The Earth is Flat!?
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I don't understand how people could believe the Earth is flat when in the space we saw it is clearly a sphere.
IMO a great source for a good laugh but also a larger spectrum on how certain people think and argue. A Yale professor named Gordon Pennycook has a great paper on parts of the subject and anyone interested can read more about it here : On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
Flat-Earthers believe that all images and videos of Earth being round are fake.
My question is: What benefit would there be in deceiving humanity into believing the Earth is round?
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Personally, I do not believe that Earth is flat, but I could not prove it to the opponent - the beliefs are stronger than arguments.
Most people who think that Earth is round, believe in what other people said or reported. If the opinions from many sources are consistent, then we tend to believe in them.
So, people who believe that Earth is flat are not stupid, but simply very suspicious. Also, people who belive that Earth is round, are not automatically wiser - they are simply less suspicious to the opinions of other people (especially scientists).
But sometimes scientists can be wrong, for example:
Twisted Bot.
Most people who think that Earth is round, believe in what other people said or reported. If the opinions from many sources are consistent, then we tend to believe in them.
So, people who believe that Earth is flat are not stupid, but simply very suspicious. Also, people who belive that Earth is round, are not automatically wiser - they are simply less suspicious to the opinions of other people (especially scientists).
But sometimes scientists can be wrong, for example:
- Many scientists claim that God does not exist, but in fact such statement cannot be scientifically proved/disproved.
- Most people believe from the school, that the right point of view is Earth moving around the Sun. But in fact, the point of view that the Sun moves around the Earth is as much good (in General Relativity).
- Most people think that if something is true, then it can be proved, especially in the mathematics. Unfortunately the opposite is true for most of the mathematics (Gödel's incompleteness theorems).
Twisted Bot.
People are free to believe in what they want .. But another thing is reality.
I did not know, that you were in space.
Considering how easily can even a live video be manipulated, you can not trust anything these days. Many people doubt the moon landing and it goes well with this theory, since if there is no space, it makes perfect sense. Scientists found a computer code within us, so we might live in a simulation and so on, we could go like this forever. The point is, it does not matter, if the Earth is a cube, it will not make our life easier, but people are always looking for something, that separates us. People bicker about food, religion, politics, etc. We should just tolerate each other.
Maybe with tools you can, but if the opponent refuse to listen and not even consider what you present has a single piece of merit, your dead in the water anyway. Here's one tool among many.
Metabunk: Earth's Curve Horizon, Bulge, Drop, and Hidden Calculator
Yes, the reality is an interesting concept.People are free to believe in what they want .. But another thing is reality.
But, there is no proof that reality exists - in fact many scientists can argue that even the physical world has no objective meaning (especially in Quantun Physics). There are also many scientists who believe that the world we can feel and see is in fact a creation of our minds. So, what is the reality???
If it exists, then can be also very strange and very different from the reality in our minds.
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Clever. But, how do you prove that it can calculate something useful?Maybe with tools you can, but if the opponent refuse to listen and not even consider what you present has a single piece of merit, your dead in the water anyway. Here's one tool among many.
Metabunk: Earth's Curve Horizon, Bulge, Drop, and Hidden Calculator
Don't believe me, try it yourself.Clever. But, how do you prove that it can calculate something useful?
Forgot to also mention this as it hopefully will help understand the mathematic behind the tool. Earth curvature refraction experiments - debunking flat/concave Earth
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Reality is the most logical.Yes, the reality is an interesting concept.
But, there is no proof that reality exists - in fact many scientists can argue that even the physical world has no objective meaning (especially in Quantun Physics). There are also many scientists who believe that the world we feel and see is in fact a creation of our minds. So, what is the reality???
Not for Quantum physicists. For them, the opposite is more logical.Reality is the most logical.
But, who cares about the Quantum world.
People that like The Avengers?who cares about the Quantum world.
I remember reading in my Physics class and also my professor said, huge spherical object does feel flat to smaller things example Humans.
Even there's some Laws of electrostatics where Gauss says similar stuff but here it refers to static charges occupying a spherical object.
Even there's some Laws of electrostatics where Gauss says similar stuff but here it refers to static charges occupying a spherical object.
This tool assumes many things which are not true (radius of the Earth, weather conditions, Earth shape). Furthermore, the effect can be explained much simpler by the local surface roughness - we know that Earth is only average flat (there are exists mountains and valleys).Don't believe me, try it yourself.
Forgot to also mention this as it will automatic help understand the mathematic behind the tool. Earth curvature refraction experiments - debunking flat/concave Earth
What has weather to do with if something is flat or has any other shape or form?
We humans have seen the Earth from space and it is Round not like a hamburger.
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