FLAT EARTH DEBATE THREAD
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"When I visit the other side of the world it is dark there when it is day here, how do you even attempt to explain that in flat Earth world?"
The Sun emits directional light and moves around the face of the earth like watch hands. Therefore, only certain areas of the earth are in light and the other areas in darkness. Think of a "flashlight shining down" for a sun
That makes no sense unless you're saying the Sun and moon are tiny in comparison to Earth.
Correct. They are small. Smaller than the Earth. In fact, the Moon and the Sun are roughly the same size. Unless we want to say that the proportion and distance the Moon and the Sun are from the earth are just so as to make them only appear to be the same size?
You've got to figure out in your model why the moon ever goes dark then among other problems.
Can aircraft reach the sun and moon?
Why don't either of them get visibly much larger when you approach them in a plane?
How do seasons work in a FE model?
First of all, I'm not 100% bought into a FE model - although I am leaning that way. It's always wise to have a little bit of skepticism with any model one adheres to. You can call me a Spheroid Agnostic. Second, I'll readily admit that there are some conundrums in the FE model, but there are actually issues in both Spheroid Earth and Flat Earth models that can't be explained or seem counterintuitive. A current lack of explanation doesn't negate the entire model.
Whether Man has been to the moon has been discussed at length in this forum. Nothing new can be added here. Search.
They just might. The highest altitude a plane has flown is 123,523 feet. That's 23 miles up. In the Flat Earth model it is surmised that the Sun and Moon are roughly 3000(+-) miles up. So in that plane, those heavenly bodies may have appeared larger. A passenger plane, however, flies at only41,000 feet. That's a dismal 7 miles up. To the naked eye, the Sun and the Moon may not appear to be much larger at that hight.
Simple.
According to flat earthers the earth is a disk and the sun (which is actually a lot smaller and a lot closer to us than what scientists would have you believe) hovers and moves around over this disk.
Seasons happen because the sun doesn't stick to the same path. When it's summer in the northern half of the disk (you can't call it the northern hemisphere, a hemisphere is a half of a SPHERE) that is because the sun is closer to that part of the disk, when it's winter in the north it is because the sun is hanging out over the southern half-disk.
Model of seasonal paths in Flat Earth: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-2cec772233e8cfa4067f3b92a142d346-pjlq
Models showing day and night: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Q6JIZKE2GZEBXIV4ENMHWVNY4E.gif&w=540