steveiron64 12:01 Tue Feb 28
Flat earth etc.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP7lyAKNpj4
Can someone techie / engineering / physics explain to me why this video is flawed.
I want evidence against their calculations please not just "they're flamin' loonies."
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BRANDED
12:04 Tue Feb 28
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Why?
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DagenhamDave
12:14 Tue Feb 28
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=satellite+pictures+of+earth&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=ismvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj44oX5q7HSAhUHAxoKHdPvBxEQ_AUIBygB&biw=320&bih=460#imgrc=dfdGuCP5oa6wGM:
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Mad Dog
12:17 Tue Feb 28
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don't forget
"the flat earth society. we have members all across the GLOBE"
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Mad Dog
12:24 Tue Feb 28
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to quote father ted
" these cows are small, those cows are far away"
i'm aghast that in this day and age anyone can believe this bullshit.
I'd never.even heard of this till about 18 months ago when my wife told me about 2 parents at her school that believed it. I just assumed. they were fucking retarded. then I found out that it's a whole thing.
just means there are more fucking retards than I thought.
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steveiron64
1:19 Tue Feb 28
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Thanks Dave but the 'one' pic always used from Apollo 17 by NASA doesn't address the maths in the vid: You'd think the web would be flooded with up to date pics of the earth but no.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
1:44 Tue Feb 28
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You know like, the horizon? You know like, when you're on a boat and stuff you're going towards rises up from out of sight, so much so that with, say, the Blackpool Tower, you see the top bit first and then the bottom?
How does that work with a flat earth?
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Mike Oxsaw
1:48 Tue Feb 28
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Watched about 10 minutes (got bored).
Maybe the position of the Moon was affecting the water hight/bulge - although water does tend to find it's own level, the tidal influence of the Moon means that calculations need to be done on dynamic elliptical, not spherical geometry.
Not claiming that is the reason here, but the tides are a fairly important and seemingly overlooked factor.
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easthammer
2:22 Tue Feb 28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKiI5k-_iaU
An excellent rebuttal
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gph
2:41 Tue Feb 28
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Bits of the Earth's surface are flatter than other bits.
This doesn't prove the Earth is flat, any more than the flatness of my forehead disproves my nose.
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Saul Bollox
3:09 Tue Feb 28
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If the earth were a sphere we must be at the top because everything falls vertically down. So if we are at the top therefore New Zealand must be at the bottom and everything should fall upwards.
So the earth must be flat after all.
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gank
4:05 Tue Feb 28
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Mad Dog wrote...
I'd never.even heard of this till about 18 months ago when my wife told me about 2 parents at her school that believed it.
Er... how old is your 'wife'?
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Westham67
5:49 Tue Feb 28
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If it is flat where are the edges,? I dont mean U2 Guitarists I mean edge of the earth, I'd say there was one at Thames view 20 years ago
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Capitol Man
5:55 Tue Feb 28
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steveiron64 1:19 Tue Feb 28
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That's not what the image linked to. You can also see lots of images in shallow orbit which show the curvature.
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Westham67
6:14 Tue Feb 28
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What about Eclipses , or is the earth biscuit on its side ?
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DagenhamDave
8:37 Tue Feb 28
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steveiron64 1:19 Tue Feb 28
That one pic is taken from the deep space observatory. There are many others... Taken by satellites that orbit our flat earth.
Look in the sky mate what shape are all the celestial objects?
And above all else and the same goes for any of these whack job theories why bother with such an elaborate lie. This one is astoundingly thick as it doesn't even come with any discernible gain for anyone.
Jesus man you can't be that thick.
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cholo
8:38 Tue Feb 28
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Aristotle worked it out thousands of years ago by looking at the curvature of the earth's shadow on the moon. Eratosthenes (I think) did the experiment of measuring shadows of the same sized staff at summer solsticein two different cities. This isn't rocket science and flat earthers are either cranks or trolls and are best ignored.
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Mart O
8:58 Tue Feb 28
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gank 4:05 Tue Feb 28
Ag !
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gph
9:29 Tue Feb 28
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A quick web search reveals that the Flat Earth conspiracy loons are hated by some of the other conspiracy loons.
Apparently, they are a secret Psyop aimed at discrediting all other "truthers" by making them look ridiculous.
As if they needed any help...
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Willtell
9:36 Tue Feb 28
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Seriously how could anyone in this day and age believe that the world is flat! Oh the bible thinks it is...
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Hammer and Pickle
9:36 Tue Feb 28
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Not to be sniffed at the earthers - the very laws of physics have conspired against them.
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