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My problem with round earthers is that their rebuttals to "specific" arguments made by flat earthers are not adequate. It is one thing to say that satellites a
by vfclists 9y ago
My problem with round earthers is that their rebuttals to "specific" arguments made by flat earthers are not adequate.
It is one thing to say that satellites and Foucault's pendulum prove that the earth is round, but if someone makes an argument (as in the linked article) that the visible peak of a mountain should be 900 meters below the horizon, and the round earthers response to that is some poorly exposited fact about refraction, it doesn't help the round Earth case in the eyes of the flat earther who raised that point.
A better response would be to include some references to some facts about atmospheric refraction in addition. Hopefully the flat earther might understand it.
So in effect I am not actually a flat Earther, but round earthers should be able to explain observations which are not consistent with round earth expectations better.
- Zaak 9y agoIs the problem the poor exposition? Because the answer actually is refraction. In my experience it doesn't make any difference how many references you include. They either don't read them at all, or they read them but don't address the content. So far I have been unable to get a flat earther to respond to basic information that I provide that contradicts their assertions.