The Flat Earth Conspiracy Question

[uncle-ellis]

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Once the nukeler holocaust happens I hope that these tards are the first to die.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

The Greeks knew the Earth was round, and actually knew the circumference of it. They would put a ship on the horizon, and then knowing the height of the ship, and the angle between the top of the ship and the bottom, would measure the distance. Then using magical trigonometry, they found out the circumference of the Earth

As smart as the Greek methods of calculating the Earth's circumference were, they still missed. Yes, I love nitpicking... Well, I kid.

Also, the Mesopotamians had batteries.

Well, I wouldn't say that. They had something which could work like a low-power battery, most probably not even enough to power anything useful, not even to give you a proper shock... And we don't know if they recognized their significance or just considered them an amusing novelty ("A great ice-breaker at parties!").

Then again, a lot of the popular perception about how science only started in the Enlightenment is a myth made up by the Enlightenment thinkers themselves, who on their own didn't really contribute much... There was a lot of proper science going on for centuries (AT THE VERY LEAST since William of Ockham, but some centuries before him there was Avicenna... You could find a long string of them), if not millennia, before them.

 

[magnuslion]

If youve read the FAQ then you will know they dont cater to logic

just look at stefan's avatar. it explains everything about those people.

 

[tendo82]

There's a reasonable explanation for all of this. The Earth was flat until 4,000BC when it suddenly curved into a ball and killed all the dinosaurs. Then, aliens dropped off a few hundred thousand of their failed cloning experiments, called humans, who populated the planet in it's new curved form.

 

[Redingold]

The answer I got was that it's NASA, and JUST NASA faking everything, so that they don't have to spend their budget, and they get to keep it secretly.

 

[squid5580]

After scanning the site the most "logical" answer I found;
that if the world were flat that would prove fundemental physics wrong if that were true people would have to embrace creationism as it would make more sense and governments wouldn't be able to push their agendas like abortion and homosexual marraige.


Nice.

You know that is almost a sound theory. The only problem with it is you get a guy like Bush into the White House. He verges on being a religious fanatic and has access to this info and doesn't hold a huge press conference and say "ha ha there is a god your science can suck it". Then every text book with the name Darwin in it is burned to ash and everyone rejoices (well except for those darn evil athiests(SP?)).

 

[Soxafloppin]

If the earth was flat, wouldnt the water run off?

 

[squid5580]

If the earth was flat, wouldnt the water run off?

Naw we got big walls of ice holding everything together.

 

[Simriel]

Dude the Flat Earth Society, if I am thinking of the correct site, is a hoax.

 

[RobCoxxy]

Nothing. It's MADE UP.

You can have my children <3

 

[Merteg]

Are you saying the only proof we have that the Earth isn't flat are picture from space? Are you simple?