Flat Earth Society.

Shacklebolt

How can people like this still exist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society#Organizational_Challenges

Clearly the fact nobody has fallen off the edge would convince them its a sphere..

Mark200

It's all a conspiracy dude

Sharpshooter

It only counts if your jigsaw globe gets knocked over.

Clearly , an observation on my part.

Overheal

Well they disbanded in the 90s. Probably werent ready to beleive nasa. like the moon landings. bla bla bla.

But I heard Mordeth had plans to revive it a while ago, something about the world being a disc. So yeah.

javaboy

Shacklebolt wrote: »

How can people like this still exist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society#Organizational_Challenges

Clearly the fact nobody has fallen off the edge would convince them its a sphere..

If you read more about it you'll find they usually have an explanation for questions like that. It's really funny because the Earth was proven to be a sphere hundreds of years ago with very simple experiments. Even looking at the curvy horizon should tell you something is amiss with the flat earth theory.

I don't care what they believe in as long as it doesn't impact me or they don't want it taught as a legitimate scientific theory in schools. What really troubles me is what the hell is the motivation for believing something like that? It's not like it undermines any religious beliefs in any serious way so what's the problem with accepting what is clearly scientific fact? It seems to me they picked a stance and then bitterly defend it no matter what in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. That's all well and good if we're talking about religion or some other intangible unproveable concept but this is just a plain physical fact. It's not even like evolution where you can't see it in action. You can actually fly into space and observe that the Earth is not flat.

I wish the people who are so zealous about defending the indefensible would divert that attention to something more useful. :mad:

Pride Fighter

The Greeks knew the earth was a sphere 2,400 years ago. They could calculate the equator correctly too.

Terry

sharpshooterH wrote: »

It only counts if your jigsaw globe gets knocked over.

See, you can make a funny without lame puns.

Run_to_da_hills

A number of years ago when Shell had to dispose of the Brent Spar Oil Rig, they were going to drag it out to sea. Environmentalists were up in arms over it.

As a joke I wrote a letter to the Irish Times suggesting that Shell should tow it out to sea and simply drop it over the edge. signed The Flat Earth Society. It got published.

About a week later they had a load letters inquiring about the whereabouts of the flat earth society.

javaboy

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A number of years ago when Shell had to dispose of the Brent Spar Oil Rig, they were going to drag it out to sea. Environmentalists were up in arms over it.

As a joke I had a letter published in the Irish Times suggesting that Shell should "tow t out to sea and simply drop it over the edge" signed The Flat Earth Society. It got published.

About a week later they had la load letters inquiring about the whereabouts of the flat earth society.

Link? That's hilarious.

Red Hand

Flat Earth is a state of mind, not a geological fact.

Terry

Feckin' farenders.

Nehaxak

Wtf are you all talking about ? There is only one way to look at our world...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KTM0xOwrLT0/RmBDJEkLUII/AAAAAAAADUs/WezO8z4yU0Y/s1600/discworld.jpg

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Flat Earth is a state of mind, not a geological fact.

Huh? Explain that one for me please

Run_to_da_hills

javaboy wrote: »

Link? That's hilarious.

Brent spar 1995 Pre net, unless they have a downloaded archive. Im sure they have a record of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spar

Shacklebolt

Unfortunately I would have to buy the page from them in order to read it.

javaboy

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Brent spar 1995 Pre net, unless they have a downloaded archive. Im sure they have a record of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spar

If anyone has access to the Irish Times archive try June 28 1995.

Shacklebolt

javaboy wrote: »

If anyone has access to the Irish Times archive try June 28 1995.

Have to pay for it because it predates the internet. There definately was a letter on the topic so I will choose to belive RTTHs.

Red Hand

Mary Unsightly Subway wrote: »

Huh? Explain that one for me please

Gladly. The Earth is flat. We all know this. If the Earth was a sphere, then the people on the bottom would fall off.

Sure, people can take photos from space, circumnavigate the "globe" but we all know, inherently, that the Earth is under our feet, is flat. It has to be. Otherwise there'd be no up or down.

