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originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: FlyInTheOintment
Just in case you're interested, I want to post a new video I see today, because it's relevant to the argument against flat earth: The authority figures of the mainstream official story.
THE NASA COMEDY HOUR: Lies, Disappointments & Woo -- Jeranism & Grosen
originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: WhatItIs
My point is that NASA is not a reliable source for science.
In my opinion, we the people worldwide who are genuine truth-seekers need to start from scratch using the technology we have today to examine nature and see what develops.
originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
need to start from scratch using the technology we have today to examine nature and see what develops.
originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: WhatItIs
All people on forums need to admit to themselves that we the people worldwide have been lied to by "the powers that be" with impunity.
Good point. Whether anybody believes NASA or not, the Earth was known to be a globe thousands of years ago when Erastothenes measured the size of the globe, long before NASA existed.
originally posted by: WhatItIs
originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: FlyInTheOintment
Just in case you're interested, I want to post a new video I see today, because it's relevant to the argument against flat earth: The authority figures of the mainstream official story.
THE NASA COMEDY HOUR: Lies, Disappointments & Woo -- Jeranism & Grosen
You know the earth was known to be spherical before NASA? Right?
Erastothenes didn't have any advanced technology and you and I don't need any advanced technology to repeat his experiment either. He just measured the shadow angles at two different cities at noon on the summer solstice, and the distance between those cities. Then using fairly simple geometry, A geometric calculation reveals that the circumference of the Earth is the distance between the two cities divided by the difference in shadow angles expressed as a fraction of one turn. I don't know why Fly in the Ointment hasn't done this, instead of going off about how NASA lies, since the shape of the earth was determined long before NASA existed.
originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: WhatItIs
My point is that NASA is not a reliable source for science.
In my opinion, we the people worldwide who are genuine truth-seekers need to start from scratch using the technology we have today to examine nature and see what develops.
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
in that the Southern pole is actually a boundary wall surrounding the entire Earth realm in which we live, an 'ice wall' marking the boundary of the seas. Beyond the wall (think Game of Thrones) is a realm of ice & perhaps resources which our governments have secretly plundered for whatever purposes, without telling us - but beyond that, there is a dome firmament which comes down to the level of the icefields, then submerges beneath them, all the way up or down being thoroughly impassable. .
originally posted by: WhatItIs
And. Yet…
Spherical earth is far from meaningless.
originally posted by: WhatItIs
originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: WhatItIs
All people on forums need to admit to themselves that we the people worldwide have been lied to by "the powers that be" with impunity.
Which has nothing to do with this.
From ancient times to modern times. From those that sail/fly alone, to private crews, to shipping companies, to the world’s navies and air forces. The most accurate and predictable way to navigate the earth is as spherical with Antarctica as a continent in the Southern Hemisphere. Not flat with an Ice Wall
When it comes to astronomy. You can check and verify much for yourself. Buy a telescope. If your local college has an astronomical observatory, go to it on open to the public events. There is much “science” open to the public. You can even study to be a scientist.
I get what you’re saying about “the powers that be”. But there is much fundamental science that you can be part of, with no evidence and no motive to lie about it. Like the heliocentric model. Where “science” tries to understand the mechanics and make accurate predictions.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: igloo
The thing is igloo hes not the only one claiming that the Earth is an oblate spheroid.
As to commonly believed ideas, well his seems be backed by logic and simple observation as opposed to pseudoscience and denying gravity.
Plenty of other evidence that our Earth is not flat including the photographic sorts.
As to him having nothing, seems like a lot to me.
Keeping in mind he's attempting to leave the science to a bare minimum.
How do you expect him to provide documents or historical papers pertaining to flat earth when nobody else believes the earth to be flat, aside from people who are poorly educated that choose to place their belief in such nonsense?
You realise that humanity has known the world is not flat for a few millennia?
Even the ancient greeks knew the shape of the world to be a globe/sphere.
physicsworld.com...
crosstalk.cell.com...
www.earth.com...
en.wikipedia.org...