Flat Earth Uprising?

Lucem Ferre · 11-06-2016, 02:14 AM

Does.... does anybody really think human's are competent enough to hide such a big secret?

grindy · 11-06-2016, 04:04 AM

They clearly aren't.
Some of the world's foremost youtube geniuses see right through the ruse.

P A N · 11-06-2016, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Me and every other person who has looked out at the ocean from the shore have seen the curvature of the earth.

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Originally Posted by Aloysius

It's not strange that the horizon appears straight - it should appear straight on a spherical earth. A sphere will look the same in every direction - imagine an ant on a smooth ball if that helps. A cylindrical earth would have a curved horizon. A flat earth wouldn't have a clearly defined horizon, more a gradual blurring as further away points become more difficult to see. With a telescope you'd be able to see Australia from the US.

i'm just gonna let you two resolve this one. i'm with aloysius, but if janszoon can prove us wrong, i'm all ears. it shouldn't take more than a photograph to do so, and if everyone who has looked at the ocean from the shore has seen it, it should be fairly easy to get one.

though i don't know if i believe AU could be seen from US, due to atmospheric stuff and the fact that things get smaller the farther away from them the observer gets.

P A N · 11-06-2016, 11:04 AM

due to the fact that i know with absolute certainty that the curvature of the alleged ball earth can't be seen from the surface of itself, i'll pose the next question.

can a situation or experiment be cited as evidence that an enclosed system of gases can exist within a vacuous surrounding without a barrier or seal?

**Janszoon** · 11-06-2016, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by P A N

due to the fact that i know with absolute certainty that the curvature of the alleged ball earth can't be seen from the surface of itself, i'll pose the next question.

P A N · 11-06-2016, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

if it's so obviously funny, just back the claim up. like i said, it should be easy.

Chula Vista · 11-06-2016, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by P A N

due to the fact that i know with absolute certainty that the curvature of the alleged ball earth can't be seen from the surface of itself, i'll pose the next question.

can a situation or experiment be cited as evidence that an enclosed system of gases can exist within a vacuous surrounding without a barrier or seal?

Go outside. What keeps you from floating off into space? Gravity. The same thing that keeps our atmosphere enclosed around the planet.

The Batlord · 11-06-2016, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Go outside. What keeps you from floating off into space? Gravity. The same thing that keeps our atmosphere enclosed around the planet.

He's asking for scientific evidence that gravity is strong enough to do that, not just stating that gravity can.

**Janszoon** · 11-06-2016, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by P A N

if it's so obviously funny, just back the claim up. like i said, it should be easy.

It is easy, yet it's still not worth the effort.

Chula Vista · 11-06-2016, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

He's asking for scientific evidence that gravity is strong enough to do that, not just stating that gravity can.

All righty then.

Gravity and Atmospheres

Planetary Science

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P A N DO LIKE YOU. Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 629	due to the fact that i know with absolute certainty that the curvature of the alleged ball earth can't be seen from the surface of itself, i'll pose the next question. can a situation or experiment be cited as evidence that an enclosed system of gases can exist within a vacuous surrounding without a barrier or seal?