Just be kind, please?

When dealing with this flat Earther you must keep in mind that I do not believe in anything that is not testable, repeatable, or verifiable. Such as the distance to the Sun, or gravity. If you want to bring up any pseudo-science do it with someone else, please.

I will be happy to answer each and every question to the best of my ability, but I’ve only been researching this topic for the past few years. So I do not know all there is to know. All I ask is that you show me respect. If you show me respect by keeping all your snarky remarks to yourself we can and will get along fine.

Flat Earthers in general are very intelligent people. Just because I am most definitely NOT intelligent don’t hold it against us all.

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Livingwell · 61-69, M

You can perform a simple test to prove the earth isn't flat. Take a trip from your home to somewhere else. First.. you can visually see that the earth is round. Second, oceans would spill over the edge at some point because water surrounds the earth. No one can ever find the spill point. Last, several spacecraft have taken pictures from high orbit snd further. You can actually see the roundness of the earth. None of these require any sort of special equipment or faith of any sort. As for the sun's distance, lasers have been bounced off of several solar system objects so we know the distance and that it varies. 🙂

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Livingwell You are following the science. And science is telling a story of the universe. The world you live in is a different place. It is a place where you drive a car to work. It is a flat place that you travel in your car or walk on to the store.

notyouraveragedummy

@Livingwell Check out his profile, he just keeps posting the same nonsense. He claims that ALL photos showing the curve of the Earth are fake. He ignores requests for photos or videos showing the flat Earth.

He's posted over a dozen (too boring to go back and count them) of these flat Earth theories. He never does any due diligence to support this notion. I don't think he's ever been on an airplane to see the curve for himself. His nonsense just goes on and on and on...

Livingwell · 61-69, M

@sree251 flying in an airplane is not science. In fact it is exactly like driving a car but in the air. You can fly at any altitude to see the ground and recognize landmarks. And you can see the curvature from the air. No smoke, mirrors, or science.

Livingwell · 61-69, M

@notyouraveragedummy I get it. I offered a simple test for him to perform. Whether he does it or not, it's up to him.

TBIman · 41-45, M

@Livingwell Thank you for your very well-worded comment and for not being a total prick like so many others. However, what you said in your comment was totally false. First of all, there is no simple test to prove that the Earth isn't flat. If there were, there would be no flat Earthers anywhere on the plane. You cannot see the curve of the Earth even at 120,000 feet. No man, you got it backwards. The water would spill off the Earth if it were a spinning ball, not if it were flat and motionless just like we experience. Every picture from NASA or any other space agency across the plane is fake. It is all computer-generated nonsense.

Sorry to burst your space bubble.

Why do you even care what I know to be true? Are you trying to save me from being humiliated or something. If so, it's way too late for that.

No one has ever bounced a laser off anything in so-called space. Where are you getting these nonsensible notions from?

sree251 · 41-45, M

@Livingwell The curvature you see is spherical aberration. It's your eyeball causing the illusion of curvature at the horizon.

As for the landmarks, it is possible to see them if you fly below cloud cover. You can't see anything once your plane fly above 15,000 ft after take off.

If you were to take off in a hot-air balloon that slowly lift off from the ground where your wife is watching you, she is your landmark and can be seen. But she is no longer the same wife who yelled at you when you are with her on the ground.

TBIman · 41-45, M

@sree251 I agree, Thanks for the comment sree251. Even though it was directed toward Livingwell.