Because they don't want us to know about whatever is on the other side of that ice wall, obviously. It's probably where they keep their gold or something. They have us believing that if you crossed Antarctica it would just be an inconvenient way of getting to the other side of the world so that none of us will ever try it.
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B.o.B Tries to Convince Twitter Earth Is Flat
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Because they don't want us to know about whatever is on the other side of that ice wall, obviously. It's probably where they keep their gold or something. They have us believing that if you crossed Antarctica it would just be an inconvenient way of getting to the other side of the world so that none of us will ever try it.
I just can't stop laughing at the thought process.
"NASA is in on it! And so is Russia! And China! And Canada! And every other country with a space program. And any country with satellites! And the GPS companies are in on it to, since they have satellites! Plus cell phone companies, and satellite TV companies! Pilots too, the ones who claim to fly around the world. And cruise ships crews that go around the world. And cargo ship crews. And any yahoo who built a boat and sailed around the world...
... RED BULL IS IN ON IT TOO!!!"
"NASA is in on it! And so is Russia! And China! And Canada! And every other country with a space program. And any country with satellites! And the GPS companies are in on it to, since they have satellites! Plus cell phone companies, and satellite TV companies! Pilots too, the ones who claim to fly around the world. And cruise ships crews that go around the world. And cargo ship crews. And any yahoo who built a boat and sailed around the world...
... RED BULL IS IN ON IT TOO!!!"
Jeronimo Jones
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Several years back, he linked to a shady looking conspiracy article about AIDS, flu, pharma, etc. while encouraging people to skip the flu shot. Fans of course blindly retweeted it.
Because people were getting really sick and dying from H1N1 complications, I told him he had more influence than knowledge.
His response was that I was probably behind the Nazi pharmacy...
Then he said he just wanted to ruffle feathers and get people to do their own research.
So I guess I can believe that he's "evolved" to flat earth now in search of the truth.
Because people were getting really sick and dying from H1N1 complications, I told him he had more influence than knowledge.
His response was that I was probably behind the Nazi pharmacy...
Then he said he just wanted to ruffle feathers and get people to do their own research.
So I guess I can believe that he's "evolved" to flat earth now in search of the truth.
Icyflamez96
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grow up
LaserBuddha
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Are we talking math math or Terrence Howard math?It all makes sense now. When you do the math, you end up like this...
Atomic Playboy
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1 x 1 = 2 would help explain why a flat circle photographed through a curved lens would appear to be a sphere. I think Terrence Howard just inadvertently solved space!
irfaanator
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I'm all about the time cube theory. That's where the real shit is at
undu
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The counterargument is that the sun is much smaller and much closer than you think. It doesn't disappear behind the curvature of the Earth, it just gets obscured by the scenery.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=53629.0#.VqaVXvB86rU
I vaguely remember some kind of alternate theory about the sun actually being a hovering spotlight rather than an orb that radiates light equally in all directions too, now that I think about it. I mean a lot of these people are trolls who make it up as they go along, there's not perfect consistency in the "movement".
So it's fair to say these people have never witnessed a sunrise or sunset over the sea?
In 1884, meridian time personnel met in Washington to change Earth time. First words said was that only 1 day could be used on Earth to not change the 1 day bible. So they applied the 1 day and ignored the other 3 days. The bible time was wrong then and it proved wrong today. This a major lie has so much evil feed from it's wrong. No man on Earth has no belly-button, it proves every believer on Earth a liar.
lunchtoast
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What are the benefits of lying? If the earth was flat, people would just say it's flat.
30yearsofhurt
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wut?
I want some of what you're having.
The rich people want to keep us poor down!
Graphics Horse
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...How do they explain the rotation of stars south of the equator?
A bunch of my friends put a balloon with a camera high enough to see the curvature of the earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU-lrfs_ipo
We're done here.
But the curved lens tho.
No one ever believes me when I tell them about the space turtle.
Sir_Crocodile
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I thought this was a case of robotic malfunction.
How does that work?
Is the length more curvy at high altitude or something?
Because otherwise there would be no way to make a picture of a straight line.
The counterargument is that the sun is much smaller and much closer than you think. It doesn't disappear behind the curvature of the Earth, it just gets obscured by the scenery.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=53629.0#.VqaVXvB86rU
I vaguely remember some kind of alternate theory about the sun actually being a hovering spotlight rather than an orb that radiates light equally in all directions too, now that I think about it. I mean a lot of these people are trolls who make it up as they go along, there's not perfect consistency in the "movement".
