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Related: About this forumHold on to your hats! Answers in Genesis (of all places...) has an excellent Flat Earth rebuttal...
Lately, there has been an assault by a bunch of flat earthers on some science and astronomy organizations around here. Whilst looking around for more about it to have some fun with them, I found this:
https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/earth/flat-earth-proof-just-a-mirage/
Reflection, refraction, and just a little trig dispel their myth of ships not disappearing over the horizon. It won't sway the true believers, but it should help explain things to those not sure.
Now, I'm really interested in their their theory that since space is a vacuum, it should suck our atmosphere away if the earth is a globe. (But not if it's flat?) Should have a lot of fun with that one.
This stuff may seem laughable, but it's actually frightening. In the 21st century we still have to deal with the anti-science crowd? And it's not a religious thing-- it's a "science is tough, so I'm going to take the easy way out" thing.
cos dem
(903 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)I learned something... Imagine that...
Know-it-all me. Thanks
lastlib
(23,237 posts)That's gonna burn............
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,858 posts)They clearly don't understand gravity.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)when you have the power of the lord god holding us down with the glue of jesus.
Me thinks they have a universal emptiness where geometry is concerned.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,858 posts)Permanut
(5,608 posts)Somewhere I read that if the Earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.
William Seger
(10,778 posts)struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)So it's a waste of time debunking them
But those, who have nothing better to do, may want to go after the Man Will Never Fly folk, too: here's their website
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)I used to hang out with a guy that would get seriously bent out of shape if the flat earth thing was mentioned. I used to do it just to have fun.
I used to be one of two chemist in a metals production facility and I used to always try to convince everyone that I was an idiot. Talking about flat earth and crazy conspiracy theories was part of the look I was going for. I also used to come to work with my pants on backwards (try that one!) or my shoes on the wrong feet.
I usually got stuck giving the tours of our lab when the bigwigs came and Id tell the people all sorts of crazy things - and most of the time theyd never catch it. Flux capacitors, dilythium crystals, inverse energy planes, whatever. I was really surprised more people didnt catch the Star Trek or back to the future jokes. Id even make up my own element names and get them mixed up on purpose. Fe would be referred to as feronium Ir wouldnt be iridium but iron, Si would be silver, W = widgidium so on.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)making sure the other chemist wasn't fired.
Just sayin'.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)and then ask why I weigh the same anywhere I go.