Current Events > We need an expedition to prove or disprove flat earth once and for all

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Flat earthers claim what we know as "Antarctica" is actually a giant ice wall that is also the edge of the planet like so:

https://i.imgur.com/R3nRKSS.jpg

This sounds dumb, sure, but it's actually illegal to fly over the far interior of Antarctica according to an international treaty signed by something like 50 countries.

https://youtu.be/5SVVYsYmgsU

It seems to me that it should be easy to put this to bed. Put some flat earthers and some Big Globe scientists on an airplane or helicopter, and make the flat earthers prove that the ice wall theory is true by flying to wherever they claim the ice wall/edge of the planet is.

Greek map expedition

If the earth was flat, satellites would legit be impossible. There's like hundreds of man made things orbiting around the earth 360...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/4/3/AAfJppAACqRj.jpg

Globers are always talking about how "silly" a flat earth is - but they don't ever provide any proof except some Scientific Theories, where are their Scientific Facts? I'll tell you where they are, behind a wall in the Antarctic.

It wouldn't work. They always find something like the Donald Trump who looked at the eclipse and didn't go blind.

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atmasabr posted...

It wouldn't work.

I don't see how it wouldn't work. Take us to the ice wall and the big dome firmament.

I doubt the nasa got it right. This is the least I can say.

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GMAK2442 posted...

I doubt the nasa got it right. This is the least I can say.

Oh, I definitely don't trust NASA. And I'm not saying I do or do not believe in flat earth. I'm Christian, so if there firmament is real, that's cool with me. But if it's real, let's go find it and take selfies there.

NASA stands for "Not A Serious Agency" - a little "in-joke" the Globers love to use, they hide their conspiracies in plain sight.

AllisonGollust posted...

I don't see how it wouldn't work.

I don't either. I don't have any idea why Trump looked directly at the solar eclipse and didn't damage his eyesight. Yet it happened.

If an expedition were to occur which proves the world is round, somehow, someway, the flat earther on the expedition or watching the live cam would fall off the face of the earth.

I voted for Trump twice, so I'm not sure what you're going on about.

AllisonGollust posted...

This sounds dumb, sure, but it's actually illegal to fly over the far interior of Antarctica according to an international treaty signed by something like 50 countries.

It's not illegal to fly over the Antarctic interior. It's been done. What the nutcases refer to is commercial passenger flights. And it's not "illegal to fly over Antarctica," it's illegal to be more than X miles away from a safe emergency landing location. (That X is determined by the plane model and its capability) Which, obviously, there are zero of in the Antarctic interior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQhIWsQJsI#t=2m51s

Aristoph posted...

And it's not "illegal to fly over Antarctica," it's illegal to be more than X miles away from a safe emergency landing location.

That's just a copout excuse for why people aren't allowed to explore the interior of Antarctica.

https://youtu.be/yrw074529RY

Homeless_Waifu posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/4/AAXJAeAACHgQ.jpg

how have I never seen this before

How do people this dumb still exist.

go for it, i encourage everyone who truly believes in the ice wall thing to go freeze to death in antarctica.

After all this time I still don't know if flat earthers are legitimate, or this has all been a deep troll job. I would have said people can't be this dumb, but if COVID showed us anything, it's that a lot of people are idiots.

their day/night model makes no sense

we can just use people on the internet to confirm that it is dark or light outside, which we do everyday

you can video chat with the other side of the earth and see the sun rising, etc.

flat earth is so dumb.

If the earth is round and not flat then how come we had maps first before globes?

Checkmate /s

https://youtu.be/bdQHKf48Mfw

you can also literally see the curve of the earth from an airplane

you can also see the blackness of outer space in an airplane (high-up, looking up)

If "Earth" is "real", then how come we can not see these so called "continents" from the ocean? "Continents" are supposedly a large part of the "Earth" itself, and we can the Sun on the "Earth" because its so big. We're expected to believe that "continents" are big enough to fit a portion of all life on "Earth" but aren't big enough to be seen from across "Earth"?

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https://youtu.be/rZvvpOYpdDc

RedLuigi posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/4/3/AAfJppAACqRj.jpg

The top image was not taken at 100,000 ft but rather over 13 times higher at 250 miles (image was taken from the ISS). I understand that it's difficult to understand the scale of the size of the planet, so here's a nifty YouTube 360 video showing how the earth looks at various altitudes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpUcZXiKtfU

https://youtu.be/UeRNm8ao7_s

https://youtu.be/3gLKU-0G9iI

The irony behind flat Earth theories is that the Earth being round is way cooler and more of indication that what we see (boring flat ground, or maybe a boring flat life) is not necessary what is (giant mysterious ball and basically part of a star). You walk far enough in one direction and you'll eventually end up EXACTLY where you started. Thats magic. If you could dig deep enough, you'd eventually be digging upwards! Magic. If you fly up high enough, well.... Who knows what'e REALLY out there. That's magical. Psh.

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