Flat-Earthers

[tripleseven]

Are you still a Baptist ... ???

Nope.....need to change that on my profile

 

[Tom 1]

FYI, in the August 1931 issue of Popular Science, August Piccard observed the earth from 50,000 feet and said it looked like a flat fish with upturned edges.
I trust him.

He was looking through a thick piece of glass, covering a porthole, acting like a prism.

 

[SeventyOne]

You deserve to be mocked you freaking insane lunatic. You should get a lobotomy and spare the world your embarrassment

And yet, in the end, this 'lunatic' will be the one who ends up vindicated.

 

[Jimmy D]

Of course it has.

Hi Rick, thanks for your answer.

The Mercator Projection used on the UN flag is it.
More continents outside the first dome have been mapped.
I've seen models with as many as three domes.
Global maps differ even from each other.

The UN map is not a Mercator projection, it's an azimuthal equidistant projection map (as seen below).

Is that what you think is a flat earth map?

Distance from Sydney to Buenos Aries (in the real world) - 11,794 km

Distance from Sydney to Toronto (in the real world) - 15,558 km

Something's not right here.

Are YOU willing to address the curve? No common sense science believing anti-conspiracy normal people seem willing or able to answer if 8" per mile squared is accurate enough to describe the earth's curve or why we can see Chicago from across 54 miles of curved Lake Michigan (curved every bit as much as the PacificOcean)

There are plenty of people discussing the curve already.

 

[USincognito]

And yet, in the end, this 'lunatic' will be the one who ends up vindicated.

Is there any chance you'll address the 20-30 problems for Flerf that have been raised in the thread so far? Or will you continue with the martyr and psychic act?

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

The Mercator Projection used on the UN flag is it.
More continents outside the first dome have been mapped.

If the Earth was flat it wouldn't need a Mercator Projection or any other projection to display on a 2D map...

 

[Hieronymus]

And yet, in the end, this 'lunatic' will be the one who ends up vindicated.

Only in your delusional fantasy.
You guys have got nothing substantial.

 

[SeventyOne]

Only in your delusional fantasy.
You guys have got nothing substantial.

Although this is akin to a blind man swearing blue doesn't exist because he can't see it, you are still free to hold that position. I certainly can't force you to challenge the constraints of your personal comfort zone.

 

[Freodin]

Although this is akin to a blind man swearing blue doesn't exist because he can't see it, you are still free to hold that position. I certainly can't force you to challenge the constraints of your personal comfort zone.

Like a man who is swearing that curvature does not exist because he can't see it?

Yeah, I see your point.

 

[Freodin]

If the Earth was flat it wouldn't need a Mercator Projection or any other projection to display on a 2D map...

Any curved body that is projected onto a flat plane must contain distortions of some kind, depending of the kind of projection used.

A flat map of a flat earth would not have to have any distortions. So, are there undistorted "Flat Earth" maps? I haven't seen any.

I wonder why.

 

[SeventyOne]

Like a man who is swearing that curvature does not exist because he can't see it?

Yeah, I see your point.

Forget not seeing it. I also can't measure it. The circumference we are given is measurable, except in real life it seems. If a measurable curve existed, I'd still be a glober.

You ever measure your curve, or do you just take it on faith?

 

[Freodin]

Forget not seeing it. I also can't measure it. The circumference we are given is measurable, except in real life it seems. If a measurable curve existed, I'd still be a glober.

You ever measure your curve, or do you just take it on faith?

I have to ask: how do you propose to "measure the circumference", what do you think went wrong with all the experiments that did measure the circumference and what did you personally do to "measure the curve"?

 

[Hieronymus]

Although this is akin to a blind man swearing blue doesn't exist because he can't see it, you are still free to hold that position. I certainly can't force you to challenge the constraints of your personal comfort zone.

It's also akin to delusional people to cherish and nourish their delusions.
Either way, y'all got nothing substantial to make a case for FE.

 

[Steve Petersen]

I have to ask: how do you propose to "measure the circumference", what do you think went wrong with all the experiments that did measure the circumference and what did you personally do to "measure the curve"?

I would love to see the details of his experiment.

 

[SeventyOne]

I have to ask: how do you propose to "measure the circumference", what do you think went wrong with all the experiments that did measure the circumference and what did you personally do to "measure the curve"?

The concept is easy. Find a spot in one location, then find a spot several miles away. Calculate the required curvature between the two points, then observe it never being there.

And I have to ask, all what experiments that measured the circumference are you referencing? You have anything that doesn't involve the inconclusive Greek experiment over 2,000 years ago, or the one on TV a few years back where they tried to show globe measurements but actually marked their measuring spots incorrectly?

 

[Jimmy D]

It's also akin to delusional people to cherish and nourish their delusions.
Either way, y'all got nothing substantial to make a case for FE.

Yet you do the same with your stance against the theory of evolution, ironic no?

 

[SeventyOne]

It's also akin to delusional people to cherish and nourish their delusions.
Either way, y'all got nothing substantial to make a case for FE.

Sure, buddy. Whatever you say. After all, you're the expert on all things flat earth.

 

[SeventyOne]

Yet you do the same with your stance against the theory of evolution, ironic no?

Also ironic how some people know that evolution is a hugely massive lie, but somehow think no one would ever also lie about the shape of the earth. I guess sometimes the brain just misses a gear.

 

[Jimmy D]

Also ironic how some people know that evolution is a hugely massive lie, but somehow think no one would ever also lie about the shape of the earth. I guess sometimes the brain just misses a gear.

Great, ignore my serious questions, focus on throwaway comments, par for the course.....

 

[SeventyOne]

Great, ignore my serious questions, focus on throwaway comments, par for the course.....

At least you recognize it as a throwaway comment. If you want insights into that post, feel free to check out the extensive work done by Globebusters or Jeranism. Every objection I've encountered to FE has been extensively covered by someone.

As I've said numerous times, I'm not getting into those debates on this forum any more. Too many closed-minded hateful people.