Senna

So they are just arguing their believes even though its ludicrous. Is this just a society of trolls?

Red Hand

Senna wrote: »

So their are just arguing their believes even though its ludicrous. Is this just a society of trolls?

Trolls traditionally live under bridges. Bridges are built on the ground. The ground a bridge is built on is flat. And another name for the ground, is the Earth.

You do the math.

javaboy

Shacklebolt wrote: »

Have to pay for it because it predates the internet. There definately was a letter on the topic so I will choose to belive RTTHs.

Yeah I know. I was hoping somebody here might have an account or access to an account. I'd love to see it.

javaboy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Trolls traditionally live under bridges. Bridges are built on the ground. The ground a bridge is built on is flat. And another name for the ground, is the Earth.

You do the math.

Are you trolling/posting tongue in cheek or are you being serious? I don't want to bother my arse writing a big long reply about how flawed your reasoning is if you're only messing. Thanks.

Red Hand

javaboy wrote: »

Are you trolling/posting tongue in cheek or are you being serious? I don't want to bother my arse writing a big long reply about how flawed your reasoning is if you're only messing. Thanks.

Flawed?IThereaismnothingtflawedraboutoit.lItlmakesiperfectnsensegactually.

kazza81

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Gladly. The Earth is flat. We all know this. If the Earth was a sphere, then the people on the bottom would fall off.

Sure, people can take photos from space, circumnavigate the "globe" but we all know, inherently, that the Earth is under our feet, is flat. It has to be. Otherwise there'd be no up or down.

I don't know what to say to this, I sincerely hope this is your sense of humour and I'm just too tired to get it, please let it be so

javaboy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Flawed?IThereaismnothingtflawedraboutoit.lItlmakesiperfectnsensegactually.

Ok for a start you say "The ground a bridge is built on is flat". The curvature of the Earth may not affect your calculations drastically if it's a reasonably small bridge but you fire a laser level across any bridge more than a couple of hundred metres and you'll start to see some deviation.

The ground is effectively flat for most of our daily business but the Earth is not flat.

Please tell me you're trolling.

Red Hand

kazza81 wrote: »

I don't know what to say to this, I sincerely hope this is your sense of humour and I'm just too tired to get it, please let it be so

I'm a little bit offended actually at the tone of condescnsion exhibited towards Flat Earthers on this thread. Plus, the flagrant use of the globular smiley is an attempt to get a rise out of me?

On Flat Earth message boards, we use the smiley :] It demonstrates that humour can be delivered by a non-globular ie flat icon.

Senna

javaboy wrote: »

The ground is effectively flat for most of our daily business but the Earth is not flat.

I live in Donegal, nothing but fecking hills up here.

javaboy wrote: »

Please tell me you're trolling.

Yes its trolling, do you not get the irony? thread about a ludicrous topic and some poster agrees with it? Come on, your making it too easy:D

javaboy

Senna wrote: »

Yes its trolling, do you not get the irony? thread about a ludicrous topic and some poster agrees with it? Come on, your making it too easy:D

It's late. That's my excuse for taking the bait. Plus it's not like there's nobody out there that believes this stuff so it's not that far fetched that someone on boards would.


<- That's the real flat earth smiley btw

Overheal

Shacklebolt wrote: »

it predates the internet.

Which only got me thinking: Is the Internet flat?

Red Hand

javaboy wrote: »

Ok for a start you say "The ground a bridge is built on is flat". The curvature of the Earth may not affect your calculations drastically if it's a reasonably small bridge but you fire a laser level across any bridge more than a couple of hundred metres and you'll start to see some deviation.

May be due to many things. Perhaps it is the laser that curves and not the earth. We all know that light bends when moving through a medium interface. Air is a medium, therefore the laser radiation bends when it moves through it. The geography of the land has ups and down and hills and mountains, but ultimately, it is a vast expanse like a carpet.

The ground is effectively flat for most of our daily business but the Earth is not flat.

