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Prove or disprove FLAT EARTH
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[quote:Philly Special:MV80MTk2NjIwXzc2Mzg2NzgzX0MwNzUwMEU4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 25026387:MV80MTk2NjIwXzc2MzcxNjc0X0M3Q0M0Q0RC] [quote:Anonymous Coward 71422938:MV80MTk2NjIwXzc2MzIyNTA5XzJFMkYzODY2] Go down to the coast with a telescope that is capable of at least seeing craters on the moon. Start with it's weakest magnification(working stronger as needed), and see if you can see a continent that is far enough away, that it should be obscured by the curvature of the earth. If you can't, it proves there is at least a curvature to earth. If you can, it's flat as a pancake. [/quote] Navy lasers go out 22 miles without a bend. Infrared camera see hundreds of miles away without a bend. Earth spins at 1000 mile per hour. Then why do airplanes traveling east and west the same distance arrive at the same time? [/quote]UMMM, they don't. Spin of the Earth does affect flight times, but not near as much as the winds aloft that drastically how far/fast a plane can go. Also think about it this way, if you're in a large enclosed trailer, hooked to a truck driving a consistent 70 MPH on the highway, and you take a running jump from one end to the other, the truck doesn't go speeding away the second your feet leave the floor. Because the truck is going 70 MPH, and so are you. [/quote]
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Iam ambivalent after a lot of research. Both sides of the debate have anomalies....
The flat earthers state that the UN Flag is the true map of earth and that Antarctic is actually a large ice wall encircling the land and sea.
There appear to be no credible evidence of anyone ever circling the globe by air from North and South route.
Firing a rocket to escape high enough to hit the "DOME" is not really feasible ....
HOWEVER
Flat earthers why not try and circumnavigate Antarctica..
The flat earth narrative is that Captain Cook attempted this but travelled for months and over 42000 miles and didnt come back to the starting point.
Replicating this voyage is doable and provable to end the debate one way or another
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