Keith Houchen Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I though Kat was trolling scots shady? Say it ain't so, UK Kat Von Duane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie-hartland Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 At least with god/s or flying invisible unicorns you can always claim you can't be 100% proved wrong. If you truly believe that earth is flat then you are retarded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanLynn Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Sorry for not knowing the correct terminology, but have there ever been two orbits timed, one a set distance from one pole and another the same distance from the other? Or are orbits possible only around the full circumference? Surely the orbit nearer the south pole being the same duration as the one the same distance from the north disproves flat earth theory? Or do they have an explanation for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 How does a Flat Earther explain the Coriolis Effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Brief Q & A I found of common things asked to Flat-Earthers and their general responses: Â (Spoilered for size) Â Q: "Why do you guys believe the Earth is flat?"A: Well, it looks that way up close. Also, because God tells us!Q: "What is underneath the Earth?"A: This is unknown. Most FE proponents believe that it is generally composed of rocks.Q: "Why aren't people falling off the edge of the Earth?"A: Antarctica forms the edge of the Earth, and at the very rim there is a giant, impenetrable wall of ice.Q: "If the Earth is flat, how can people travel all the way around the Earth in one direction and return to the same place?"A: In the model currently accepted by Flat Earthers, the North Pole is located at the very center of the disc, and all cardinal directions are relative to it. Thus, circumnavigating the Earth simply means making a complete circle around the center of the disc.Q: "If the Earth is flat, what about the Sun, the Moon and the stars in the sky? Or the sky itself?"A: Flat Earthers generally assume the sky to be a dome that covers the entire Earth. Whether the Sun, the Moon or the stars are celestial objects in their own right or just projections on the dome is undetermined, but Flat Earthers do agree that the Sun is roughly six thousand miles above the surface of the Earth.Q: "How are time zones possible on a flat Earth? Shouldn't the Sun be visible from every part of the world at all times?"A: The Sun works like a spotlight, illuminating only some parts of the disc at one time, and rotates around the globe on the equator.Q: "Doesn't our current understanding of gravity make a disc-shaped model of the Earth impossible?"A: Flat Earthers generally either reject the idea of gravity as a scientific constant outright, or that gravity as we understand it is incorrect. Instead, the forces that keep people on the ground are either electromagnetic or g-forces.Q: "How can satellites and GPS be explained by flat-thinkers?"A: They are hung on balloons.Q: "Aurora-Borealis OK but please explain the Aurora-Australis?"A: They are projected holograms.Q: "Explain annual meteor showers please?"A: They are just fireworks.Q: "Heard of Coriolis force?"A: NoQ: "Why is the southern jet stream so similar to the northern one, speed and shapes?"A: (No answer yet)Q: "Is Space-Junk a myth?"A: (No answer yet)Q: "Isn't this an awful lot of mental hurdles to jump over just to insistently back up the idea of a disc-shaped Earth, when assuming a ball-shaped Earth answers all the above questions in a much simpler manner, and with much more scientific evidence to back it up?"A: You tell me. Â Â Taken from:Â http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Flat_Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted February 23, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2017 Funnily enough, those answers are from the actual Flat Earth Society, who've been around forever, and were always generally suspected (or assumed) to be a tongue-in-cheek satire, along the lines of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Black People Love Us, existing solely to see if there was anyone stupid enough to believe them. Now it seems like enough people took them seriously that it's back to being an actual thing again. Or maybe it always was, and the assumption it was a parody was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 That David Icke story tickled me, jazzy. Â Have flat-earthers never seen a ship approaching from the horizon? The top appears first. Or is every ship sailing the seas secretly a submarine that emerges at the same point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 There is the other theory, using the term advisedly, that my personal twatlist member David "Avocado" Wolfe subscribes to and that is the earth isn't flat, but saddle shaped. But then he is a dangerous cunt and I hate him and his superfood mushrooms are from the sun facebook posting piss pipe ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Â Â Yes, we can. Planets are spherical. You may argue that earth isn't a planet if you wish, but you can't say you've discovered a flat planet without redefining what a planet is. And if you want to argue that Earth isn't a planet, you'd better have an astrophysics degree. Â That's the mad thing about all of these theories. Very clever people spend their whole lives researching this stuff. For people who've watched some Youtube videos to say that they're all either wrong or lying about something as fundamental as the shape of the Earth is hubris beyond parody. Â That isn't to say that the chance that they're all either wrong or lying is literally zero, but you better have some special insight to make such a huge claim. A few hours' Googling doesn't qualify. Key point you are missing is that I've spent a long time researching theories written by very clever people who spent their lives researching it. Experts aren't totally agreed upon that the earth is a sphere, some argue against it. Problem is not all of them will argue it because it's basically career suicide. Â Who is going to take a scientist seriously after they write a paper about the earth being flat? They either think it's a sphere, flat or just stay out of it because they don't want to get involved. Some people think it's a pear shape, but they are just mental Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Experts aren't in total agreement about climate change, just 99% of them. Much like experts aren't in agreement that vaccines do cause autism, you can see the theme here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I was only answering the point that scientists are in total agreement and only people who have watched a few YouTube videos think that it's flat. I'm fully aware that there probably isn't a single subject in the world that everyone agrees with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I was only answering the point that scientists are in total agreement and only people who have watched a few YouTube videos think that it's flat. I'm fully aware that there probably isn't a single subject in the world that everyone agrees with Yeah, absolutely. That's what drives scientific approach forward, even if it is to dispel theories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie-hartland Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Real reputable scientists are in total agreement that the world is not flat. They also have suspicions that we do not live under a dome and a theory called gravity is beginning to be researched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Real reputable scientists are in total agreement that the world is not flat. They also have suspicions that we do not live under a dome and a theory called gravity is beginning to be researched Could you show me the papers signed by every reputable scientist in the world please?  Like I said it is a subject a lot of people steer clear of, because of the obvious backlash. I have the ability to openly talk about this due to my intense level of self worth  The Metro did an article on this, a publication which usually outshines wank rags like The Guardian  http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/19/here-are-10-proofs-that-the-earth-is-actually-flat-not-round-6016710/ Edited February 23, 2017 by UK Kat Von D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 23, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 23, 2017 "If Earth really was a globe, airline pilots would constantly have to adjust their controls so as not to fly off into space." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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