Flat Earth Uprising?

**Janszoon** · 11-07-2016, 08:36 AM

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that would be detecting the curvature. much different than seeing it.

No, when you look at the horizon, you are literally seeing the point at which the surface of the Earth is curving away from your line of sight.

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and just to test your logic about horizons a bit, would the horizon not still exist if the earth were flat? to me the horizon is just where the sky meets the earth.

I'd imagine that would depend on how far away from you the surface of your imaginary flat plane stretched and how much the thickness of atmosphere at that distance diffused light.

P A N · 11-07-2016, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

No, when you look at the horizon, you are literally seeing the point at which the surface of the Earth is curving away from your line of sight.

I'd imagine that would depend on how far away from you the surface of your imaginary flat plane stretched and how much the thickness of atmosphere at that distance diffused light.

okay, but you can't see the actual curve itself, from left to right. so you can't see the curve. call it semantics, but you can't see the curve.

if the earth were flat, and went on infinitely in every direction, would you see a horizon line?

**Janszoon** · 11-07-2016, 08:41 AM

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it looks like some people have basically said what i wanted to get out though, which is that a gaseous system within a vacuous expanse does not exist other than in the case of earth.

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next question:

why can't a plane fly into the rotation of the earth to shorten its flight times?

Because you don't understand physics.

**Janszoon** · 11-07-2016, 08:43 AM

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okay, but you can't see the actual curve itself, from left to right. so you can't see the curve. call it semantics, but you can't see the curve.

You are looking right at the curve. That's why you can't see the other side of it.

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if the earth were flat, and went on infinitely in every direction, would you see a horizon line?

I already answered this.

**Frownland** · 11-07-2016, 08:45 AM

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you may not want to accept this, but i'm not gonna laugh at you for it.

Uh get with the program dude, I'm on your side because mirages are a better explanation than the official story. Also I recommend not using YouTube because it's a state sponsored entity that only distributes government propaganda (including poorly done conspiracy theory videos, since those make dissenters look bad).

~~ChelseaDagger~~ · 11-07-2016, 08:50 AM

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Uh get with the program dude, I'm on your side because mirages are a better explanation than the official story. Also I recommend not using YouTube because it's a state sponsored entity that only distributes government propaganda (including poorly done conspiracy theory videos, since those make dissenters look bad).

Also, I'm pretty sure the flat-earth you-tubers began this endeavor as a bet that they could convince conspiracy theorists of anything-- even something as scientifically unsound as the earth being flat.

**Janszoon** · 11-07-2016, 08:51 AM

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Also, I'm pretty sure the flat-earth you-tubers began this endeavor as a bet that they could convince conspiracy theorists of anything-- even something as scientifically unsound as the earth being flat.

Seriously. I mean the Earth is obviously a cone.