I'm glad we agree on some common ground, but it looks like you are unable to grasp the whole concept?

Please tell me you're trolling.

It's quite evident from below that I am not.

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Flawed?IThereaismnothingtflawedraboutoit.lItlmakesiperfectnsensegactually.

kazza81

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

I'm a little bit offended actually at the tone of condescnsion exhibited towards Flat Earthers on this thread. Plus, the flagrant use of the globular smiley is an attempt to get a rise out of me?

On Flat Earth message boards, we use the smiley :] It demonstrates that humour can be delivered by a non-globular ie flat icon.

Please forgive my condescension(corrected:p) it was not meant but my smiley was :]

javaboy

Overheal wrote: »

Which only got me thinking: Is the Internet flat?

I don't know about the rest of the internet but Boards is definitely flat .....as opposed to threaded.

Nehaxak

http://makingmaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/flat-earth2.jpg

For those of you looking for an unusual Christmas present for the conspiracy theorist in your life, why not make them a flat earth globe just like the picture above...

http://makingmaps.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/making-flat-earth-globes/

What if the world really was flat, it is all a conspiracy to say the world is round and that we don't revolve around our sun but in fact our sun and actually the whole universe revolves around us, we are a flat planet but it's too much to take in for people to realise the whole universe is our responsibility. So we make up gods and other excuses, fake photographs from the fake landing on the "moon" and the public at large are none the wiser.
The stories about circumnavigating the world where also all lies, they just went North by North West then South a bit and ended up where they started.

javaboy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Flawed?IThereaismnothingtflawedraboutoit.lItlmakesiperfectnsensegactually.

Damn I had the brightness way down and the screen tilted and didn't cop that the first time around.:o Away with you troll.

Red Hand

javaboy wrote: »

<- That's the real flat earth smiley btw

That does not smile. :] does smile, hence the word smiley. :]

Red Hand

javaboy wrote: »

Damn I had the brightness way down and the screen tilted and didn't cop that the first time around.:o Away with you troll.

Ha! I couldn't believe you were still posting me. I thought it was an elaborate counter-trollism operation on your behalf. :]

kazza81

javaboy wrote: »

Damn I had the brightness way down and the screen tilted and didn't cop that the first time around.:o Away with you troll.

I didn't actually see that either, cringe, to bed with me I think!!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Gladly. The Earth is flat. We all know this. If the Earth was a sphere, then the people on the bottom would fall off.

Sure, people can take photos from space, circumnavigate the "globe" but we all know, inherently, that the Earth is under our feet, is flat. It has to be. Otherwise there'd be no up or down.

You mean that we see the world as being flat from where we stand?

Red Hand

Mary Unsightly Subway wrote: »

You mean that we see the world as being flat from where we stand?

Now I know why the Flat Earth Society was disbanded! People started taking them seriously and started arguing with them/understanding their viewpoint!:eek::p

Borneo Fnctn

i can't understand why people choose to be so primitive.

cHaTbOx

jackpalance wrote: »

i can't understand why people choose to be so primitive.

no point in being normal when it all seem worthless

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Now I know why the Flat Earth Society was disbanded! People started taking them seriously and started arguing with them/understanding their viewpoint!:eek::p

What are you talking about? I am not arguing their viewpoint... Talk about lost in translation, I am trying to understand wtf you were talking about when you said "it's a state of mind" as it didn't make any sence to me... christ.

komodosp

Clearly the fact nobody has fallen off the edge would convince them its a sphere..

AAh but if you read on you see they say the edge is surrounded by a wall of ice (i.e. Antarctica)... And the only ones who've penetrated it are the arctic explorers, some of which never came back!

I was going to ask how they explained gravity, because if by some miracle the disc didn't collapse in on itself, we should all feel like we live on a hill (Except people at the north pole)... but it seems there is no gravity, instead the Earth is accelerating upwards!

It doesn't explain why people in the southern hemisphere seem to be able to travel so fast... Maybe there is some kind aeroplane-accelerating effect in the "outer" hemi...disc?