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Mar 6, 2019 07:22:15   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
I watched a documentary on Netflix last night - "Beyond the Curve." It was about the growing popularity of the flat earth movement. It was disappointing. I expected members to offer their "proof." The only thing they did in terms of proof was saying something vague about planes flying in the southern hemisphere and being able to see buildings in the distance. Actually, I'm surprised they used the term "hemisphere."

They did put a lot of emphasis on two scientific experiments, one using a $20,000 gyroscope and the other using lasers over a distance of several miles. These two experiments were going to prove that the earth was flat. The gyro experiment didn't turn out the way they wanted, so they tried it two more times in different ways. Now they are planning to try something else with the gyroscope. It was the same with the laser experiment. When they didn't get the result they wanted, they said they would have to try it a different way. So, if you want your calculator to say that 1 + 1 = 3, modify your calculator.

What's scary about this group is that they reject facts. As more people accept the idea that the earth is flat, there will be more people willing to reject facts and believe conspiracy theories. Supposedly, NASA and all the governments of the world are involved in a conspiracy to maintain the idea of an earth shaped like a ball. This great lie has been maintained for hundreds of years. A reporter asked their "king" why they couldn't just travel to the edge of the world. He said they are getting funding to do just that.

Their king said that doing a search on Google used to bring up 50,000 items. Now, you get 90 million. Stupidity, gullibility, and rejection of facts are dangerous characteristics of a population. For example, we didn't really land on the moon, lizard people are ruling us, the government is holding aliens at Area 51, there is a secret alien base on the dark side of the moon, chemtrails are poisoning us, the shooting at the Sandy Hook school never happened.

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Mar 6, 2019 07:24:23   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
You haven’t been watching “Roswell” on the CW network? Jerry!

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Mar 6, 2019 07:31:50   #
Balboa Loc: NJ
 
Needless to say easy to guess their political affiliation...reality is just a nuisance,



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Mar 6, 2019 07:33:53   #
NJFrank Loc: New Jersey
 
Gee I must have missed that report of all those ships falling of the edge of the world.

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Mar 6, 2019 07:35:47   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Maybe they like the challenge of trying to prove what can't be.....

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Mar 6, 2019 07:40:47   #
uncldave Loc: Mahopac, NY
 
Sixty years ago I was taught that the shortest distance between two points was a portion (arc) of the great circle connecting those two points. I wouldn't want my vacation ruined by landing at "Lizard Airport" rather than Hawaii because of linear travel calculations.

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Mar 6, 2019 07:47:25   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
uncldave wrote:
Sixty years ago I was taught that the shortest distance between two points was a portion (arc) of the great circle connecting those two points. I wouldn't want my vacation ruined by landing at "Lizard Airport" rather than Hawaii because of linear travel calculations.


Interesting.
I wonder where Lizard Airport would be if you straight-lined (linear) from New York City to Hawaii.
And how far underground.
(Inquiring minds....)

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Mar 6, 2019 07:48:21   #
rhadams824 Loc: Arkansas
 
Balboa wrote:
Needless to say easy to guess their political affiliation...reality is just a nuisance,


Must be in the AOC school of thought!!!

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Mar 6, 2019 07:52:36   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
NJFrank wrote:
Gee I must have missed that report of all those ships falling of the edge of the world.


Since they fell off the edge of the world, no one came across them.

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Mar 6, 2019 08:03:20   #
Largobob
 
rhadams824 wrote:
Must be in the AOC school of thought!!!


Yup.....

But if AOC fell off the edge of the Earth, would anyone care?

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Mar 6, 2019 08:04:26   #
TomC. Loc: Bel Air, MD
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I watched a documentary on Netflix last night - "Beyond the Curve." It was about the growing popularity of the flat earth movement. It was disappointing. I expected members to offer their "proof." The only thing they did in terms of proof was saying something vague about planes flying in the southern hemisphere and being able to see buildings in the distance. Actually, I'm surprised they used the term "hemisphere."

