Arguing Against Nonsense
Feb 27, 2024 13:33:05 #
Feb 27, 2024 13:34:15 #
Mduffy910
Loc: Michigan
clint f. wrote:
Ah yes, the Flat Earth Society with chapters around the world.
Wouldn't that be across the world, not aROUND the world? Lol
Feb 27, 2024 13:38:48 #
NateB wrote:
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Interesting tidbit from a history of physics class I once took. Not only did the Greeks know the earth was spherical, they knew pretty well how big around it was.
I was taught in grade and secondary school that Columbus had to argue with people who thought the earth was flat to get the ships to go west. That was nonsense, flat vs spherical earth was not the question. By the time Columbus came along, educated people knew the distance from Europe to China going east and could calculate the distance from Europe to China going west. They knew how much potable water the ships of the day could carry and easily determined that those ships could not carry enough drinking water to reach China. Ironically, Columbus was wrong and his opponents were right. But he actually had a vision in which he was told to sail west. Had the Americas not been here, he and all his crew would have been lost.
Feb 27, 2024 13:41:49 #
I have to wonder if those flat-earthers are serious or just having fun. Anyway, there are a couple of easy evidence of it being spherical. Why do we have time zones all around the world? It is because sunrise depends on where on that sphere we are. Or get a good sextant, measure the elevation of the north star. Then go a few hundred miles north and measure that elevation from that point. That changes because you are measuring from different places on the spherical earth.
Feb 27, 2024 13:49:05 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm surprised that there are so many YouTube channels defending the moon landing and the fact that the earth is a sphere. It seems to me that paying attention to the deniers just gives them more publicity. On the other hand, those offering genuine evidence are accumulating views and making some money.
The human being is a weird beast. It will believe anything, even that which has been logically, experientially, and clearly proven wrong. Psychological need often overwhelms reality.
Feb 27, 2024 14:32:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder how serious those people are. It does get them lots of views on YouTube and some publicity.
I find it extremely difficult to understand that anyone with a shred of common sense or knowledge of basic science would believe the earth is flat.
Feb 27, 2024 14:39:56 #
Parfumeur
Loc: Forest Hills, NY USA
Love it! Great retort. (Carbonation and flat). I love British humour, it's based on education and gentle put-downs. As always, you need 3 people for a good joke.
The teller, the one who understands it, and the one that has no clue. I fear that the colonies have a preponderance of no clueists.
The teller, the one who understands it, and the one that has no clue. I fear that the colonies have a preponderance of no clueists.
Feb 27, 2024 14:56:12 #
FrumCA wrote:
I find it extremely difficult to understand that anyone with a shred of common sense or knowledge of basic science would believe the earth is flat.
That's because you don't understand how stupid a large percentage of humans are.Its actually worse than you think. The majority of humans believe that other humans want to take over their homes and country. They fall into the propaganda spewed by their government. Then they decide to hate the people who live elsewhere and have a different government spewing the same message to their people. A very small percentage of humans have a defect that makes them hell bent on controlling people. Unfortunately the larger percentage of people have decided to listen to that small percentage. A species that spends exponential amounts of money to kill the species instead of spending that money on curing ills of the species isn't that smart as a whole. So I'm thinking we all get rid of the defective percentage that feel they must control people. Remove the government that they created and then try to improve the system for the betterment of the species.
Feb 27, 2024 15:05:57 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
That's because you don't understand how stupid a l... (show quote)
Like I said earlier, it’s no secret that a lot of people come up a bit short in the brains department.
Feb 27, 2024 15:11:55 #
Shellback wrote:
70% of the earth is water and virtually none of it is carbonated. So the earth is, in fact, flat.
Feb 27, 2024 15:29:01 #
Parfumeur
Loc: Forest Hills, NY USA
The Flat Earth Society, is like religion, it's a social meeting place.
Feb 27, 2024 15:34:27 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
Parfumeur wrote:
Love it! Great retort. (Carbonation and flat). I love British humour, it's based on education and gentle put-downs. As always, you need 3 people for a good joke.
The teller, the one who understands it, and the one that has no clue. I fear that the colonies have a preponderance of no clueists.
The teller, the one who understands it, and the one that has no clue. I fear that the colonies have a preponderance of no clueists.
While the flat earth folks exist in every country and on every continent they are such a small minority as to be statically non existent. I would doubt that anybody you know actually knows anybody above the age of 10 that believes the earth is flat. The internet is an amplifier. It is insulting that you think that “the colonies” have a preponderance of, as you call it, no clue it’s. I think the joke may be on you in this instance. And British humor is as funny as it gets. Monty Python skits are national treasures and Ricky Gervais has to be one of the funniest men alive.
Feb 27, 2024 15:50:52 #
Parfumeur
Loc: Forest Hills, NY USA
> I think the joke may be on you in this instance.
Uh?? I don't get it ??
Uh?? I don't get it ??
Feb 27, 2024 18:04:26 #
Feb 27, 2024 18:41:30 #
Who sits around and dreams up this nonsense?
If you've looked out a jet window at 40,000 feet, you know you can see the curvature of the Earth from up there.
If you jump up in the aisle of a jet that is just cruising along in smooth air at 550 MPH, you come down where you started from. You and the jet are going the same speed. There's no wind to blow you out.
Now, if the jet hits an area of turbulence, rapidly changing its rate of speed and direction, you may be thrown against something. Ask me how I know... (Keep those seat belts fastened when seated, folks!)
There are always bull $#!tters eager to get clicks to their ads or virus downloads...
"42 beach photos you won't believe!" (They're benign, with an ad between every one of them.)
"Lose 60 pounds of flab in 60 days!" (Results will certainly vary!)
"Naughty habits of the rich and famous!" (Might have raised an eyebrow in the 1940s.)
"I met Jesus at the mall!" (It's an ad for a latino dude in a food truck, selling street tacos).
If you've looked out a jet window at 40,000 feet, you know you can see the curvature of the Earth from up there.
If you jump up in the aisle of a jet that is just cruising along in smooth air at 550 MPH, you come down where you started from. You and the jet are going the same speed. There's no wind to blow you out.
Now, if the jet hits an area of turbulence, rapidly changing its rate of speed and direction, you may be thrown against something. Ask me how I know... (Keep those seat belts fastened when seated, folks!)
There are always bull $#!tters eager to get clicks to their ads or virus downloads...
"42 beach photos you won't believe!" (They're benign, with an ad between every one of them.)
"Lose 60 pounds of flab in 60 days!" (Results will certainly vary!)
"Naughty habits of the rich and famous!" (Might have raised an eyebrow in the 1940s.)
"I met Jesus at the mall!" (It's an ad for a latino dude in a food truck, selling street tacos).
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