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I am not expecting flat earthers to give me their input. I am not sure they are on City Data. But Im asking them anyways. What proof do you have that earth is flat. I get that you think NASA's pictures are all fake and they are lying to us all. But of all the images NASA and other countries that has gone to outer space have. What do you have to prove the earth is ....flat?
A flat Earth is difficult to explain physically. Currently, gravity from a mass is understood to pull equally in all directions. In that case, out on the edge of the disk you would experience a gravitational pull toward the middle of the disk (since there is no mass in the opposite direction to counter that force). This would cause all of the water to pile up at the middle of the disk, and eventually it would force the disk to collapse into a sphere. The alternative then is that gravity only works in one direction: vertically. In that case though, how can the Moon orbit around the disk? The gravity would need to be unidirectional at the surface, then omnidirectional beyond the atmosphere. Occam's razor applies: it's simpler to explain surface gravity with a sphere.
A flat Earth is difficult to explain physically. Currently, gravity from a mass is understood to pull equally in all directions. In that case, out on the edge of the disk you would experience a gravitational pull toward the middle of the disk (since there is no mass in the opposite direction to counter that force). This would cause all of the water to pile up at the middle of the disk, and eventually it would force the disk to collapse into a sphere. The alternative then is that gravity only works in one direction: vertically. In that case though, how can the Moon orbit around the disk? The gravity would need to be unidirectional at the surface, then omnidirectional beyond the atmosphere. Occam's razor applies: it's simpler to explain surface gravity with a sphere.
Why do people belive flat earth over a round earth? There have to be some sort of " proof" that earth is flat. ( even if it is their version of proof) . Or are they only talking, and showing painted pictures of how they think it looks..
Why do people belive flat earth over a round earth? There have to be some sort of " proof" that earth is flat. ( even if it is their version of proof) . Or are they only talking, and showing painted pictures of how they think it looks..
Because they want to feel like they're in a special 'underdog/contrarian' club possessing supposed knowledge, usually to make up for other shortcomings in their lives.
Well, this place is clearly not the place to ask this question. Reddit maybe..lol city data people are too smart to even bother.
SciManDan ( https://www.youtube.com/@SciManDan ) and Dave McKeegan ( https://www.youtube.com/@DaveMcKeegan ) are just a couple of those debunking flat earth and trying to answer that very question. It seems that flat earth believers come in two types -- grifters pretending to believe and true believers. The true believers appear to have some of these in common.
a. Can't really think in 3 dimensions.
b. Don't understand physics and math.
c. Personal incredulity -- the "I don't understand so it must be wrong" mindset.
d. Think of themselves as smarter than others and in possession of "secret knowledge" that others don't have.
Some of them probably just claim to be flat-earthers in order to troll people.
I think the whole Flat Earth thing was originally thought up to be just a giant Troll/Parady.
But the sad thing is as it caught on, I feel like some folks actually started to believe it was real.
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