They did put a lot of emphasis on two scientific experiments, one using a $20,000 gyroscope and the other using lasers over a distance of several miles. These two experiments were going to prove that the earth was flat. The gyro experiment didn't turn out the way they wanted, so they tried it two more times in different ways. Now they are planning to try something else with the gyroscope. It was the same with the laser experiment. When they didn't get the result they wanted, they said they would have to try it a different way. So, if you want your calculator to say that 1 + 1 = 3, modify your calculator.

What's scary about this group is that they reject facts. As more people accept the idea that the earth is flat, there will be more people willing to reject facts and believe conspiracy theories. Supposedly, NASA and all the governments of the world are involved in a conspiracy to maintain the idea of an earth shaped like a ball. This great lie has been maintained for hundreds of years. A reporter asked their "king" why they couldn't just travel to the edge of the world. He said they are getting funding to do just that.

Their king said that doing a search on Google used to bring up 50,000 items. Now, you get 90 million. Stupidity, gullibility, and rejection of facts are dangerous characteristics of a population. For example, we didn't really land on the moon, lizard people are ruling us, the government is holding aliens at Area 51, there is a secret alien base on the dark side of the moon, chemtrails are poisoning us, the shooting at the Sandy Hook school never happened.
I watched a documentary on Netflix last night - &q... (show quote)


....and not only is the earth flat, we are causing g****l w*****g.

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Mar 6, 2019 08:05:35   #
Largobob
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I watched a documentary on Netflix last night - "Beyond the Curve." It was about the growing popularity of the flat earth movement. It was disappointing. I expected members to offer their "proof." The only thing they did in terms of proof was saying something vague about planes flying in the southern hemisphere and being able to see buildings in the distance. Actually, I'm surprised they used the term "hemisphere."

They did put a lot of emphasis on two scientific experiments, one using a $20,000 gyroscope and the other using lasers over a distance of several miles. These two experiments were going to prove that the earth was flat. The gyro experiment didn't turn out the way they wanted, so they tried it two more times in different ways. Now they are planning to try something else with the gyroscope. It was the same with the laser experiment. When they didn't get the result they wanted, they said they would have to try it a different way. So, if you want your calculator to say that 1 + 1 = 3, modify your calculator.

What's scary about this group is that they reject facts. As more people accept the idea that the earth is flat, there will be more people willing to reject facts and believe conspiracy theories. Supposedly, NASA and all the governments of the world are involved in a conspiracy to maintain the idea of an earth shaped like a ball. This great lie has been maintained for hundreds of years. A reporter asked their "king" why they couldn't just travel to the edge of the world. He said they are getting funding to do just that.

Their king said that doing a search on Google used to bring up 50,000 items. Now, you get 90 million. Stupidity, gullibility, and rejection of facts are dangerous characteristics of a population. For example, we didn't really land on the moon, lizard people are ruling us, the government is holding aliens at Area 51, there is a secret alien base on the dark side of the moon, chemtrails are poisoning us, the shooting at the Sandy Hook school never happened.
I watched a documentary on Netflix last night - &q... (show quote)


There are some who believe that faith-based beliefs (religion) have a similar history and following......

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Mar 6, 2019 08:07:32   #
orrie smith Loc: Kansas
 
Democrat politicians are spreading out into new fields.

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Mar 6, 2019 08:30:26   #
Stephan G
 
NJFrank wrote:
Gee I must have missed that report of all those ships falling of the edge of the world.


You do know that ships which sailed out never came back! The folks are still waiting for their ships to come back.

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Mar 6, 2019 08:33:19   #
aflundi Loc: Albuquerque, NM
 
jerryc41 wrote:
... What's scary about this group is that they reject facts. ...


Seriously? What group (or individual) doesn't reject facts? That's normal and pretty much universal behavior.

Flat-Earthers are the absolute least of my concerns. Delusional though they may be, they don't hurt anyone, unlike other bigger and more powerful groups that work to control people that don't believe their own delusions and fact rejections.

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