Is Earth round or flat ?

[Stiddle Mump]

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

The absence of direct flights from Southern Chile to South Africa is driven by economic viability and operational logistics rather than any geographic or physical barrier. Airlines opt for routes that maximise efficiency and passenger numbers, and in this case, the indirect routes via hubs better serve those needs.

 

What about the big fence built by ancient civilisation of giants that used the cookie cutter to shape the flat disk of earth ?

 

Billion ???

Some surveys in the United States have indicated that roughly 2% of Americans might believe the Earth is flat.

 

While the flat Earth belief exists, its often amplified by online communities and remains a fringe view.

 

But... Assuming there are as many fruit-cakes in the rest of the world as there are in the USA... 

 

The 2% of the population believing in a flat-earth would be 160.5 Million People...   Thats still a lot of complete loons !!!

Don't agree with your stats Richard. I'm firmly in the middle section; the 2 billion that are unsure. I see both sides of the discussion.

 

I was a spherical earther, until Fatima persuaded me to look at the flat earth theory. By far the majority still believe the earth is spherical. But is that number diminishing?

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, JamesPhuket10 said:

 

So not much of a problem then as the dangerous fruit cakes of the world are the ones who believe in religion, they are the real threat. 😀

 

No disagreement from me there....   But at least for the stupid that forms some form of 'moral police force' to prevent them doing really stupid stuff.....  but those 'moral police forces' have become so powerful they've lost their morality and and you highlight, are and always have been real threat.

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said:

I was a spherical earther, until Fatima persuaded me to look at the flat earth theory. By far the majority still believe the earth is spherical. But is that number diminishing?

 

I got into this 'slightly' a few pages back... (around page 11 I think)...     but its just too exhausting to try and argue something so ridiculous on an intellectual level...   

.... not because I can't find a sound counter argument to every flat earth claim and dash of claimed flat earth evidence....

...  but because its just so tiring reading the silliness with a serious mind and countering each individual argument over and over again, while people quote those I consider idiots who manage to frame well sounding but fundamentally flawed argument.

 

Its a rabbit hole which simply is not worth delving down because it offers no intelligent or informative value other than the recognition that 'some' people can sound perfectly rational yet are absolutely undeniably bonkers !!!

 

 

 

 

 

[JamesPhuket10]

9 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

No disagreement from me there....   But at least for the stupid that forms some form of 'moral police force' to prevent them doing really stupid stuff.....  but those 'moral police forces' have become so powerful they've lost their morality and and you highlight, are and always have been real threat.

 

What is scary is that American politicians during many speeches say "God save America", now that is really scary as they have nukes. 

That has never been said in the UK, in fact only a small percentage of people are actively religious there, but that is growing though with immigration, and we have nukes too. 

[Stiddle Mump]

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I got into this 'slightly' a few pages back... (around page 11 I think)...     but its just too exhausting to try and argue something so ridiculous on an intellectual level...   

.... not because I can't find a sound counter argument to every flat earth claim and dash of claimed flat earth evidence....

...  but because its just so tiring reading the silliness with a serious mind and countering each individual argument over and over again, while people quote those I consider idiots who manage to frame well sounding but fundamentally flawed argument.

 

Its a rabbit hole which simply is not worth delving down because it offers no intelligent or informative value other than the recognition that 'some' people can sound perfectly rational yet are absolutely undeniably bonkers !!!

You are bang on the money about it being a rabbit hole Richard.

 

One could argue the toss for 100 pages and not convince anyone of your point of view. Or have you mind changed by opposing arguments.

 

 

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, Stiddle Mump said:

You are bang on the money about it being a rabbit hole Richard.

 

One could argue the toss for 100 pages and not convince anyone of your point of view. Or have you mind changed by opposing arguments.

 

 

There exists no rigorous scientific study has provided evidence that challenges the well established understanding that the Earth is an oblate spheroid....  none whatsoever.

 

 

 

[Stiddle Mump]

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

There exists no rigorous scientific study has provided evidence that challenges the well established understanding that the Earth is an oblate spheroid....  none whatsoever.

 

So you say Richard.

 

Fatima said differently. She came at it from a different viewpoint. Told me to do some investigating. Check on flight distances she said. I did.  Now I'm 50-50.

 

Did you know Richard, that a plane can't fly from the equator going north, over the pole, back to the equator the other side, and then carry on south over the south pole and back where it started? No one can explain that.