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Flat Earth General / NASA Artemis

« on: September 22, 2021, 02:26:50 AM »

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

Nasa selects landing site for Moon rover mission:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58608295

We will finally find out if Moon really is made of cheese.

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The Lounge / For an idiot, New England, or the South?

« on: July 28, 2021, 07:18:03 AM »

I've done the usual, NY, LA, Las Vegas, San Francisco, then Philadelphia, and "crappier" places like Cumberland County, NJ, and Atlantic City.

I do like Lovecraft a lot, but, as a Nordic person, the South does intrigue me, Carolinas (though maybe better venture further inland) possibly, but maybe not New Orleans.

Or would it be nice to try the Midwest?

I am fully aware of the distances, the time it takes to move around. Still, as I believe quite many here are from the US, I imagine some might have ideas.

I travel light, and usually prefer just walking around, stopping by small shops and such to visiting any bigger attractions.

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Flat Earth General / Moon wobble to bring surge in coastal flooding in 2030s, NASA study predicts

« on: July 20, 2021, 11:59:08 PM »

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/13/us/moon-wobble-coastal-flooding-scn-trnd/index.html?

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01077-8.epdf?

Then again it is just NASA, and what can the Moon really do? All lies!

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The Lounge / Football did not come ”home”

« on: July 11, 2021, 03:34:20 PM »

It went to Rome. I am happy. And as Argentina won as well, it has been good.

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Flat Earth General / Ghosts of black holes

« on: January 26, 2021, 01:45:15 AM »

www.resonancescience.org/blog/Physicists-Think-They-Spotted-the-Ghosts-of-Black-Holes-from-Another-Universe

Has there been another flat Earth?

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Flat Earth General / Flat Earth Simulator

« on: November 23, 2020, 04:15:38 AM »

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1397620/Flat_Earth_Simulator/

Reviews currently at "mixed".

What do the FE here think of the product? Is it something you can agree with, or is The Truthtellers controlled opposition or some such?

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Flat Earth General / Virgin Galactic

« on: July 29, 2020, 05:26:10 AM »

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-virgin-galactic-passenger-spaceship-cabin.html

Who of the many wealthy professionals of the FE school have already booked a seat?

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Flat Earth General / A poll: Which FE model is the right one

« on: May 27, 2020, 08:34:53 AM »

Let’s find out which FE model has the most supporters.

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Flat Earth General / The universe might be round (”cosmological crisis”)

« on: November 08, 2019, 11:13:49 AM »

This is interesting:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222159-cosmological-crisis-we-dont-know-if-the-universe-is-round-or-flat/

Would be massive if it holds water. Have to wait and see.

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Flat Earth General / Is this the end of FE?

« on: November 04, 2019, 10:21:55 AM »

Mostly a question for longer standing members here.

I, myself, do not remember FE side being this badly represented. Is it just me, or has the quality of FE argumentation gone down?

Could be just that my perception is warped, but wanted to hear from others.

Oh, and not the end of FE in general as I am sure there are still others out there fighting the good fight. But when it comes to this forum.

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Flat Earth General / Steven Novella’s take on FE believers

« on: October 15, 2019, 07:21:06 AM »

On 3 May 2018, Steven Novella analyzed the modern belief in a flat Earth, and concluded that, despite what most people think about the subject, the believers are being sincere in their belief that the Earth is flat, and are not "just saying that to wind us up". He stated that:

In the end that is the core malfunction of the flat-earthers, and the modern populist rejection of expertise in general. It is a horrifically simplistic view of the world that ignores (partly out of ignorance, and partly out of motivated reasoning) to [sic] real complexities of our civilization. It is ultimately lazy, childish, and self-indulgent, resulting in a profound level of ignorance drowning in motivated reasoning.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_flat_Earth_societies#Internet-era_resurgence

Is this just another representative of the conspiracy, another so-called expert trying to make FE believers look bad, or is there truth in what he says?

EDIT: I am not, for some reason, able to apply italics to the first two paragraphs. Sorry for that. (Fixed now.)

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The Lounge / The Joker

« on: October 11, 2019, 03:41:42 AM »

Anyone seen it yet?

I think it was almost a masterpiece. Could have been fifteen minutes or so shorter, but other than that the film is close to perfection. I do still like Heath, but Joaquin was tremendously good and tormented.

It is a harsh and hard film to watch. It is not ”fun”. And to me it was a proper DC Comics movie. The first proper Batman story I read was The Killing Joke, so that set the bar for me.

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Flat Earth General / Nasa to open International Space Station to tourists

« on: June 07, 2019, 12:51:30 PM »

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48560874

Nasa is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 (£27,500) per night.

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Flat Earth General / Here be dragons

« on: March 02, 2019, 12:12:43 AM »

www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/science/spacex-crew-dragon-launch.html

”On Saturday, the spacecraft has no crew, but it sets up a near future with astronauts traveling to orbit from the United States again.”

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Flat Earth General / Japanese fakery

« on: September 24, 2018, 01:07:18 AM »

https://www.cnet.com/news/japanese-space-robots-just-landed-on-an-asteroid-and-took-incredible-photos/

Obviously shopped, and funded by NASA shills.

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Flat Earth General / Stephen Hawking, 1942-2018

« on: March 14, 2018, 12:39:57 AM »

A great loss.

I am saddened, although I am sure it was not easy for him or his family during his last years.