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I looked into flat earthers are little on the internet because it just seemed like such an out there idea that I wanted to see how they justified it. A lot of
by vivekd 7y ago
I looked into flat earthers are little on the internet because it just seemed like such an out there idea that I wanted to see how they justified it.
A lot of it seems to be based on them misunderstanding refraction and the way light behaves over distances. Their main argument seems to be that if you take water and put flags or boats over it, you can continue to see it for long after the curvature of the earth makes it so you shouldn't be able to see it.
The reason for this is that light bends.
this wikipedia page has a really good rundown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Level_experiment#Experiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Level_experiment#Exper...
- kingludite 7y agoThat's just one argument. The flat-earth whatevertocallit has an answer for everything. This is what makes it so hilarious. For example: If you are, from a truly objective perspective, firmly stuck with the idea that the earth must be round, you would have it no other way... then surely seeing objects that should be hidden behind the curvature means light must bend around the curve? Its like person 1 arguing you cant look though glass, person 2 showing him a glass window then 1 argues woah! The picture travels around the window! Then the 3rd person argues the theory of transparent glass has now been refuted because we know the picture bends around it.