Hello everyone,
I've been lurking sporadically on this forum and other FE places for quite some time.
Last week SpaceX flight made me wonder what would be the reaction here so I came back to watch the posts.
I have to say ,compared to other forums, you guys allow the non believers to come here and poke fun at you in a civilized manner while debating the subject ... So thanks guys !
Anyway after years of watching the back and force debate between FE and non FE I came to the conclusion that nothing, absolutely nothing can change the opinion of a FE . This topic is quite a fine example about it ...
Whatever the proof it will be held as fake , the counter argument will be some shitty youtube video, scientific explanations will be mocked, and of course it's a conspiracy by the freemasons, jews, illuminati, reptilians,satanists to enslave your soul ...
Debating the subject is completely and utterly useless ...
So why post here if it's a pointless waste of time ? I mean flat earthers represent such a small community , entitled to their freedom of belief and they do not physically hurt anyone .
What gets me slightly uncomfortable is the continuous bashing of people working into space & science related fields . Millions of peoples have worked and are working hard to make our life better. Among the many applications of space related technologies are GPS,weather satellites, imaging satellites, communication satellites that make the life of us sphere believers so much easier and full of opportunities.
So surfing the internet you end up in places like here were FE constantly bash them as shills,plants ,conspirators and so on that are working daily to deceive you with CGI and PR campaigns ...
Is it just and fair to negate a person discoveries , achievements and life work based on some quack belief system ??
It's not just an insult to all those brave people but also the whole scientific mindset that derive from human nature and curiosity....
So what do we do from here to get the record straight ? How to get our stubborn doubting Thomases to see the truth from their own eyes ?
I believe the most elegant solution would be to actually send them into space !
Sadly up until now there were very few solutions to get up there. You could get to the ISS but the 20 000 000 $ price tag made it quite out of reach ...
For way cheaper you could book a flight on a MIG-29 to fly approximately 20 KM up in the sky for more or less 20 000 $ .
From that altitude you can see quite well the curvature of the earth .. But even from the MIG a flat earther would argue that it's the canopy that is distorting the horizon or some kind of made up perspective law ...
Anyway I have never seen any FE saves money to go up there to check with their own eyes !
But now the situation is about to change , commercials tourists flights to LEO will become available in a few years ( 3 years max given the pace of current progress ) and you will be able to book a ride for more or less 200 000 $ with companies like Blue Origin . For that price you will be flown to 100 km , stay there for a few minutes in zero gravity, watch earth from the big bays and come back safely to the ground in less than a hour....
So for a price tag of one million dollars it will be possible to send 5 of the most respected FE youtubers and writers( chosen trough a vote ) to watch for themselves and come back to earth describing to other FE what they saw from space ...
I hope some benevolent person will finance such a trip, even a crowdfunding would do the trick ( I would throw some bucks in the bucket to watch this scientific experiment happen ) .
Until that day the debate about the shape of our home will be mostly sterile....
Thanks for your time :-)