Truth Flearther wrote:
I used to believe in the globe earth as a child. But as an adult i learned to question and think for myself. And for a long time i belived the flat earth truth.
But then a globist shared these experiments and told me to try them.
http://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-roundI did because i was happy to prove him wrong. But i couldn't explain why his globe tricks kept working
Can you help me debunk his experiments so i can convert him to the flearth knowledge.
This is a re-published article from 2008 and it's full of BS. The article should be re-titled: 10 easy ways to not prove a globe and provide false science to the public.
Item #1- The Moon- Focault Pendulum- It is NOT a proof of a spinning Earth. Debunked months ago. Video explanation here:
Lunar eclipses with both the Sun & the Moon in the sky at the same time, should never, never, ever happen on a globe Earth. Yet it has. Explain that, ball believers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzG_SAPwaZgDaytime lunar eclipse debunks the ball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYClIRXKiT4More on the Moon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4GmeI2omfMItem#2: Ships and the horizon See item 5.
Item#3- Varying Star Constellations (a complete clusterfck by Popular Science)
This is a train wreck.
Perspective is not represented correctly:
a. There are 2 perspectives: one is the yellow man, the other is "you" looking at the photo.
b. The yellow man's perspective is not defined- we have no idea what he's looking at. Up, toward the middle, sideways, etc? Completely ambiguous.
Another issue that Popular Science Deception got wrong:
The horizon is not rising to the eye level of the observer (yellow man) and we know it ALWAYS does.
Perception reality:
Horizon always rises to the eye level of the observer (yellow man).
Item#4:Shadows and Sticks
The flashlight (which represents the Sun) experiment depicted in the video only can convey light rays from a flat edge to a grapefruit (represents Earth), unlike the Sun which emits light rays in every direction. This experiment is already flawed from the get go. The experiment, if done correctly, is performed using a ball light source and used to shine over a flat surface or table or large sheet of paper. Then set up two sticks or two nails- it will replicate the exact results that Eratosthenes observed. A ball earth proof fails here.
Item#5: Seeing Farther from Higher
It is true, you can see farther if higher off the ground. See the flat illustration in item #2. However, the ball argument is another train wreck here.
If you ball earthers can find a picture over land (not over water) that shows trees, buildings, towers or the mountains tilted away from us, part of it would be obscured by the ground, then that would prove a ball. However, this article (see item#2) illustrates the fantasy that an observer can see a tree tilting away from view. Hilarious. This is an argument for a round ball, really???? Show me an actual picture, folks.
We already know that the horizon rises up to eye level. Impossible if the Earth was a ball. The horizon would curve down in all directions in all directions from the observer. There is no noticeable curvature over the water. Ball Earthers can't prove it.
Whenever someone (ball earther) says that a ship disappears over the horizon it's because it must be a curve, however when that ship is viewed again with binoculars or a high zoom camera, then that ball earther will use the argument it is "atmospheric refraction". Ball earthers, you can't have it both ways. Test it out for yourself.
Here is a "do-it-yourself" flat earth experiment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2488706161&feature=iv&src_vid=dPU51iNGgSU&v=74aG1fbtvwoItem#6: Ride a Plane
Again, this was addressed this several times. You can't see a curve from the window and the horizon is flat & at eye level.
Item#7: Look at Other Planets
Why are other planets round? When you compare amateur footage done with professional grade cameras and compare it to NASA's official images of planets & stars, it's clear that NASA's images are all CGI. Ball shaped planets do not prove a ball Earth.
Iem#8: The Existence of Time zones
Addressed a couple pages ago.
Item#9 The Center of Gravity
It is a theory without proof. I already addressed this topic in this thread.
Item#10 [BImages from Space
Google any images from space such as satellites, planets, etc. It is all CGI, it is all fisheye lens, it is all fake as shit. FAIL
This entire article is one massive trainwreck. Try again.