Flat Earthers- what to do with em
Discussion
200Plus Club said:
i can see the ISS flash by on occasion with my binoculars, i cant however see Ice walls and NASA staff running the show!
You can only see it because of the reflection from the ice walls. They land it each night and then launch another one from the other edge.They use them to spy on people.
MagicalTrevor said:
Leins said:
I'm a cube earther, so as to keep them all happy
Oooh, maybe the world is a cube and there are six opposing 'flat earth' factions trying to prevent their occupants reaching the wall. The controlling powers know it's a cube but hide this fact.Who's with me?
Stolen MagicalTrevor said:
Leins said:
I'm a cube earther, so as to keep them all happy
Oooh, maybe the world is a cube and there are six opposing 'flat earth' factions trying to prevent their occupants reaching the wall. The controlling powers know it's a cube but hide this fact.Who's with me?
PositronicRay said:
What purpose is there to keeping the whole earth as globe conspiracy going?
My favorite reason is the impenetrable dome which stops the air escaping. If the population knew we were trapped under a dome civilization would fall. NASA thinks people would start panicking and looking for ways to escape, so they have to pretend we're on a globe.ManiacBob said:
PositronicRay said:
What purpose is there to keeping the whole earth as globe conspiracy going?
My favorite reason is the impenetrable dome which stops the air escaping. If the population knew we were trapped under a dome civilization would fall. NASA thinks people would start panicking and looking for ways to escape, so they have to pretend we're on a globe.MagicalTrevor said:
Oooh, maybe the world is a cube and there are six opposing 'flat earth' factions trying to prevent their occupants reaching the wall. The controlling powers know it's a cube but hide this fact.
Who's with me?
Your IP address has been noted. Expect a visit from the MIB.Who's with me?
I find the FE people curious, I originally wondered whether its a challenge to people to prove what they know is true or whether we're taking the word of science on faith. So it was an interesting debate to illustrate why you think X is X and not Y.
But it's not, it's usually people who aren't really interested in X or Y but they stumble across a YouTube film that shows them that there is a conspiracy or cover up or the world is not as it appears. These have a bunch of claims, bad graphics, awkward editing and awful music but they prove interesting to the otherwise uninterested. They're then armed with this knowledge, they've discovered a thing and they get evangelical about it now as they want others to also discover the thing. They're now called an idiot and as no-one wants to admit they've been conned they dig their heels in and continue to provide more YouTube links to illustrate they're not daft.
Any counter argument to their claim will be responded via another argument to something else, you could tell them to float a weather balloon and take a photo, look across the Channel at France and see it submerged below the horizon, book a cruise around Antarctica, fly on a plane over it and look out the window. Look out the window on the top floor of the tallest building in Dubai and see that it takes 3 minutes longer for the Sun to set than it does from the ground. Point out that if there was a great wall discovered at the edge of the world then countless people would have tried to scale it, just as we climb mountains or venture to the bottom of the ocean, or fly to the Moon, an obstacle is something to overcome, not accept. None of this will matter. It's the same with the Moon landings or the helical solar system, aliens, Big Foot or whatever. There's no point having a discussion with them on their newly discovered 'truth'.
But it's not, it's usually people who aren't really interested in X or Y but they stumble across a YouTube film that shows them that there is a conspiracy or cover up or the world is not as it appears. These have a bunch of claims, bad graphics, awkward editing and awful music but they prove interesting to the otherwise uninterested. They're then armed with this knowledge, they've discovered a thing and they get evangelical about it now as they want others to also discover the thing. They're now called an idiot and as no-one wants to admit they've been conned they dig their heels in and continue to provide more YouTube links to illustrate they're not daft.
Any counter argument to their claim will be responded via another argument to something else, you could tell them to float a weather balloon and take a photo, look across the Channel at France and see it submerged below the horizon, book a cruise around Antarctica, fly on a plane over it and look out the window. Look out the window on the top floor of the tallest building in Dubai and see that it takes 3 minutes longer for the Sun to set than it does from the ground. Point out that if there was a great wall discovered at the edge of the world then countless people would have tried to scale it, just as we climb mountains or venture to the bottom of the ocean, or fly to the Moon, an obstacle is something to overcome, not accept. None of this will matter. It's the same with the Moon landings or the helical solar system, aliens, Big Foot or whatever. There's no point having a discussion with them on their newly discovered 'truth'.
sc0tt said:
bigandclever said:
Flat earthers believe the centre of the earth is at the North Pole. If you go and stand at the North Pole you can f
king SEE the curvature of the earth.
I've been to Australia, stood in the outback and see no curvature of earth.king SEE the curvature of the earth.
durbster said:
sc0tt said:
bigandclever said:
Flat earthers believe the centre of the earth is at the North Pole. If you go and stand at the North Pole you can fking SEE the curvature of the earth.
I've been to Australia, stood in the outback and see no curvature of earth.king SEE the curvature of the earth.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff