the windows are manipulated to show what you want them to see.
Just can't win with some folks, and it's better to leave them to soak in the madness. Goes for lots of kinds of people, not just flat earthers.
I wonder if any of them would take a flight to the end if someone paid them to.
I think that's where their logic fails most obviously, if the earth was flat than we'd have reported cases (espeicially by now in 2016) of people simply falling off the edge.
But the edges are guarded by NASA. And if someone fell off the edge, there would be a cover up.
Couldn't fly them to the edge in the first place, and when you said you never hit the edge because the earth is round, they would say your compass made you go in a circle.
If you flew them to outer space to show them the globe, they would say the windows are manipulated to show what you want them to see.
Just can't win with some folks, and it's better to leave them to soak in the madness. Goes for lots of kinds of people, not just flat earthers.
Hardcore conspiracy theorists are the BEST people.
There is no human logic involved, everything is a cover up or a manipulation. Don't get me started on the indoctrination that beings at birth!
(that last bit is sarcasm)
I wonder if any of them would take a flight to the end if someone paid them to.
I think that's where their logic fails most obviously, if the earth was flat than we'd have reported cases (espeicially by now in 2016) of people simply falling off the edge.
But the edges are guarded by NASA. And if someone fell off the edge, there would be a cover up.
Couldn't fly them to the edge in the first place, and when you said you never hit the edge because the earth is round, they would say your compass made you go in a circle.
If you flew them to outer space to show them the globe, they would say the windows are manipulated to show what you want them to see.
Just can't win with some folks, and it's better to leave them to soak in the madness. Goes for lots of kinds of people, not just flat earthers.
Hardcore conspiracy theorists are the BEST people.
There is no human logic involved, everything is a cover up or a manipulation. Don't get me started on the indoctrination that beings at birth!
(that last bit is sarcasm)
IIRC from an article I read awhile back, the prevailing "theory" among flat-earthers is the north pole is at the center and the south pole is really a wall of ice that stretches on for infinity. Which is guarded by atheist UN troops (of course) to keep the truth from getting out. Commerial airline pilots & NASA are also in on it.
I wonder if any of them would take a flight to the end if someone paid them to.
I think that's where their logic fails most obviously, if the earth was flat than we'd have reported cases (espeicially by now in 2016) of people simply falling off the edge.
I thought the edge of this flat earth was what we consider the South Pole. An ice boundry that stops the water from falling off the edge. If one needed first hand proof you would have to go to space or travel completely across the South Pole. Not an easy task.
also i think the theory is that there is not an edge, but rather, giants that live in Antarctica preventing us humans from further exploration. antarctica is a full circle, inside of which is everything we know. the center most point is the north pole. and we are in a dome that covers our flat area we call earth. if you need to see a map ask the u.n.
also there are no forests.
Ps follow me on instagram, wunderfulgaming
I get to see it first-hand all the time with my in-laws
I wonder if any of them would take a flight to the end if someone paid them to.
I think that's where their logic fails most obviously, if the earth was flat than we'd have reported cases (espeicially by now in 2016) of people simply falling off the edge.
I thought the edge of this flat earth was what we consider the South Pole. An ice boundry that stops the water from falling off the edge. If one needed first hand proof you would have to go to space or travel completely across the South Pole. Not an easy task.
Global warming will take care of the ice wall in due time.
Pizza-Earth still wants to get hot.
Paging galactic clint...
looks like he hasn't been on in a while. I'm guessing he was abducted by aliens under NSA contract.
lol u dumb if the earf was round why I aint rollin around LOL
That's classified information.
I wasn't saying that the Earth isn't round, I was saying that the curvature of the Earth would not be readily apparent at that height like it appeared in the video. I also pointed out that they did this on the box art and menu screens to Planet Earth on Blu-Ray even though the cameras were low enough that you could still see the animals flying and walking around.
The funny thing is, all you have to do to disprove these guys is go on a boat and drive away from a large city with large skyscrapers. On a relatively nice day the city will start to "sink" into the horizon after just after a few miles.
Problem is, they've already crafted some garbage hypothesis on why this is.
The funny thing is, all you have to do to disprove these guys is go on a boat and drive away from a large city with large skyscrapers. On a relatively nice day the city will start to "sink" into the horizon after just after a few miles.
The ancient Greeks figured out the Earth was round using that method thousands of years ago. When Columbus set sail to find a sea route to Asia it was common knowledge the Earth was round, but no one knew how long a journey west to Asia would take. From what I read, belief in a Flat Earth as we know it today got started in 19th Century, as a result of the birth of evangelical Christianity and industrialiation of America.
We decided we wanted to join so we could carry around and show our membership cards at a reasonable price of $15 for a lifetime membership... but when we went to sign up there was an inordinate amount of legal docs to sign, basically stating you agreed to never speak ill of the society and and swore to believe and adhere to the idea. Needless to say, we backed out cause it loved from being schtick to like a pseudo-science cult.
I still chuckle every time I hear about this though. I mean, come on guys... be serious.
You've got to throw out gravity and you've got to think of the Sun as not only closer, but acting like a lamp outside of the field of vision.
You've got to use electromagnetics to explain why toilets flush in the opposite direction in Australia.
You've got to come up with bullshit theories to explain why the Earth's shadow appears circular on the moon when we are between it and the sun.
It's an interesting 'challenge reality' theory to think about, but quickly falls apart.
You've got to use electromagnetics to explain why toilets flush in the opposite direction in Australia.
Toilets flush in a direction that is dominated by how they were manufactured along with the momentum of whatever you've just deposited prior to flushing.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-somebody-finally-sett/
Even sinks and bathtubs have some net momentum in the fluid that is typically going to be the dominant force in determining the direction of the funnel when they drain.
A much better example of Coriolis forces (and thus a spinning spherical earth) would be cyclonic storms (hurricanes/typhoons).
Their spin is dictated by their hemisphere of origin.
You've got to use electromagnetics to explain why toilets flush in the opposite direction in Australia.
Toilets flush in a direction that is dominated by how they were manufactured along with the momentum of whatever you've just deposited prior to flushing.
https://www.scientificamerican.co...
Even sinks and bathtubs have some net momentum in the fluid that is typically going to be the dominant force in determining the direction of the funnel when they drain.
A much better example of Coriolis forces (and thus a spinning spherical earth) would be cyclonic storms (hurricanes/typhoons).
Their spin is dictated by their hemisphere of origin.
I would argue most toilet manufacturers do not intentionally design toilets to start their spin one way or the other. It's been proven that you can take the same toilet to the northern and southern hemispheres and it will behave two different ways from, as you mentioned, the Coriolis effect. But, as you say, storms are an even better example.