Nothing about FE makes sense. It does not explain the 24 hour day cycle as a sun in the air over a flat disc would be visible across the entire disc, nor does it explain the seasons, nor even how ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean. You have to completely disregard the simplest explanation (Occam's Razor) to engage in mental gymnastics to try to explain a concept of our world that makes no sense at all. So ultimately they retreat to the "it's all an illusion" argument. Too much drugs or something. I think the "Hollow Earth" concept with a world full of underground caverns and such is a far more plausible theory, and that's not something I give much thought to. I know the legend surrounding Operation High Jump, but that's all hearsay.
| nor even how ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean
This is what I thought was the simplest, most obvious explanation for anyone.
From discussion's I've seen, there is pretty much agreement on both sides on the "distance to the horizon line on a sphere" math.
What I wasn't able to explain away is why a ship can disappear to the naked eye "over the horizon", but then it can show up again if you zoom in with a telescope or superzoom camera.
^ If that is actually happening then we have some theory or assumption wrong somewhere.
Maybe light curves around the surface of the earth too, but I've never seen that explanation offered as a response?
I'm not a flat earther, but to be honest I haven't bought a nice telescope and tried to see past a horizon line yet either.
Light does curve around the surface of the earth. When you see the sun just over the horizon, it's actually past that point, but is being refracted around the surface.
Correct. This is only one of the many really cool optical illusions you'll see if you spend large amounts of time at sea. Sun or moonrise / set can look HUGE! Same principle.
FE claims Antarctica is an ice wall surrounding the entire planet, and that's why all the water doesn't run off. They completely ignore all the people who sail completely around that continent in a race, keeping track of time and distance.
It's unbelievably stupid, ignorant, etc. OP meme is spot on.
Also where is the profit motive of faking space and a round planet? And don't tell me NASA as the flerfers act like this conspiracy goes back centuries.
But unfortunately, that one NASA asshat said on video that they had somehow "lost the technology" to go back to the moon. I'm willing to believe that the moon landing recordings are fake, regardless of whether or not actual landing occurred. But for that guy to say something THAT stupid on camera was just bizarre. Of course, the Flat Derpers cling to that as somehow "evidence" of their theory.
True. And not all moon landing / other NASA pics are fake, but the sheer existence of any at all, and there are more than a few provable fakes, shows nefarious motive. Such as depicted in OP.
Glowies could silence FE if they wanted to, but that is not the goal.
There's also the Antarctic Treaty, which won't allow flights over Antarctica. I think underground Nazi bases with earthquake weapons would be a more likely explanation, but FE'ers say that this is evidence that the world is flat somehow. Yet they cannot explain how it'll be summer in Antarctica and winter in the Arctic. Derp.
I live in Japan and we don't have any Flat Earther nincompoops here. It seems to be mostly an American thing. Some of us have ventured further than the trailer park and realize that time zones exist for a reason. A light source shining across a flat disc will shine upon its entire surface.
A few years ago, I went on a trip to Australia. It's directly south from Japan. I went from a hot summer to a cool winter, and star constellations were visible in the southern hemisphere that are not visible in the north. In fact, I don't think I was able to spot the North Star at all. If the world really was flat, then that would be the most boring existence imaginable, the children of a God with a real stupid imagination. The people downvoting our comments are either glowfags or morons.
Nothing about FE makes sense. It does not explain the 24 hour day cycle as a sun in the air over a flat disc would be visible across the entire disc, nor does it explain the seasons, nor even how ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean. You have to completely disregard the simplest explanation (Occam's Razor) to engage in mental gymnastics to try to explain a concept of our world that makes no sense at all. So ultimately they retreat to the "it's all an illusion" argument. Too much drugs or something. I think the "Hollow Earth" concept with a world full of underground caverns and such is a far more plausible theory, and that's not something I give much thought to. I know the legend surrounding Operation High Jump, but that's all hearsay.
| nor even how ships disappear over the horizon of the ocean This is what I thought was the simplest, most obvious explanation for anyone.
From discussion's I've seen, there is pretty much agreement on both sides on the "distance to the horizon line on a sphere" math.
What I wasn't able to explain away is why a ship can disappear to the naked eye "over the horizon", but then it can show up again if you zoom in with a telescope or superzoom camera. ^ If that is actually happening then we have some theory or assumption wrong somewhere.
Maybe light curves around the surface of the earth too, but I've never seen that explanation offered as a response?
I'm not a flat earther, but to be honest I haven't bought a nice telescope and tried to see past a horizon line yet either.
Light does curve around the surface of the earth. When you see the sun just over the horizon, it's actually past that point, but is being refracted around the surface.
Correct. This is only one of the many really cool optical illusions you'll see if you spend large amounts of time at sea. Sun or moonrise / set can look HUGE! Same principle.
FE claims Antarctica is an ice wall surrounding the entire planet, and that's why all the water doesn't run off. They completely ignore all the people who sail completely around that continent in a race, keeping track of time and distance.
It's unbelievably stupid, ignorant, etc. OP meme is spot on.
Also where is the profit motive of faking space and a round planet? And don't tell me NASA as the flerfers act like this conspiracy goes back centuries.
But unfortunately, that one NASA asshat said on video that they had somehow "lost the technology" to go back to the moon. I'm willing to believe that the moon landing recordings are fake, regardless of whether or not actual landing occurred. But for that guy to say something THAT stupid on camera was just bizarre. Of course, the Flat Derpers cling to that as somehow "evidence" of their theory.
True. And not all moon landing / other NASA pics are fake, but the sheer existence of any at all, and there are more than a few provable fakes, shows nefarious motive. Such as depicted in OP.
Glowies could silence FE if they wanted to, but that is not the goal.
One of their More Famous Questions is::
""Why has nobody Circumnavigated the planet from north to south and back to North?""
Answer:: I don't know, but it looks like most of it has been already Mapped out....
And they retort with:: BuT Muh Icey WaLlSiE....
There's also the Antarctic Treaty, which won't allow flights over Antarctica. I think underground Nazi bases with earthquake weapons would be a more likely explanation, but FE'ers say that this is evidence that the world is flat somehow. Yet they cannot explain how it'll be summer in Antarctica and winter in the Arctic. Derp.
My wife wants them to Explain HOW it is that in the North Pole area, the Sun Shines for 6 Months and then doesn't for 6 Months....
She knows they can't, and that one usually shuts them up....
I live in Japan and we don't have any Flat Earther nincompoops here. It seems to be mostly an American thing. Some of us have ventured further than the trailer park and realize that time zones exist for a reason. A light source shining across a flat disc will shine upon its entire surface.
A few years ago, I went on a trip to Australia. It's directly south from Japan. I went from a hot summer to a cool winter, and star constellations were visible in the southern hemisphere that are not visible in the north. In fact, I don't think I was able to spot the North Star at all. If the world really was flat, then that would be the most boring existence imaginable, the children of a God with a real stupid imagination. The people downvoting our comments are either glowfags or morons.