People Still Believe The Planet Is Flat

[Dryson]

I was reading on CNN that some people still consider the word to be flat. I don't want to be the obvious no brainer here but isn't the moon round? If the Earth was flat then wouldnt the Moon relative to the Earth appear like a rectangle? The same with the Sun as well. I mean really can those people in the past let alone in our modern time even think that the Earth was flat back then and is flat now. If its not obvious back then and now that the Earth is round as well as the rest of the planets then why do bikes have found wheels? Why do wooden ships have round steering wheels and why when driving a car with a round steering wheel does the car go around in circles. I mean seriously are people that box headed? Its just absolutely incredible. Those people should be Believe It or Not.....I mean its right there. The moon...its round...Our eyeballs are round....twist twist twist...
no more oxygen for those types of people. The sun is round...

 

[Dryson]

Its right there...smh.hmmph.

 

[sojourner]

Just to play devil's advocate, you do know a disc is both round and flat at the same time?

 

[Silvercrest]

If its not obvious back then and now that the Earth is round as well as the rest of the planets then why do bikes have found wheels? Why do wooden ships have round steering wheels and why when driving a car with a round steering wheel does the car go around in circles.

Bedevere: "Exactly! So, logically ...."
Villager #1 "If... she... weighs the same as a duck.. she's made of wood."
Bedevere: "And therefore ...."

 

[scotthm]

why when driving a car with a round steering wheel does the car go around in circles.

It's probably because you're rotating the steering wheel too far to one side.

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[Tosk]

You can believe that the Earth is flat and still have it be round. The Earth is a sphere, but a circle of paper is both flat and round. Maybe "those people" think the Moon is just a big cardboard cut-out in the sky?

That's not to excuse the supidity of a modern person believing the Earth is flat of course. That's just...yeah. Sherri Shepherd-level stupid.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

You can believe that the Earth is flat and still have it be round. The Earth is a sphere, but a circle of paper is both flat and round. Maybe "those people" think the Moon is just a big cardboard cut-out in the sky?

That's not to excuse the supidity of a modern person believing the Earth is flat of course. That's just...yeah. Sherri Shepherd-level stupid.

I urge you to google David Icke.

He actually thinks the Moon is fake, and that the Moon does not exist.

 

[Silvercrest]

Wow, nice Wikipedia entry.

Look at it this way: All those theories are a good way to keep him occupied. Otherwise he'd get into real trouble.

 

[Gov Kodos]

The OP should be right at home here, more so than this thread here in SciTech. http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/cms/index.php

 

[Silvercrest]

Yup, good ol' Charles Johnson and his Society. I clipped a news article about him back in the 1980s ... still have it someplace. Around the same time, he inspired me to contribute a name to one of our high school trivia teams: "The Zetetic Society."

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I urge you to google David Icke.

He actually thinks the Moon is fake, and that the Moon does not exist.

David Icke doesn't "actually" think those things. He merely makes money convincing suckers that he does.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

David Icke doesn't "actually" think those things. He merely makes money convincing suckers that he does.

Are you sure? He writes a lot of crazy stuff.

 

[ihno]

I also think the moon is a fake. Come on, they couldn't even decide how it should look like. It looks different almost every day. Sometimes it's not even there.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I also think the moon is a fake. Come on, they couldn't even decide how it should look like. It looks different almost every day. Sometimes it's not even there.

Well they do have to turn it off to clean it. It gets quite hot you know.

OK found this

http://blackbag.gawker.com/is-the-moon-real-1691362378

 

[{ Emilia }]

Since this thread seems to be an elaborate performance art I'm going to move it to the proper forum.

 

[Gov Kodos]

I'm sure Locutus will thank you for this wonderful present.

 

[ihno]

Well they do have to turn it off to clean it. It gets quite hot you know.

OK found this

http://blackbag.gawker.com/is-the-moon-real-1691362378

Lol, the clouds are moving behind the moon.
Now I see the doctor who episode with the egg in the moon differently. I thought it was pretty bad writing, now I see it's not just that but also a comment of conspiracy theories?

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Are you sure? He writes a lot of crazy stuff.

So could I, if I had no scruples and just wanted to make some quick bucks.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I thought the moon was a giant egg.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't want to be the obvious no brainer here

Not only has that ship sailed, it's completed a world tour.