The Earth Is Not Flat

Radagast said:

And the more dramatic your claim, the stronger your evidence has to be before we take notice.

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I can present facts, which lead to the Earth as unique center of the Universe, but this conclusion is not published in a peer-reviewed journal or even arXiv.

Peeteramid said:

I can present facts, which lead to the Earth as unique center of the Universe, but this conclusion is not published in a peer-reviewed journal or even arXiv.

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That is just so obviously wrong, that I have no qualms about ignoring it.

Radagast said:

That is just so obviously wrong, that I have no qualms about ignoring it.

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It was not wrong and not obvious in the Middle Ages.

Peeteramid said:

It was not wrong and not obvious in the Middle Ages.

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The Middle Ages were a long time ago.

Rose2020 said:

Yes and the point is the earth's not flat and I don't understand why some people think that. :/

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Because they believe that your photo (and ALL of the rest) are fake ...

A_Thinker said:

Because they believe that your photo (and ALL of the rest) are fake ...

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And they're poorly educated, and they're not good at spatial reasoning.

Rose2020 said:

Okay,.. I'm not sure if it is or not but it said that it was,.. but anyways that's not the point. Real or not that's what the earth looks like. We can all agree on that at least right?

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Afraid not ...

Rose2020 said:

Exactly and how could it spin if it was flat? Not to mention people and animals would be falling off the earth by now.

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Spin ???

Rose2020 said:

Lol I find that a little hard to believe that they would do that. XD If that's the case then they would do the same thing for the astronomers.

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They do ...

Rose2020 said:

They also wouldn't dare to do that when there's already a staff member in this thread.

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Do what ???

Rose2020 said:

And here we go,..

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Welcome to the real world. Surprised me too ...

Jok said:

But do you agree that photoshop is a complete necessity because a picture of Earth would be totally dark?

If it is a necessity because of darkness, then any argument that sheds light on people “Admitting to” photoshopping the image would lose its effectiveness.

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Why would a photo of Earth be dark ? The sun shines on it ...

Radagast said:

No. There are many photos of Earth from space, like this one, taken before Photoshop existed:

But people knew the Earth was that shape for 2400 years before NASA.

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Ergo ... knowledge of a spherical Earth can't be a NASA conspiracy ...

TenthAveN said:

Why lie about the earth being flat? What do we lose or gain if the earth is in fact flat? Why is sandwich meat round when the bread is square? Shouldn’t narwhals be called unicorn belugas?

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Flat earth belief is only a part of a gemerally much broader system of belief.

From what I've heard and read over the years, ... belief in a flat earth affirms the Bible, and reduces the universe to the Earth, essentially, ... upon which ALL of God's attention is, suitably, focused.

Flat earthers generally object to the philosophical idea that the Earth and its human population are ONLY A SPECK ... in a vast universe.

Generally, they have a hard time understanding how the Earth can be BIG ... and SMALL ... at the same time.

All those who fly south of the equator must also be involved in the conspiracy and cover up...
The circumference grows...

But I forget their reasoning as to why swirling water can go backwards south of the equator and what exactly we are seeing at the South Pole and the season changing and short winter days vx long summer days and....

Three can keep a secret so long as two are dead.

Peeteramid said:

It was not wrong and not obvious in the Middle Ages.

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One hopes that we have advanced since the Middle Ages, ... when the Black Death (i.e. Bubonic Plague) killed 30% - 60% of humankind ...

JohnDB said:

But I forget their reasoning as to why swirling water can go backwards south of the equator ...

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This is hard to definitively prove, ... BUT it is clear that rotating storms spin in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, depending on whether they are in the Northern ... or Southern Hemispheres ...

Hurricane in the Northern Hemisphere ...


Cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere ...

A_Thinker said:

This is hard to definitively prove, ... BUT it is clear that rotating storms spin in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, depending on whether they are in the Northern ... or Southern Hemispheres ...

Hurricane in the Northern Hemisphere ...

Cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere ...

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I did it while in Brazil with a sink full of water.

The toilets were made for American households (as is most goods) so they didn't swirl backwards....

But bathroom sinks? Kitchen sinks, and everything else does as expected with the swirls going backwards.

Jok said:

But do you agree that photoshop is a complete necessity because a picture of Earth would be totally dark?

If it is a necessity because of darkness, then any argument that sheds light on people “Admitting to” photoshopping the image would lose its effectiveness.

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The Earth isn't dark when you're looking at the side illuminated by the sun - here's a link to the real-time images from the Japanese Himawari-8 satellite in geostationary orbit. You can remove the costal outlines by clicking the icon on the right a few times, and you can see the latest video compiled from the images by clicking on the film icon.

More description available here.

JohnDB said:

But bathroom sinks? Kitchen sinks, and everything else does as expected with the swirls going backwards.

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That's actually a myth. The Coriolis Effect is powerful over long distances, hence the impact on hurricanes and cyclones, but it is negligible in a bathtub.