RE: Flat Earther, and other conspiracy theories. Are they mostly atheists?
April 22, 2021 at 10:47 am
(April 22, 2021 at 10:40 am)Reforged Wrote:(April 22, 2021 at 10:38 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: It's one of those super interesting ones where, if you actually set out to observe the curvature of the earth as a complete layperson - you'd likely see something that seemed to suggest the flat earthers doubts had merit.
Yep. The edge of the world. Again, this is easily verified. Just sail up to it.
Don't bother asking a pilot to fly you there, they'll just fly you in a circle.
Oh, no., no nonono, what I mean is that if you try to observe the curvature in a set of circumstances that we might call realistic for the average person - you really can see things that would suggest that the earth was flat. There was actually a business and market to this back in the day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Level_experiment
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