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.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Just for curiosity, what do you think about the Hollow Earth theory?
It's just trolling, not a conspiracy.
Nothing.
What do you think about the Hollow Earth theory?
Bless your heart, you don't know the difference between science and scientism.
Why do you link to globe shills?
Interesting article....
As usual the mass media and the mainstream scientists get overenthusiastic and blow it—but the article also shows how to properly test the issue:
https://beltoforion.de/en/flat_earth_debunking_gone_wrong/
Not to be a grammar cop, but it’s geography, not geology.
Neither. If the air is clear enough, the horizon expands, that is, the horizon moves away from you, if you are not impeded by terrain, say, with a mountain near an ocean. The higher you are, the further away the horizon is, limited by terrain.
Here is a simple geometric example of the phenomena.
Corrected for fish eye lens.
Deception, if you don't know it's a lie!
Why do you link to globe shills?
In other words, you want everyone else to click your links but don't want to watch mine or even attempt to debate the issue? This is why you flat Earth guys are ridiculed.
More of both, I’d say. Trying to understand earthquakes can take you pretty far into geology.
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I think it is a twisted conspiracy theory based on misinterpretation of information presented by fallible humans.
However, a genius I knew was convinced of it. We all have our blind spots.
I suspect the "flat earth" is yours. Of course, the Earth looks flat locally. As you go high enough, you start seeing the curvature.
The curvature is easily measured with the instruments used in celestial navigation. Those instruments have been successfully used for centuries. They would not work on a flat earth.
As a surveyor, I am surprised you haven't read about the principles of celestial navigation.
I've seen those Scientism shills. I don't need to see them again.
Debate seems to consist of scoffing, mockery and trolling.
When people can’t defend the globe, BECAUSE IT CAN’T BE DEFENDED, they TROLL!
As a surveyor I'm surprised you don't know this...
The London and Northwestern Railway forms a straight line 180 miles long between London and Liverpool. The railroad’s highest point, midway at Birmingham station, is only 240 feet above sea-level. If the world were actually a globe, however, curveting 8 inches per mile squared, the 180 mile stretch of rail would form an arc with the center point at Birmingham raising a full 5,400 feet above London and Liverpool. Adding the station’s actual height (240 feet) to its theoretical inclination (5,400 feet) gives 5,640 feet as the rail’s necessary height on a globe-Earth, more than a thousand feet taller than Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Great Britain! ”
—David Wardlaw Scott, Terra Firma (1901)
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