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I've been in an airplane on a clear day. I've seen the curvature of the earth with my own eyes, on many occasions. What evidence do the flat earthers have that proves what I saw wasn't real?

One guy in about 200BC, a Greek speaker living in Egypt proved the earth was round and even measured it's size with pretty amazing accuracy.

Why should I believe a bunch of lunatic conspiracy theorists and not all the normal honest scientists who give simple explanations that make sense?

Go ahead, prove the earth is flat. I'll wait :-)

inventor 2y ago

Conspiracy theories, just like any theories, are science too, they are part of the scientific process, you shouldn't discard them.

"Bunch of lunatics" sounds like ad hominem to me. Bad science again on your part.

"Honest scientists" is questionable in some cases (because of conflicts of interest) and honesty is sometimes irrelevant because they aren't infallible, they make mistakes too.

They give "simple explanations" that make sense **to you**. General relativity is not simple, at least for the average joe. Even most physicists don't fully understand it.

"Go ahead, prove earth is flat, moron", is not how you create constructive dialog.

Flatearthers are right at questioning things, they are wrong at making a cult out of it.

But attitudes like yours justify them for creating a cult, it's a self-defense mechanism, defense from attacks like the one you just did.

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Heather_860 2y ago

LOL

Do not care.

The truth is important. Those idiots cannot prove the earth is flat. Science has proven it's round a hundred times over :-)

We have photos of it from space :-)

inventor 2y ago

Hm, yes, truth is important.

The question is, what for?

People have lost interest in Space. i think that's one of the main reasons why stuff like Flat Earth gain traction.

If they can do nothing with truth, to them it's no different than a tale.

I would like to offer people the possibility of doing useful stuff in Space.