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The earth is flat?
- Thread starter Element Zero
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heliocentric, shouldn't the universe be geocentric?Very nice pic!
But we all know, that this is not true!
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Wise(b)ass
I had a nightmare last night, Sheldon Cooper, fell of the edge of the world, ending the big bang theory. (just wondering why CBS, didn't do this five years ago)
We all need that one guy who'll volunteer for anything.
I always wondered why there is a vacuum in space. Now I know!
And I guess that means there is a miniature Megamaid (a Minimaid??) inside every preamp and power amp vacuum tube in our bass amps! (Which would explain why my bass playing sucks sometimes!) It all makes sense now.
It's the worst when she goes from suck to blow in the middle of a tune.
Oddly enough, I've used tubes as a counterargument with a flat earther acquaintance. He was saying that the "extreme" vacuum of space would destroy any spacecraft, yet tubes are evacuated to 1x10-6 atmospheres and are only separated from the actual atmosphere by a thin layer of glass. The pressure differential between a spacecraft like the ISS and its surroundings and that of a vacuum tube at sea level is about the same.
In which it becomes apparent that flat earthers don't understand how planes work. Or scale.
You can't "decide" your friends aren't stupid. You can only choose to ignore it.My life has gotten exponentially better since I decided not to have stupid friends.
On further reflection, I guess you can decide not to include in your set of friends those people you know who are stupid. But then, I guess, you have answered your original question.My life has gotten exponentially better since I decided not to have stupid friends.
Man you're on today.I think, most "flatearthers" are egocentric!
But what do I know?
Wise(b)ass
Every group has one stupid friend. Look around. Do you see the stupid one? No? Oops...
My neighbour and I have had a few conversations similar to this one. He believes that the earth is 5000 years old. We're still talking about that... I am waiting for the right time to let him know that the earth is flat.
On another note... "No matter how you flip it, a flap jack has two sides". Dr Phil
Fishheadjoe
PS... i have been waiting for someone to say Magma... I really like that word.
On another note... "No matter how you flip it, a flap jack has two sides". Dr Phil
Fishheadjoe
PS... i have been waiting for someone to say Magma... I really like that word.
Still looking for photos...
...but it is easier to find good jokes about religions, than to find
"upskirt" pics that are politically correct!
Wise(b)ass
He has a reason to believe the earth is 5000 years old. Whether or not it's a good or bad reason can't be discussed here, but he has a reason.
No one has a reason to believe the earth is flat. I honestly can't tell if the flat earthers actually believe it or they're just being contrarian for the sake of contrarianness.
According to some FE types, flat earth is a Biblical concept but I'm pretty sure that would generally be hotly contested by even most YECs.
I've done a good bit of digging into FE since a long term acquaintance of mine has claimed to be a flat earther and I'm convinced that it's mostly taking the piss. But no matter how stupid something is, you will find someone who actually believes it.
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I live in Colorado … we have lots of mountains … the earth is not flat
Oddly enough, I've used tubes as a counterargument with a flat earther acquaintance. He was saying that the "extreme" vacuum of space would destroy any spacecraft, yet tubes are evacuated to 1x10-6 atmospheres and are only separated from the actual atmosphere by a thin layer of glass. The pressure differential between a spacecraft like the ISS and its surroundings and that of a vacuum tube at sea level is about the same.
In which it becomes apparent that flat earthers don't understand how planes work. Or scale.
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig +1
As Neil deGrasse Tyson so eloquently said:
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
Sounds about right. I USED to have a friend who was pretty normal, eccentric, but normal, and then everything became conspiracies. Even down the bizarre path to believe that “time” was a man made construct and that one cannot truly measure time because it’s unquantifiable... He went so far off the deep end with some of this stuff, myself and 4 other people who had been long time friends of his, had to step away.
Absolutely!
For as long as humans have existed, they have excelled at doing two things:
1. Making up stuff
2. Convincing themselves that the stuff they made up in step #1 is actually real!!!
(It's that step #2 that I find most bizarre and puzzling.)
But hey, we are talking about humans. It's a very strange species with a very odd need to do those two things.
I suppose one possible reason some humans do those two things is due to having an inner need to have an explanation for everything. So when they have no clue about something, they make stuff up and then convince themselves (and even sometimes convince others) that what they made up is real. And unfortunately, too many humans are weak-minded enough to allow others to talk them into believing the made up stuff.
I like George Carlin's quote:
"I have this real moron thing I do called *THINKING* and I don't make a very good follower because I like to form my own opinion of things."
My version of that is, "my mind is not for rent."
