Posted on 08/26/2023 5:34:47 AM PDT by dennisw
The Flat Earther next door: These are the US states with highest share of conspiracy theorists, based on residents' internet search history... so do YOU live in a flat or round state? Alaskans were the most interested in 'Flat Earth' theories, Google searches show New Jersey natives entertained 'Flat Earth' claims least, per same search data
Earth's greatest minds have known our world is round since at least as far back as the day Pythagoras made his calculations in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago.
But as you might have guessed from fighting with relatives and old friends on Facebook, as many as 10 percent of Americans still believe the earth is flat, according to survey data compiled in 2021.
If you're looking for a place offline to get away from conversations about 'Flat Earth' conspiracy theories (or maybe where to go to join your fellow true believers), a new analysis of Google searches across all 50 US states might help.
Die-hard 'Flat Earthers' may want to bundle up before relocating to Alaska, whose residents searched the most for information on the widely discredited theory.
And those looking to move on from the 'Flat Earth' debate entirely may want to find space in the densely populated state of New Jersey, which had the lowest interest in researching the topic online per 10,000 residents.
Find out below if you live in a 'Flat State' or a 'Round State.'
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I gave you a link. Although here’s the funniest part really. The BEST proof that you’re completely wrong COMES FROM YOU:
This is the story YOU LINKED TO:
https://earthsky.org/earth/99-percent-worlds-population-receive-sunlight/
And it explains the why and how of the whole thing.
IT’S A GLOBE. You proved it.
Sure you can. Theres an image of that happening just up thread.
Two divine creations.
Don't be so sensitive. I am not calling you names.
Is there an example or just words and pictures?
Nothing so crass for you, no. Just slights, innuendo and character assassination.
You guys are really scared about people finding out
about the flat earth, aren't you.
It’s the truth. Willfully ignorant people, your “true believers”, are people who have decided to be stupid. That is the reality of the situation. And they useless. And the world will be better when they die.
No he’d be a lousy company commander because he has no ability to use logic. He’d just do what he was told and completely ignore how the facts on the ground have changed and now that plan is going to get all his men killed. A good commander has to be able to think.
I’m not underestimating him. He’s not just “wrong about something” he has specifically chosen to be remain permanently wrong about basic facts of the universe. He has decided up is down and will not be swayed. He is beneath contempt, he is of no value. And excuse mongering people who want to be stupid just encourages them.
That’s what examples are. Words and pictures.
But really click YOUR OWN LINK:
https://earthsky.org/earth/99-percent-worlds-population-receive-sunlight/
YOU PROVED YOU WRONG
“And gay used to mean happy, not homosexual.”
So... are you using the people who transformed that word as your role model in claiming that “scientism” means whatever you decide it should be?
Hunh. I would have rolled with Humpty Dumpty instead but that’s just me.
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less. ‘”
“’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’”
Show me where it explains it.
Post the text, you have the link.
You really are obtuse, aren't you!
READ YOUR OWN LINK
Really dude. If you can read that and watch their video and not understand it. That’s because you want to be stupid.
Which we already know to be true.
So buh bye moron.
You can't show anything to support your argument
so you're taking your ball and going home.
C ya!
The one on the right is Antarctica.
The analemma is the travel path of the sun between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
Their CGI video.
OK. I’ll try. 😊
On the spherical Earth, without any obstructions, most people at a height of around 5 feet tall standing at ground level and looking horizontally over a flat plain (not a flat Earth) can see about 3 miles into the distance, the point at which the Earth's curvature bends away – the horizon. The higher you go in elevation, however, the farther into the distance you can see.
If you stood atop Mount Everest (which is 29,029 feet tall) on a perfectly clear day and presuming you haven’t frozen to death, the horizon would be about 230 miles away.
However, standing at ground level and for instance, looking over a lake or other large body of water as is most typically the case where this phenomenon occurs, under the right atmospheric conditions, you can sometimes see objects much farther away but what you are seeing is a “superior mirage”.
Under the right atmospheric conditions, standing on the shores of eastern Lake Michigan, it is sometimes possible to see the entire skyline of Chicago, all the buildings from top to bottom and even sometimes the Chicago shoreline from around 60 miles away which to you flat Earthers who think that the “maths” wouldn’t work on a spherical Earth, should be impossible. And yes it is but isn’t.
This was shown in the previous videos I posted to you.
Mirage of Chicago skyline seen from Michigan shoreline
But note that the atmospheric conditions for such phenomenon must be just right, otherwise if the Earth was flat, the entire Chicago skyline would be visible and unchanged on any clear day from that same location all the time, which is not the case.
Skyline Skepticism: The Lake Michigan Mirage
An even rarer form of this same atmospheric condition is the “floating ships”.
What is Superior Mirage? Why the Ship looks Floating?
Is This Boat Floating In Mid-Air? No! But Here's Why It Looks That Way
Atmospheric conditions can have a similar effect on how sound travels.
Here's Why Sound Carries Farther on Cold Days
I live about 10 miles from a rail yard. I almost never hear the trains, even late at night when I have the windows open. Except for under certain weather conditions when I can not only hear the train horns but the clanking of the rail cars on the tracks.
What an amazing globe we live on. 😊
“Informed 0, Ignorant 1”
Well except for this thread.
On this thread it’s more like “Round Earth (zillions), vs (2), Anaxagoras and you.
I give you credit for standing firmly with Anaxagoras against the heretical Aristoteleans peddling that Round Earth stuff.
The math works, it just doesn't work on a globe.
Why are you mad at me?
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