I’ve heard this argument before. If the sun was a bulb spinning over a flat surface, an ultra-high powered telescope should be able to see it at night. If I place The Hubble Telescope on the top of Mt. Everest, I would have to be able to see the sun as it makes its rotation around the Earth, right?
But we all know this is not true. You can’t see the sun at night because the Earth obstructs your view.
“They” believe it is due to “perspective.” That the sun really is visible 24/7, but because it is so far away, we can’t see it. Like trying to see a single bird 50 miles away. Their theory falls short when:
Ask to see the sun at night with a high powered telescope.
Ask why, when the sun sets over the ocean, you can clearly see the sun fade away from the bottom up.
Ask why a high powered telescope can’t see across as ocean.
Ask them to explain stars. If our star fades into oblivion within a matter of minutes, how can we see stars that are trillions of miles away?
It’s amazing how the brain works, for some individuals. I can understand for those in the past when there was a lack of knowledge. Science is amazing. This shouldn’t be in question this day and age.
Why does believing in a flat earth make someone crazy, but believing in a creation where the earth (and everything) is only 6000 years old just make someone religious?
Or, anyone that doesn’t accept the scientific accuracy of evolution is just as whacky as someone that doesn’t believe in gravity. If anything, evolution has held up better than gravity over the past 100 years.
Frankly, flat-earthers don’t bother me any more than some of the crazier religious beliefs out there. I’m not against religion; believe what you want to believe. But if someone accepts that religious beliefs are okay, they should also leave the flat-earther’s alone too.
Flat earthers don’t want to be left alone, they are the most successful internet trollers of all time. They’re licking up the attention like a kid with a lollypop.
Sadly that is so true. This is the day and age of, “look at me, look at what I can do”, even if it’s idiotic and sometimes dangerous. There are teenage and early twenty somethings making millions of dollars for doing stupid stuff and posting it online. Self celebration. Two things to blame. Parents unwillingness to teach their children about personal responsibility at a young age and unhealthy doses of social media. I am not trying to start parenting classes here, I am not perfect and make my fair share of mistakes but, it’s imperative that parents hold their own child responsible, there should be consequences for bad decision making. Hopefully they learn something before those decisions become deadly. Ya know, like falling off the edge of earth.
Yeah, but flat-earthers don’t hurt anybody else, or even themselves. They’re not like anti-vacc’ers or people that peddle fake health treatments. They’re harmless.
Frankly, they probably put more thought into their “theory” than most people that just accept the world is round, so at least they’re thinking (even if their conclusions are wrong). I’m sure if you asked the average Joe in the street how to prove the world is round, they’d just shrug and have no idea.
Flat-earthers don’t scare me. What scares me is the huge numbers of people that believe stuff just because some celebrity said it was true.