Are "flat-earthers" an actual thing?

yiuygjg wrote:

Is this the dumbest thread in the history of dumb threads?

No, just the dumbest poster (LQ) with seemingly infinite time on his hands.

Legit question wrote:

yiuygjg wrote:

Is this the dumbest thread in the history of dumb threads?

When people resort ad hominem attacks, it shows that they are unwilling to go after your hypothesis, and instead demand that you present your "credentials" which is another violation of debating a topic known as "appeal to authority".

Not really. Nobody was demanding that you present your "credentials". Nor did anybody "appeal to authority".

Try again.

No Mawn wrote:

yiuygjg wrote:

Is this the dumbest thread in the history of dumb threads?

No, just the dumbest poster (LQ) with seemingly infinite time on his hands.

It doesn't take long to copy and paste questions.

Doubler wrote:

No Mawn wrote:

No, just the dumbest poster (LQ) with seemingly infinite time on his hands.

It doesn't take long to copy and paste questions.

But to keep coming back to the thread to "answer" every post takes a bit more.

No Mawn wrote:

Doubler wrote:

It doesn't take long to copy and paste questions.

But to keep coming back to the thread to "answer" every post takes a bit more.

...this is talented work, very few could pull this off. I, too, am impressed. But, the dedication does give me pause that there might be real beliefs at issue here.

Still no answer why we haven't flew over Antarctica and circle the earth in a North-South direction.

Legit question wrote:

Still no answer why we haven't flew over Antarctica and circle the earth in a North-South direction.

First of all, I would like to congratulate you on being the funniest and most convincing troll I've seen in a while. 9.5/10 for making me actually respond.

On the off hand chance that you are not a troll and instead an overwhelming idiot, what would happen to me if I sailed on this perfectly flat earth of ours all the way to the edge? Would I fall into a giant sink? Or are there Millions of NASA soldiers who would shoot me down or brainwash me to prevent me from knowing the extremely strategic and valuable secret that the Earth is a frisbee.

One more thing. I want you to go to a beach one time (if your parents let you) and watch the sunset laying down. Right after you see the sun set, stand up and you will be able to see the sun again. Then tell me about the quadrillion dollar fake sky NASA built to explain this mysterious phenomenon.

Doubler wrote:

Quite a few. And something major on the horizon.

Is that a straight horizon or a NASA-faked curved horizon?

Legit question wrote:

Still no answer why we haven't flew over Antarctica and circle the earth in a North-South direction.

The Earth is spinning so if you fly North and South it's way easier to miss your target because it isn't moving in the same direction as you.

An Ice wall encircles the earth. The UN flag depicts a flat earth. The USGS (US Geological Survey) uses the map created by Al Biruni.

You still haven't answered my question, but given snide remarks.

Good question! Very few people doubt that the world is spherical. Maybe it's the flat-earth believers that need to fly there with a camera and conclusively prove the earth is flat. I'm assuming you could also bring some rocks and toss them into the void of space as well?

If your club thought much of their theory they'd get enough money together to do this.

Bart Rutan wrote:

Legit question wrote:

Still no answer why we haven't flew over Antarctica and circle the earth in a North-South direction.

The Earth is spinning so if you fly North and South it's way easier to miss your target because it isn't moving in the same direction as you.

Any commercial pilots can answer this?

Why do places like Estonia have 6 months of sunlight and darkness

6 months of darkness wrote:

Why do places like Estonia have 6 months of sunlight and darkness

Because you touch yourself at night.

Regarding the Orion mission to Mars Project, why did NASA engineer, Kelly Smith, admit that a manned spacecraft cannot go safely through the Van Allen radiation belts today? Was the 1960's technology superior today, what gives?

http://youtu.be/NlXG0REiVzE

Legit question wrote:

Bart Rutan wrote:

The Earth is spinning so if you fly North and South it's way easier to miss your target because it isn't moving in the same direction as you.

Any commercial pilots can answer this?

I am a pilot. Think about it. If I try to fly from somewhere up around Alaska and head for the tip of South America by the time I get there it's Australia.

I have flown around the world over a 2 1/2 year period, first from California to Philly, Philly to London, London to Zambia, Zambia to Malawi, Malawi to Kenya, Ethiopia, Dubai, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, San Francisco. So, I am a believer that the earth is not flat.

6 months of darkness wrote:

Why do places like Estonia have 6 months of sunlight and darkness

Because the sun goes around the earth at different angles throughout the year.

Star wrote:

6 months of darkness wrote:

Why do places like Estonia have 6 months of sunlight and darkness

Because the sun goes around the earth at different angles throughout the year.

Why would that matter if it's flat?