Flat Earthers- what to do with em

[coldel]

Shuvi McTupya said:

coldel said:

Its not by all accounts, its just an illusion and if you use a high zoom camera even though it looks like there is only half a ship on the horizon if you zoom it back in it will all be there.

Well, that should be very easy to prove

So, the fat bit of the ship disappears from view as it too far away to see, but you can still see the smaller bits on the top.

Fair enough.

Oh no the fat bit hasnt disappeared, its there, you just cannot see it with the naked eye and a zoom lens will bring it 'back into focus' - there are some very dodgy you tube videos of people trying this but there are no controls usually i.e. knowing actual distance to object, height of camera, light properties on non flat surfaces etc. They basically just do something till it shows something that backs up their theory then post it as gospel.

The scary thing is these people have jobs, have a brain, could even be in jobs which are critical to human life - and yet they are so easily swayed by some grainy you tube video posted by someone they have never met. Its scary people like this can so easily be swayed.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Well, atleast this flat earther is 'trying' but i am not sure what he is achieving!

Guy builds rocket and launches himself 2000 ft in the air to prove the earth is flat. 2000ft?? Seems like an awful lot of expense/danger to get up to 2000ft but fair play to him for actually doing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwku5Alsi04

[kowalski655]

So as a ship goes further away, its the BIG lumpy bit at the bottom which disappears first, but the small funnel,masts,etc can still be seen?
Do these idiots need instructions on how to breathe?

[TooMany2cvs]

Shuvi McTupya said:

Well, atleast this flat earther is 'trying' but i am not sure what he is achieving!

Guy builds rocket and launches himself 2000 ft in the air to prove the earth is flat. 2000ft?? Seems like an awful lot of expense/danger to get up to 2000ft but fair play to him for actually doing it

So how does he think that's going to "prove" anything? If he went to the top of the rebuilt WTC in NY, he'd be about the same height.

And have these people never heard of aeroplanes?

[tdm34]

TooMany2cvs said:

So how does he think that's going to "prove" anything? If he went to the top of the rebuilt WTC in NY, he'd be about the same height.

And have these people never heard of aeroplanes?

yes but they all have image distorting windows fitted!

[TooMany2cvs]

tdm34 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

And have these people never heard of aeroplanes?

yes but they all have image distorting windows fitted!

...or even just...

Hey, look, that one even includes the curvature of the earth in the photo! No, don't tell me... Trick lens, right?

[TooMany2cvs]

Nanook said:

Probably, yes, it's not really visible from those sorts of heights.

But it is from <2,000ft in a "rocket"?

[Evangelion]

Shuvi McTupya said:

Do they think that all planets and stars are flat discs, or are the rest of them spheres?

Correct me if I'm wrong (I really can't be bothered to watch any more of those stupid YouTube videos!), but I think I'm right in saying that FE'ers believe only the sun and moon to be spheres, and all the planets, stars, asteriods, comets etc, are simply painted onto the inside of the glass dome.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Evangelion said:

Correct me if I'm wrong (I really can't be bothered to watch any more of those stupid YouTube videos!), but I think I'm right in saying that FE'ers believe only the sun and moon to be spheres, and all the planets, stars, asteriods, comets etc, are simply painted onto the inside of the glass dome.

Painted by who, and how? And if the glass dome is attached to the earth, how do the stars move?

So many questions

[mickk]

Shuvi McTupya said:

Painted by who, and how? And if the glass dome is attached to the earth, how do the stars move?

So many questions

And what's on the other side of the glass dome?

[coldel]

mickk said:

Shuvi McTupya said:

Painted by who, and how? And if the glass dome is attached to the earth, how do the stars move?

So many questions

And what's on the other side of the glass dome?

God of course

[Mr2Mike]

mickk said:

And what's on the other side of the glass dome?

A giant hand that occasionally picks us up and shakes us to watch the snowflakes settle. This causes earthquakes and tidal waves as well.

[Saleen836]

Members of the Flat Earth Society were in Center of Bath today preaching their rubbish, I asked why there was no flat Moon Society and was dragged away by my friend once I started laughing at the responce as to why it didn't exist

[SCEtoAUX]

No different to those who believe in a God in my opinion, yet subject to more ridicule.

Basically you can come up with any old garbage, and refuse to believe the absolutely overwhelming evidence against it, because if you don't believe the fundamentals rules of physics and how they affect the world around you, then you'll never be convinced of anything.

See moon landing conspiracy morons for details. Cross reference with Russell's Teapot and the IPU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Pink_Unico...

[Gameface]

coldel said:

mickk said:

Shuvi McTupya said:

Painted by who, and how? And if the glass dome is attached to the earth, how do the stars move?

So many questions

And what's on the other side of the glass dome?

God of course

I was scan reading, and I read that as golf course.

Entirely reasonable, I thought.

[Legacywr]

SCEtoAUX said:

No different to those who believe in a God in my opinion, yet subject to more ridicule.

It’s the same people, they’re trying to prove the original Bible is correct.

[Hereward]

SCEtoAUX said:

...See moon landing conspiracy morons for details....

I really cannot wait for Musk / Bezos / the Chinese etc to put a craft in low lunar orbit and get some decent hi-def video of any of the 6 Apollo landing sites and clarify the situation once and for all. Hopefully I don't have to wait too long...

[kowalski655]

Hereward said:

SCEtoAUX said:

...See moon landing conspiracy morons for details....

I really cannot wait for Musk / Bezos / the Chinese etc to put a craft in low lunar orbit and get some decent hi-def video of any of the 6 Apollo landing sites and clarify the situation once and for all. Hopefully I don't have to wait too long...

Do you think that will make one jot of difference to the conspiracy loons?
We already have man made reflectors on the moon that we can bounce lasers off(according to the Big Bang Theory ) but that isnt good enough

[200Plus Club]

They had a field day with the tesla in space. Apparently you can see the edge of the studio it was photographed in..

[The Mad Monk]

Plate spinner said:

If he’s a mate the right thing to do is respect he has alternate views to yourself

TL:DR

In return, as a mate, I would hope that he would respect and understand that you cannot use or spell the word 'alternative' correctly.