Do you understand electricity? I do, because it was my job for years. Not everyone does, but they know how to flick a switch. The light comes on for the ignorant and the electrical engineer alike. Understanding is overrated. No one has any credible evidence for the earth being flat. There is a vast amount of evidence that the earth is a globe. I don't understand the "flat earth" theory because it is patently false. What's to understand? There is no logic, no evidence, nothing credible to imply that the earth is flat.Consensus doesn't make something true. Did you even bother to look at any of the videos? Because I'm wondering how one can sit there and lecture others about understanding without understanding their positions as well.
I've never really understood this controversy. No scientists believe the earth is flat and those are really the only people who need to have a correct understanding. I am not bothered by people who think the earth is flat.
Unfortunately, they accomplish reproduction.Flat earthers are comparable to a fly.
Just like a fly they are distracting, annoying and get way too much attention for their size but in the end they accomplish nothing.
Why don't you summarize the arguments made in these videos in your own words?
No, they are not proof for the flat earth. Quite the opposite. Demonstrably.Not the point of the thread, but I did summarize the basics in the videos in the OP, and that being detailed proof for the flat earth.
No, they are not proof for the flat earth. Quite the opposite. Demonstrably.
But as long as you are not willing - and not able - to address the mistakes in these videos, you won't be able to "prove" anything.
Just a small example. First video, not even 10 minutes in. 9:00 "We have data, taken from wind and distance units that makes the map that you saw with the circular path of the sun..."
That map is an AE map. The map you Flat Earthers have chosen as "correct".
And the video obviously agrees with the depicted data. Because it fits so nicely with their "circular path of the sun" argument.
That this same data would also show that all windspeeds in the southern hemisphere / outer part of the disk are twice as high as in the northern / central regions... this they simply ignore.
And somehow no one has ever noticed that southern Africa suffers from constant hurricanes...
That's not what "proof" is. "Detailed proof"... these were your words.We'll have to agree to disagree.
That's not what "proof" is. "Detailed proof"... these were your words.
If you are not able to demonstrate that your own arguments are correct... you have nothing. And definitly not "detailed proof".
Did you even watch the videos you were posting?
Did you notice that the first minutes of the first video consisted of the the videos chiding Dave for not adhering to "the acid test of honesty"?
Now... do you think that what you are doing here is "honest"?
That's not a response. That's an evasion.I've watched them all. Again, we will have to agree to disagree on your points.
Not the point of the thread, but I did summarize the basics in the videos in the OP, and that being detailed proof for the flat earth.
Here's a hint: No one wants to watch your videos. Not only do we not have the time to waste, but it's a lazy way to argue by just posting a long video and expecting it to make your arguments for you. In your OP you criticize the very same behavior by the other side.
If you want to actually make a case, and you think these videos will help you do so, then try presenting the arguments they make in text form, so they can be easily responded to.
I'm targeting those with some intellectual honesty and curiosity. Telling me that there are those here with no interest in watching these for themselves comes to absolutely zero surprise to me. Time for them to simply move on with their ignorance fully intact.
As for my arguments, I've tried that route here several times. Never again, and I couldn't care less what any of you think about that decision either.
Irony is dead...I'm targeting those with some intellectual honesty and curiosity.
I find it incredible that people still believe in a flat earth. The evidence for a spherical earth is so strong that it takes a determined effort to ignore it.
For a simple example, below are two photos I took of the same island (Lambay Island off the east coast of Ireland), both taken at a distance of about 21 miles according to Google Earth. The first is from about 20 feet above sea level and the second from about 190 feet above sea level. The photo taken from the higher elevation reveals more of the island meaning the horizon is obscuring parts of the island at the lower elevation. This evidence can be seen on any day the weather permits the island to be seen from where I took the photos and it can only happen with such consistency if the earth is spherical.