The world is flat! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: blueskull
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 02:27:21 am
content: It's always fun to watch self delusional people to say things contradict to what people have already proved.

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 02:53:02 am
content: This is a serious issue.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/flat-earth-debate-leads-to-fire-police-call-1.3634692

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 03:26:19 am
content: Somepeoplehave serious issues.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 07:33:46 am
content: Well that video was a waste of precious bandwidth.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 08:18:27 am
content: Quote from: Len on June 27, 2016, 02:53:02 amSomeone throwing a propane tank into fire is as stupid as someone saying that our globe is flat.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 03:04:41 pm
content: I find the flat earth theories oddly interesting, but also sad that so many people actually believe in it.

author: jolshefsky
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 03:52:50 pm
content: My dad and brother makethese precision water levelswhich have an accuracy of ±50 micro-inches (±1 µm). Early in the testing phase, they detected an error and realized they'd need to compensate for the curvature of the earth. I think that would be a difficult thing to explain if the earth were flat ...

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 04:06:45 pm
content: Quote from: jolshefsky on June 27, 2016, 03:52:50 pmNot at all.Blame gravitational lensing

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 04:10:54 pm
content: Hold on.... Can we at least agree that the moon is round? At least at certain times of the month? And maybe made of cheese?

author: Delta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 04:41:26 pm
content: Surely all these flat earth groups are piss-takes?Surely?

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 05:48:32 pm
content: Quote from: NANDBlog on June 27, 2016, 08:18:27 amI can see how you can get enraged when you argue something so obvious. Still, throwing a propane cylinder on a fire is a not smart either.What one has to always consider when entering an argument is whether logic and scientific reasoning is open to consideration by both parties. Once someone has proclaimed to be in a certain "camp" and cannot use science/logic/math to construct a reasonable argument, it has become a "faith" issue and there is no way to argue that. Case closed, no point wasting one's breath. Certainly, no point wasting a tank of propane either. Just walk away... and consider yourself enlightened. One can only imagine what Galileo, Copernicus and other greats in the past faced at the hands of their contemporaries. Death sentences? Jail time? Heretics!

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 06:20:23 pm
content: Anyone that could watch that 2hr video has the right to think what they want.

author: cloudscapes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2016, 09:39:57 pm
content: I can't watch those videos when it's only one "side" talking. Especially not two hours of it. I'd be yelling at the screen every 30 seconds "THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS". I need those videos to also feature a non-crazy person doing that for me. Doesn't have to be a real debate, but it should at least pretend to be one.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2016, 12:06:07 am
content: Quote from: Delta on June 27, 2016, 04:41:26 pmThe original perpetrators of this for sure are taking the piss. Then the hillbillies got a hold of it...

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 30, 2016, 10:39:26 am
content: I know two Illuminati believers.One seriously believes the walk on the moon was fabricated.The other believes George Bush was behind the recent Paris terrorist attacks.They are harmless enough and they are entitles to their beliefs.The dangerous Illuminati believers are those who believe Sandy Hook massacres were a hoax.