A question that will disprove flat earth

So, tell me "flat earthers" why you are able to find a flight from Australia to San Fransisco, but also find a flight from South Korea to San Fransisco, both by going different directions. (San Fransisco is just an example)

Because the Earth is round, or something else?

Because when it is convenient, The Earth is shaped like the UN flag and the planes are travelling around the pole, and when it is not convenient, "there is no true FE map yet".

Because when it is convenient, The Earth is shaped like the UN flag and the planes are travelling around the pole, and when it is not convenient, "there is no true FE map yet".

The Earth is never shaped like the UN flag. I have no idea what you are talking about.

Quote from: Macpie on August 17, 2014, 03:28:05 PM

Because when it is convenient, The Earth is shaped like the UN flag and the planes are travelling around the pole, and when it is not convenient, "there is no true FE map yet".

The Earth is never shaped like the UN flag. I have no idea what you are talking about.

I mean the FE so-called "Flat Earth map". This is one of their main lines of defence. Either this is a valid approximation of how their FE looks or there is no correct map, depending on the situation. In this case probably they would say this is the map that works with your question.

Quote from: General Patton on August 17, 2014, 03:31:15 PM

Quote from: Macpie on August 17, 2014, 03:28:05 PM

Because when it is convenient, The Earth is shaped like the UN flag and the planes are travelling around the pole, and when it is not convenient, "there is no true FE map yet".

The Earth is never shaped like the UN flag. I have no idea what you are talking about.

I mean the FE so-called "Flat Earth map". This is one of their main lines of defence. Either this is a valid approximation of how their FE looks or there is no correct map, depending on the situation. In this case probably they would say this is the map that works with your question.

The FE map is just some BS made by flat earthers
No one knows what the world would look like if the world was flat.

There is not "official" flat Earth map.  The one you are referencing is only meant to represent the layout of the continents, not the distances. 

There is not "official" flat Earth map.  The one you are referencing is only meant to represent the layout of the continents, not the distances.

Strange that you cannot add distances. I wonder why.

There is not "official" flat Earth map.  The one you are referencing is only meant to represent the layout of the continents, not the distances.

*All* maps show the layout of whatever is being mapped -- in this case, the continents, the oceans, the Artic, the "ice wall", etc.  Are you saying that the relative distances on that map, e.g. the distance between Europe and North America vs. the distance between Australia and Africa, might not reflect the truth at all?  If that's what you are saying, then please clarify what *is* correct on that map.

I have not measured the distances, so I can personally say either way.  Have you? 

I have not measured the distances, so I can personally say either way.  Have you?

Do you really believe only those things that you personally have verified?  For example, are you suspicious about whether the water molecule is really made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, simply because you don't have the ability to verify this fact for yourself? 

Quote from: jroa on August 17, 2014, 04:39:56 PM

I have not measured the distances, so I can personally say either way.  Have you?

Do you really believe only those things that you personally have verified?  For example, are you suspicious about whether the water molecule is really made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, simply because you don't have the ability to verify this fact for yourself? 

The question I was responding to was specific.  I gave my opinion, and now you are attacking me for it? 

I'm not attacking you.  You argued that you shouldn't believe distances on maps that you haven't personally verified.  And I am arguing that there are many facts, such as the chemical composition of the water molecule, that very few of us are able to verify for ourselves, yet we believe these facts anyway. 

I will answer your specific question about map distances next, but I think the more fundamental question in my first paragraph above is an interesting one, and it directly relates to your more specific question.

I have not measured the distances, so I can personally say either way.  Have you?

I have not personally measured the distance between any two cities in the world, but here is an easy way that we can estimate those distances:

Go to any airline's website.  Enter the departure city and arrival city for a non-stop flight, e.g. New York to London.  The flight details will usually include the distance in miles.  Do the same for several combinations of cities, making sure to include at least one city from each continent.  Now layout the continents very roughly, but to scale as best you can, according to the city-to-city distances.  I am quite confident that you will find that the distances match up extremely well with the round-earth globe.  Furthermore, you will not be able to create a flat earth map that keeps all the cities at their correct distances.