And I just can't believe it. This is ridiculous. I click around a bit, at first I thought it was a joke, but then it dawned on me that... holy .... there are a whole bunch of people here, in the year 2007, who think that the world is flat. Incredible.
I noticed a few things... the first thing I noticed was a post in which some poor soul thinks that satellites do not exist and any pictures of the earth have been "manufactured" here on the earth's surface. I suppose if you think the earth is flat then you would also have to convince yourself that satellites do not exist, and I do mean convince yourself, because there is no evidence to support such an idea.
To you sad people, I would kindly like to point out a thing or two. Sattelites do exist my logically challenged friends. Walk outside on a clear night. Now, look up at the sky. Now, just keep your gaze on the stars for a good moment, just until you spot what looks like a star gliding across the sky. That would be a sattelite. It shouldn't take you more than 30 seconds to find one. You can usually find one within ten seconds of looking up at the sky, at any time of night, simply because there are so many satellites circling us. The earths orbit is literally littered with them. Do it on the next clear night. If it is a clear night right now, do it right now. They are surprisingly easy to spot. Like I said, it will look like a star, but it will be gliding across the sky moving in a linear fashion, and as you watch it move you will be able to tell that it is "underneath" all of the other stars, and that it is not a plane.
Second, I would like to point out that I have used google earth to zoom in on the top of my residence. I could see my car parked out front, so if that is a hoax, my goodness have they ever done their research.
The next thing I noticed was the proposterous theories proposed by the self proclaiming "smart people", the people claiming to be physicists and psychologists who think that the world is flat. Um.. hello? Einstein anyone? He explained gravity in a way that makes sense, even in calculation, and the calculations include giant spherical mass known as planets.
Here, I will help you guys out on this one, here it is explained in video form.. since you people do not seem to ... read.. any... sort of... information.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4258041398583592305&q=elegant+universeThe earth shooting upwards pinning us all to its surface was good for a few laughs though, thanks for that. The author of that post, who I noticed is a moderator gets an A+ for effort, but unfortunately Einstein owns you when it comes to physics.. and makes a lot more sense... (his theory includes everything else... yours will have to bend and twist everything else to compensate for it) soooo... watch the aforementioned movie so that you can shut down this site and get on with your life.
Another thing I would like to touch on is the planes being able to fly around the world thing... ok um.. someone brought this up, and someone elses rebuttal was that you can "trace the outside of a coin and come full circle..." .. um... ? wha..? But I thought the earth was flat? The outside of a coin is round? And what would be on the coins surface then? That doesn't really make sense. So can someone else, maybe Tom Bishop who I immediately noticed is the village idiot here, possibly explain to me how planes are able to fly straight and end up in the same spot? If the world is flat then why can't we find its edges?
Also, Tom, I noticed you coming down on others when they can't understand your "perfectly logical theories" which show us how flat the earth is, saying that their lack of education is to blame.
Well... in the second grade I was taught that the world was spherical, so I am curious as to where you got your education from.