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Flat Earth Debate / Re: How is this possible?

« on: August 31, 2016, 02:24:52 PM »

Yes i know that. I just put this out there to see what kind of answers it would get.

So not an earnest pursuit of knowledge. Alright.

"Next!"

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: How is this possible?

« on: August 31, 2016, 02:09:46 PM »

"Didn't know"?

My explanation was correct. The Moon's lack of a proper atmosphere is the correct answer to your question. A question I assumed you asked in the earnest pursuit of knowledge. Did you?

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: How is this possible?

« on: August 31, 2016, 01:55:03 PM »

The Moon does have an atmosphere.  It is just way less dense than Earth's  100 billion billion molecules per cubic centimeter at sea level.  The Moon's atmosphere has only around 100 molecules per cubic centimeter.  The atmosphere on the moon is also very close to the surface compared to Earth.

It is made up of heavier gasses since the Moon's gravity can not keep the lighter ones from entering space.

My mistake. Thanks, Woody.

The above is a demonstration of how rational people respond to being corrected by someone who knows something they don't.

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: How is this possible?

« on: August 31, 2016, 01:39:37 PM »

https://empoweryourknowledgeandhappytrivia.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/why-sky-is-blue.jpg



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/24/article-2237819-1630B6AC000005DC-813_634x637.jpg

How can you see into space from the moon with the sun shining on the moon, but yet on earth we can only see blue skies?

Probably because the Moon DOESN'T HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE.

Satisfied?

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Basics of FE "model" debunked in under 4min

« on: August 31, 2016, 12:54:11 PM »

It's also worth adding that; while you're completely wrong to think night would be impossible because of reflected sunlight, that IS the reason why the sky remains partially lit for at least a little while, even after the Sun sets entirely below the horizon.

By the way, does FE offer any explanation as to why the sky turns orange-red during sunrise and sunset?

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Basics of FE "model" debunked in under 4min

« on: August 31, 2016, 10:47:38 AM »

so you saying that the sun only works if the light it produces has something to reflect off of?

Well, of course the Sun works, that is; generates energy through fusion, regardless. The light it produced is made visible to us only by interacting with matter, like your eyes, the surface of the Moon, the atmosphere, etc. You'll never "see" a light beam traveling through the vacuum of space.

because to me it looks like light coming from the sun not bouncing off the earth

Fun fact, it's both. The light indeed comes from the Sun, but what you see around you is the result of light being reflected onto your retinas, and then processed by the brain. That's the only way "sight" works or has ever worked.

Some similar discussion here: https://www.quora.com/Is-sunlight-visible-in-outer-space

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Basics of FE "model" debunked in under 4min

« on: August 31, 2016, 10:04:42 AM »

Let me ask you this. if the sun were so big and bright shining light through space when the earth would rotate and it would be night time for us why whenever we look in to the sky we do not see light in space from the sun shining? If it was the way they say it is then space around us would always be lit up and we would only be in the shadow of the earth when it would be facing away and we would still see light around the shadow.

Why would we still see the Sun's light? Are you describing something like how light leaving a flashlight becomes fully visible when there's dust or fog in the air? Space is a vacuum, light is only reflected from matter.

I don't think the sun would be so bright but yet it only shines on a little piece of the earth at a time and no where else.

A little piece of the Earth? Try HALF of it at a time.

And another thing, if the sun was so big and bright and so much closer than the stars in reality we should never be able to see stars at anytime because everywhere around us would be lit from the sun

Wrong. Light is not reflected from the vacuum(itself) of space. Also, the Sun in your model is equally bright, no? (Or at least relatively speaking.) And much, much, closer. Indeed, why ARE stars visible in your model if this problem really exists?

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Speculation on the FE movement's geographical distribution. (Or: Where you at?!)

« on: August 28, 2016, 09:02:24 PM »

Yes. Thanks, rab.

I wanted to mention the hilarious level of geographical distortion in the Southern Hemisphere, but I was missing the exact figures. Not anymore!

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Flat Earth Debate / Speculation on the FE movement's geographical distribution. (Or: Where you at?!)

« on: August 28, 2016, 06:13:04 PM »

Hey there.

I dug around here and there, and couldn't find a topic directly relating to this question, so here goes.

Is the distribution of the FE movement worldwide what we would expect to see after accounting for all necessary factors? Or more to the point, do SIGNIFICANTLY more FEers live in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern? I mean, I spent at least a few minutes browsing search engines for "Australian Flat Earth Society" and "New Zealand Flat Earth Society" and could only turn up a single relevant result for a group that hasn't updated their site in fifteen years.

Might it be that living in the Southern Hemisphere, provides such an obstacle for FE nonsense that it simply can't be maintained between large groups of people?

I'm talking about verifiable phenomena like:

- The inverted Moon.
- The Coriolis effect. (It's not about toilets, Eric.)
- Counter-rotating startrails.
- "Why look, it's Sigma Octantis!"

Where do you live? Does what you see match what you believe? Could you say the same if you lived 8,000 miles away?

Thank you.