flat earth conspiracy

The whole thing is a translation error.

When Philopides Ananananagnostopopolous (the Greek) of Athens translated the Minoan documents sold to him by Leonidas Dibbler in 1520BC, he used the word "Phlapdoodlopollos" meaning "flat" to translate the Minoan term "Squiggle, squiggle, hyphen (thing like a frying pan) dot Komma". Now any student of Aristarchus of Bognor Regis should have known that this does not mean "flat". It means "Flattened, oblate , off-centre or a bit squint, but good enough for government work."

What the ancients knew was that Earth is not spherical, but an oblate ellipsoid.

MARS is flat.
 
logical muse said:
Apparently, a literal reading of certain bible passages support the flat earth conjecture.

Well, no matter how exceeding high the mountain is, you could only see all the kingdoms of the world if indeed the earth was flat.
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That's just a mis-spelling.

They put "sheweth" but it was actually "shoe-ith"

It is referencing the ancient Biblical tradition of wishing love on a person or place. To "shoe-ith all the nations of the world" means to stamp your feet and clap your hands very fast while shouting the name of every nation.

-Gumboot
 
The Vedas state that the moon is 800,000 miles farther from the earth than the sun.
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Yes, but you are forgetting that the universe was much smaller back then, so a mile was less than one third its present-day value.

ETA: I miss-read the initial statement as "the Moon is 800,000 miles from Earth", so I guess this doesn't make a whole lot of sense now. Back to the drawing board...
 
But there's been a period of rampant inflation recently - the world economy has forced the moon further and further away. That's why NASA can't afford to go back there, just part-way, with the space-stations.
 
Soapy Sam said:
The whole thing is a translation error.

When Philopides Ananananagnostopopolous (the Greek) of Athens translated the Minoan documents sold to him by Leonidas Dibbler in 1520BC, he used the word "Phlapdoodlopollos" meaning "flat" to translate the Minoan term "Squiggle, squiggle, hyphen (thing like a frying pan) dot Komma". Now any student of Aristarchus of Bognor Regis should have known that this does not mean "flat". It means "Flattened, oblate , off-centre or a bit squint, but good enough for government work."

What the ancients knew was that Earth is not spherical, but an oblate ellipsoid.

MARS is flat.
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It is an oblate spheroid OR an ellipsoid not an oblate ellipsoid since an ellipsoid of Earthly shape is by definition oblate.
 
defaultdotxbe said:
kinda funny how these flat earth theories are completely un-thought out, i bet penguin meat is tough and stringy anyway
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I understand it's actually so fishy and oily it's almost impossible to eat. I suppose if you were starving you could choke it down.

But who would ever be able to kill a penguin? Too cute.
:bunpan
 
I will say though that their map is genius. When I first heard of it, and saw their map.. I had to just take a moment and laugh to myself.
 
Anti-sophist said:
I will say though that their map is genius. When I first heard of it, and saw their map.. I had to just take a moment and laugh to myself.
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You mean a map made by real flat Earthers?

Link please, if you can.
 
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That for real? Or out of a comic book? LOL

Are there really people who believe this? If so, why?
 
Anti-sophist said:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/dogplatter/flatmap.jpg
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ive never seen that map, but heard it described, thats what i based my ice wall calculations on

also, if the sun really did orbit like that, wouldnt it grow in the western sky instead of rising over the western horizon?

heh, found it in their "unanswered questions"

Q: Why is NASA’s space shuttle runway curved?

Q: How does the atmosphere stay on the Earth?

Q: Explain the Coriolis force?

Q: Why does the hull of a ship disappear over the horizon before the mast does?

Q: if the moon is a spotlight, why can i see a "man" in the moon (shadows cast by the sun on the hills and mountains on it) last i checked a light can't contain shadows.

Q: Explain magnetism is there is no South pole.

Q: Explain fully the optical illusion causing sunrises and sunsets.
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funny they couldnt answer the atmospshere one, since they have an explanation (and i use the term loosely) for gravity
 
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Bell said:
I quickly skimmed trough their FAQ, looks like a spoof to me. Mind you, a good spoof. Or those guys are real idiots, even beyond Christophera's level of idiocity (but very close).
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no, the folks on that site are for real, this ones the spoof
http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

ETA: the FAQ also lists that they do think the circumference of the earth is 78,000 miles

perhaps someone with military experience could speculate on the logistics of guarding a border that long for over a century with a perfect record :)
 
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Do the flat earthers deal with any issues of distance in the southern hemisphere? Since the southern hemisphere is in the "outer ring" in diagram anti-sophist posted, distances would be noticably greater. For example, using a standard globe the distance between California and Japan is comparable to that of say Ecuador to Austraila. (I realize the difference in distances is significant; I'm just talking ballpark "comparable"). Using the flat earth diagram, the Ecuador-Austraila distance becomes far greater than the California_Ecuador distance (just eyeballing it, about 3 1/2 times greater at least)

This lead to one conclusion: all the airlines are in on it. They artifically adjust flight times to fool us:jaw-dropp
 
Elizabeth I said:
I understand it's actually so fishy and oily it's almost impossible to eat. I suppose if you were starving you could choke it down.

But who would ever be able to kill a penguin? Too cute.
:bunpan
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I went out clubbing the other night.

I got three baby seals.
 
True, they could be eating seals and such, I suppose.

I was in a debate class where one side had to take flat earth and the other round earth. Fortunately, I got the round earth side. We slaughtered them. It wasn't even a contest. Me and this other kid took the facts and just pounded them.

We did this in seventh grade. While the other side wasn't adamant flat-earthers, it still speak volumes to me that a seventh grader's reasoning ability is enough to throughly debunk such things.
 
qarnos said:
I went out clubbing the other night.

I got three baby seals.
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so the ice wall must be guarded by seal-clubbing, penguin-eating canadians

its the only logical explanation for their lack of armed forces!!!!!!
 
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