[–] Brigbjones 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You know it is easy to prove that the Earth is round using simple math and a tall building. We didn't need to leave our planet to learn it was round. This is an inane boondoggle.
You can accurately calculate the circumference of the planet by sticking 2 sticks in the ground, measuring the angle the shadows are too the sticks, find out the difference between those 2 angles, measure the distance between the sticks, find out how much the difference of the angles goes into 360 (I think) and then multiply the distance by that figure.
This was done in like 300 bc
[–] Brigbjones 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think that's how it was done, i remembered the principle but not the actual math and was too lazy to look anything up. i still am which is why i had to say "i think".
[–] jewsbadnews 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That second picture. Way to ruin that saying.
[–] LocalStoner 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
These type of people honestly make me only more determined to get to space.
[–] frankenham 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I don't know about anyone else but a couple months back I was really enjoying watching flat earth videos on youtube after a few drinks. There's interesting stuff I've yet to see explanations to like water being completely for several miles when it should account for the curvature of the Earth. I know it's all very crazy sounding but I at least like to keep an open mind on everything no matter how absurd it can appear from the outside.
[–] Pattoe [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I honestly don't think oceans are flat for several miles. There's a reason that old ships are equipped with crows nests. Why risk climbing up a crow's nest, why waste the resources on creating a crows nest, if the curvature of the earth is irrelevant at sea.
At sea, the higher up you are, the further you can see, because you can see further past the curvature. Otherwise crew on the deck would see land and ships before the scout in the crow's nest.
[–] frankenham ago
The examples given were canals, I think the Panama canal specifically which is several miles long without any slope which I think is really interesting.
The higher up you are resulting in seeing further would apply to a flat or round earth, objects disappearing in the distance would be due to simply going past the event horizon.
[–] Harryyoureawizard 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
An open mind is a dangerous thing when it doesn't go hand in hand with skepticism
[–] frankenham ago
I agree entirely, especially including being skeptical of everything you were raised to believe just because you were told to do so.
[–] HitlerIsBlack 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Is she hot?
[–] Harryyoureawizard ago
No she's not she perhaps might have been when she was younger
[–] TheTrigger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If you know her IRL, send her this vid and ask her to explain it.
[–] Pattoe [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I know her IRL, I've cut all communication with her online though due to similar bullshit. She believes that sugar is actually toxic and she believes cancer was completely cured in the 1920s but the cure is being held from the public, amongst many other things. I got my friend to send me these images. I'll get him to send her this lol
Theres also a livestream of the Earth from the ISS It's pretty dark at the moment, though.
[–] TheTrigger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
> She believes that sugar is actually toxic
Lol! Oh, man. She must think fruit is the devil, then. Or, wait... I think I got this, "You see, fruit is actually natural sugar, so it's not bad for you." (someone should sit her down and explain to her where table sugar is "refined" from).
Also, that's an awesome link. Didn't know they had a livestream; it'll make for a nice screensaver on the bigscreen. :) I've heard people say that the ISS doesn't really exist, and that it's all made up. The thing is, and some people don't believe me, but for a brief few years— for the first ~16 years of my life, I had absolutely perfect vision.
Like, being able to easily discern the topology of the moon while sitting on a park bench, out at night; or see what people were doing through their windows in apartment buildings that were blocks away. I remember, distinctly, seeing the ISS a few times, with my naked eyes. Saw the solar panels adjusting themselves, and what the whole thing looked like. Pretty sure I saw some people doing repairs on the outside of it, one time.
The memory is burned in to my mind, because I remember being so goddamn awestruck by it at the time. A very powerful, overwhelming, sensation of "holy shit, humans are awesome!" So in that sense, it really angers me when people try and shit on all of humanity's achievements, in the past century. Just because they're too stupid to understand how this all works, doesn't make it any less real.
They're the equivalent of retards burning "witches", back in the day, because they didn't understand how early medicine worked.
[–] Crawdadie17 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Dude these conspiratard theories have to be the work of amazing trolls.
[–] Crawdadie17 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
yea my cousin is like that. every time he hears someone spout off some crazy nonsense. he worships it for a year. a few weeks ago he was convinced there were people living on mars. we call him wackey kid my whole family does. im sure you can see why.
[–] TheDude2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Why not play along and see how deep the crazy hole goes?
[–] Pattoe [S] ago
I think it goes deep enough to come out the other side of the world...
[–] Harryyoureawizard ago
If you knew her you wouldn't wanna play that game