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Put a flat earthier into space


Nukehasslefan said:
No, I'm actually not saying anything of the sort.

What I am saying is, if there is a proof then it can't be ignored, unless it's hidden.
In the case of a global spinning Earth and all the so-called space stuff, there's no proof but there is plenty of stories and pictures and videos showing what we're told.

From a personal point of view for any of you arguing against me, you're not in possession of anything other and certainly not in possession of known facts relating to those stories and whatnot but you can argue by majority acceptance based on all of it.
The problem is, it offers you no traction against me, other than mass opinion.

Explain what you see in the video.

I haven't seen any proof of working any distance out across Australia that offers a globe, except you saying it, which offers nothing.
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Lies, lies and more lies.
 
Nukehasslefan said:
Did you not see where I said a wild guess?

No true idea of the reality, no.

What is my map?
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The ridiculous map you posted ages ago.
Anyhoo you can fly direct from Argentina to Australia in about 15 hours, fastest current passenger jet does about 700 miles an hour so that's only just over 10,000 miles by my basic maths?
And they are completely opposite each other on your map?
 
legend7 said:
The ridiculous map you posted ages ago.
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I never claimed it as my map.
legend7 said:
Anyhoo you can fly direct from Argentina to Australia in about 15 hours, fastest current passenger jet does about 700 miles an hour so that's only just over 10,000 miles by my basic maths?
And they are completely opposite each other on your map?
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It isn't my map.
I spent long enough explaining the setup was not my setup but the premise of the model is what I go with.
If you want to go with the thought of this being my map and want to argue it based on that then I can't help you.
 
Nukehasslefan said:
I never claimed it as my map.

It isn't my map.
I spent long enough explaining the setup was not my setup but the premise of the model is what I go with.
If you want to go with the thought of this being my map a nd want to argue it based on that then I can't help you.
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You said it was the closest thing to how you imagined it?
 
Nukehasslefan said:
Let's strip you to the bare skin and bones.
Tell me what you need to calculate the distance and explain how you would go about it from a global mindset.

Or at least admit your reliance on being told the distance is due to what you're told is a globe but you cannot verify it.
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You need a map, a basic grasp of mathematics and the ability to think, so I can see why you find this difficult. I also did the calculation for you in the post you quoted, so you asking me how I would go about calculating it shows you're not paying attention as well.

The whole point of this example is to demonstrate that we can calculate the distance between any 2 places on the planet easily with a basic knowledge of mathematics and it works absolutely consistently for any 2 places you choose to name, but that it doesn't work if the planet isn't a globe.

For example, let's take Calais and Lisbon. I'm choosing these 2 places because I have driven this journey myself and can therefore verify that what the maths tells me matches with what I personally experienced in real life. In a straight line, they're almost exactly 1,000km apart, but as that line goes over the Bay of Biscay, it's not possible to drive that route, so you end up with a driving distance of just over 2,000km. Considering the driving route has a near 400km "detour" from the most direct route, a little trigonometry will show you that even if you could drive in a straight line to the point farthest from the straight route, and then in a straight line onto Lisbon from there (spoiler, you can't) you would already be adding 280km to your journey. Factor in the bends in the roads and the 2,000km fits in nicely with the maths we did at the start.

I know this has been a waste of time as you'll just wave it away, but it's been a fun experiment to revisit GCSE maths again and use it in a real world example.

Your turn now, how can the distance between any 2 places be calculated accurately on a flat Earth? You can use Calais and Lisbon as your examples if you like, but remember we then need to apply your formula to any 2 other places, perhaps Rio and Cape Town next.
 
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