I love how this theory only works if you live in the North Hemisphere
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
huh.Antarctica. Yep, according to them Antarctica isn't actually the continent at our sothern pole - it's a wall of ice surrounding the flat earth in all directions. We only think it's the South Pole because the North Pole is the center, so everytime we reach the wall we are as far "south" as possible.
EDIT: An illustration:
The hovering spotlight is the sun.
so the idea is that you don't just go around the arctic to get to the other side... you ACTUALY GO AROUND the arctic. The arctic like a traffic circle with no exit lanes and we all exist in the center island.
I dunno, that's the argument B.o.B uses.
Is it weird that I can buy climate change deniers more than flat earthists? At least I can see the reasoning for the former by assuming dualism between organism and environment.
Flat earthists run on the idea that everything we're showing of the world is bullshit. It's not that they can't grasp the data into an experience to understand, but outright reject the data.
Flat earthists run on the idea that everything we're showing of the world is bullshit. It's not that they can't grasp the data into an experience to understand, but outright reject the data.
Arkos
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Is it wrong that I want a high quality print of this now
Of course Dr. Tyson is off by a couple thousand years, Pythagoras had this shit worked out back in 600 BC.
You don't need any pictures from outer space or fancy scientific instruments to work out the curvature of the earth. A little bit of basic trigonometry and a theodolite(and a lot of walking) is all you need.
Mr. Poolman
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Nonsense!
Its all covered up! even the jews and arabs work together to cover this up!
I'm mounting an expedition to the Ice Wall, are you in? the truth is going south... err.. outside... or something.
Vicetrailia
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Why do people want the earth to be flat?
Arkos
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So that they feel smarter than the sheeple with their fancy book learning and NASAs
Dunno, man... Looks pretty flat to me.
Flat Earth is so 1500s. Hollow Earth is where its at.
To and from other galaxies
every god damn lens is curved. your own eyeballs are fucking curved.
(I know you're mocking the quote from BoB, I'm just venting in general at the stupidity of what he said)
Ganzlinger
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lol that just supports Flat Earth believers.
Anyway, between B.o.B and Neil deGrasse Tyson I will always side with the first.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Ice walls you fool! Keep up!
Simon Belmont
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The cartel of globe manufacturers is powerful.
SymbiantXenos
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A powerful enough telescope could surely see these 'ice walls'
the-pi-guy
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Pretty sure he was going off the often perpetuated flat earth myth, being that most people thought the Earth was flat until Columbus basically. Incorrect though.
freethought
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Yes, but only because there are far better depictions of A'tuin available for purchase.
Atomic Playboy
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Atmospheric refraction of light waves causes diffusion of particles within the medium, leading to a transphotic shift along the heliopause which impacts visibility over long ranges. You know, or other science-y sounding bullshit.
Someone else has probably said it already, but the truly amazing thing about this is if he had in fact been in an airplane in the night sky traveling from, say, the USA to China he would know that the earth isn't flat because how the fuck would that even be a thing that could happen?
Did he doze off during the part when the plane totally went around the very sharp curve of its flat edge? Insanity.
I mean, in the past at least people thought it was really important to keep track of their assumption that the earth was flat because they were certain ships would reasonably have to fall off it. Now that we know ships can travel all the way across the water, how is it possible to cling to thoughts like this, even if you only have a rudimentary understanding of physics? Are ships and planes a part of the conspiracy as well?
Did he doze off during the part when the plane totally went around the very sharp curve of its flat edge? Insanity.
I mean, in the past at least people thought it was really important to keep track of their assumption that the earth was flat because they were certain ships would reasonably have to fall off it. Now that we know ships can travel all the way across the water, how is it possible to cling to thoughts like this, even if you only have a rudimentary understanding of physics? Are ships and planes a part of the conspiracy as well?
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
eu pfhor ia
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I actually thought about this today (probably more than it deserves), and I think it's because it isn't really about the shape of the Earth, it's because of a disbelief in the concept of outer space/the Universe itself. The (flat) Earth itself is all that exists to them.
It'd be interesting to see some Venn diagrams of flat earth, creationism, lizard people, etc, believers. The region of overlap of all the diagrams would be...Ben Carson?
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