TriX wrote:
If the earth was really flat, cats would have pushed us all off the edge by now.
They have an answer for that, of course. It's amazing how much trouble people go through to avoid facts.
HOHIMER wrote:
Or the lack thereof.
I intended in my submission in using the word ‘range’ to convey from the very stupid to the very clever.
PaulBrit wrote:
I intended in my submission in using the word ‘range’ to convey from the very stupid to the very clever.
For some, that
range can be very small.
Which would be a subset of the larger total range.
Like DOF...
Members all "around" the globe huh?
jerryc41 wrote:
My son found out that one the employees in his building is a flat earther. The earth is flat; there is no gravity - "things fall because of their density;" NASA uses pseudo-science; stuff that's written in a book doesn't prove anything. A woman made the mistake of trying to reason with him. That was a mistake.
Why would they fall? I hope the employee is not a surgeon or military commander. Politician??? OK!
PaulBrit wrote:
I intended in my submission in using the word ‘range’ to convey from the very stupid to the very clever.
Sorry. I read it as: "The capabilities of the human brain is quite amazing!"
My bad!
jerryc41 wrote:
My son found out that one the employees in his building is a flat earther. The earth is flat; there is no gravity - "things fall because of their density;" NASA uses pseudo-science; stuff that's written in a book doesn't prove anything. A woman made the mistake of trying to reason with him. That was a mistake.
I hope the woman trying to reason with him was the 'flat earther' and it wasn't your son!!
They live among us, and sadly they vote and procreate.
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
They live among us, and sadly they vote and procreate.
I had heard about them online, but I never knew they actually existed. This guy was arrogantly confident in all the nonsense he was spouting.
This woman is very good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8DQSM-b2cc
Reason cannot conquer willful ignorance. ("I know what I know; don't confuse me with facts!")
On a lighter note, I had a doctor who would JOKE about Columbus' fourth ship. You know, the one that fell off the edge? 🤣
--Rich
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