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I've heard this stuff before. Ask her this line of questions:
If the world is a flat circle, where is the North Pole on the circle?
(Flat-Earth theory states that the North Pole is in the middle of the circle, and Antarctica is the edge of the circle, and the South Pole doesn't exist. There is a conspiracy by the USA to make people believe in the South Pole, and they don't allow people to go there to protect the conspiracy. This question is to make her feel comfortable with a question she knows the answer to, the hard stuff comes next.)
Well, if that's the case, when I took a plane from (wherever you live) to (somewhere on the otherside of the world that you've been to), how come I didn't fly over the North Pole?
(Flat-Earth theory states that air planes and other modes of transport move in circles, and not straight lines because the geometry is different (she might even use the word 'non-Euclidean'). This is another question she might find easy to answer, but is harder than the first question, but it is the set up for the next killer question.)
Oh, so instead of the universe following Euclidean geometry (where everything moves in straight lines), it follows Elliptic geometry (where everything moves in circles)?
(This question is designed to make her feel like she's won, like you've been defeated. She will likely just say a simple yes and proclaim victory. Now you go for the jugular!)
You do realise that geometry describes motion on the surface of a sphere, right? (then link her this)
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When her arguments are "Water doesn't bend" I'm not sure she understands the flat earth theory as much as she randomly recites stuff she's heard in videos... badly.
The water doesn't bend thing is talking about the curvature of the Earth. These people have done 'experiments' that 'show' that over a large distance on oceans they don't see the curvature of the Earth. It is quite possible that she has seen a video that talks about planes travelling in circles, in which case you can guide her to the trap I've set out above. If not then you've defeated her by making her not have an answer to straight forward questions (where is the North Pole on the circle, and why didn't I travel over the North Pole).
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[–] crazyjuan 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
I've heard this stuff before. Ask her this line of questions:
(Flat-Earth theory states that the North Pole is in the middle of the circle, and Antarctica is the edge of the circle, and the South Pole doesn't exist. There is a conspiracy by the USA to make people believe in the South Pole, and they don't allow people to go there to protect the conspiracy. This question is to make her feel comfortable with a question she knows the answer to, the hard stuff comes next.)
(Flat-Earth theory states that air planes and other modes of transport move in circles, and not straight lines because the geometry is different (she might even use the word 'non-Euclidean'). This is another question she might find easy to answer, but is harder than the first question, but it is the set up for the next killer question.)
(This question is designed to make her feel like she's won, like you've been defeated. She will likely just say a simple yes and proclaim victory. Now you go for the jugular!)
[–] Pattoe [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
When her arguments are "Water doesn't bend" I'm not sure she understands the flat earth theory as much as she randomly recites stuff she's heard in videos... badly.
[–] crazyjuan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The water doesn't bend thing is talking about the curvature of the Earth. These people have done 'experiments' that 'show' that over a large distance on oceans they don't see the curvature of the Earth. It is quite possible that she has seen a video that talks about planes travelling in circles, in which case you can guide her to the trap I've set out above. If not then you've defeated her by making her not have an answer to straight forward questions (where is the North Pole on the circle, and why didn't I travel over the North Pole).