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I don’t know if this a serious comment or not but there have been photos of the earth from space available for decades. These photos show a globe, not a plane.
by ramphastidae 6y ago
I don’t know if this a serious comment or not but there have been photos of the earth from space available for decades. These photos show a globe, not a plane. Unless the flat earther can show a photo of a flat earth from space, they have been refuted.
- jacobr1 6y agoI was being serious. But perhaps I wasn't being clear. I'm certain _I_ and probably most everyone on HN could refute a flat-earther (or at least present a coherent case that undoubtable would be ignored). The question I was raising was how many in the "general populace" could do the same. I probably shouldn't be at this point, but I continue to be amazed by the inability of those I converse with (outside of folks in my tech-circle) to justify or explain basic mechanisms of how the universe functions - especially those that are usually taught at the secondary-school level.
- ramphastidae 6y agoI see! Thx for clarifying.