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Flat Earthers

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lenshack said:
Personally I liken flat earthers to remainers who think their little bit of the planet is all that matters, when in reality they’re living on a small section of a massive globe with endless and ever increasing possibilities and opportunities.
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This lad seems to think it's a bit bigger than we think.

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Lefty Frizzell said:
Look son, let's not get in to a he said, she said argument about this. My math is accurate.


Pal, it's obvious over previous discussions on the matter, that you're way in over your head. Let's leave the science to the big boys. Let's get you back to worrying about Brexit and Trump, with what you read on facey b, that's more your level.
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What bits?
 
You said, "Look. I'm was biggest NASA fan out there. Was at Space camp back in 96 and have seen it all. Unfortunately some bits just don't add up."

What bits?
 
Lefty Frizzell said:
What are you talking about?

Can you prove the earth is a perfect globe, as is seen in the blue marble image?
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Nah, I think it’s more oval shaped and a bit wobbly,
least it feels that way tonight after a stiff brandy or three.
 
tunstall birdman said:
When this global warming melts the ice off the polar caps, the planet will become more round when the top and bottom will get lighter and not squash it.
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....and we’ll all be under six feet of water,

unless the earth turns out to be flat, in which case the water will all run off the side and disappear into the universe and we can keep our feet dry.
 
Lefty Frizzell said:
What are you talking about?

Can you prove the earth is a perfect globe, as is seen in the blue marble image?
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Echoing what @GK said. You said my calculations were inaccurate and were not my own work (ironically you said they were taken from a reviewed source, but lets gloss over that), and you said you had calculations that proved otherwise.

Show them. What calculations have you done and what measurements have you gathered.

The earth is not a perfect globe. It is about 0.34% wider at the equator than it is pole to pole and then has mountains, valleys etc. Earth is over 12,000km across and Everest is only 8.8km heigh, so at the distance of the moon, neither of these are noticeable, making it appear to the human eye as a perfect globe.

Just traveling to other places on the planet, particularly the southern hemisphere, seeing different stars or the constellations & moon looking rotated, is one way to show we are on a big ball.
 
lenshack said:
....and we’ll all be under six feet of water,

unless the earth turns out to be flat, in which case the water will all run off the side and disappear into the universe and we can keep our feet dry.
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I'm over 6ft tall so I'll be areet. Unlucky short arses will drown :lol:
 
DaveH said:
Echoing what @GK said. You said my calculations were inaccurate and were not my own work (ironically you said they were taken from a reviewed source, but lets gloss over that), and you said you had calculations that proved otherwise.

Show them. What calculations have you done and what measurements have you gathered.

The earth is not a perfect globe. It is about 0.34% wider at the equator than it is pole to pole and then has mountains, valleys etc. Earth is over 12,000km across and Everest is only 8.8km heigh, so at the distance of the moon, neither of these are noticeable, making it appear to the human eye as a perfect globe.

Just traveling to other places on the planet, particularly the southern hemisphere, seeing different stars or the constellations & moon looking rotated, is one way to show we are on a big ball.
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Your calculations are incorrect and I am struggling to work out why you aren't able to work out why this would be? It's blatantly obvious. Think about the primary data, it's source and rebuild from there.
 
Lefty Frizzell said:
Your calculations are incorrect and I am struggling to work out why you aren't able to work out why this would be? It's blatantly obvious. Think about the primary data, it's source and rebuild from there.
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So me yours? You sound like you are trying to blag it, throwing words with no substance down on a forum.
 
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