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Flat Earth Discussion Boards => Flat Earth Theory => Topic started by: RazaTD on February 14, 2021, 03:25:40 AM

Title: The curve
Post by: RazaTD on February 14, 2021, 03:25:40 AM
Recently I stumbled upon this thread in metabunk while searching for easy ways to prove the curvature of the Earth.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.8939/

How do Flat Earthers explain the image of the pylons over the lake that is dipping?
Title: Re: The curve
Post by: stack on February 14, 2021, 06:27:56 AM
Quote from: RazaTD on February 14, 2021, 03:25:40 AM
Recently I stumbled upon this thread in metabunk while searching for easy ways to prove the curvature of the Earth.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.8939/

How do Flat Earthers explain the image of the pylons over the lake that is dipping?

There are a bunch of old threads regarding this. Search "Pontchartrain".
Title: Re: The curve
Post by: jack44556677 on February 16, 2021, 06:25:57 PM
@razatd

Metabunk is not a website anyone should visit.  It is only useful for reinforcing presumptive bias - never objective evaluation (critical or not).  Debunkers do a for-profit job, and education / balanced objective evaluation are not in the profit motive(s).

Fwiw.

Title: Re: The curve
Post by: stack on February 16, 2021, 10:55:26 PM
Quote from: jack44556677 on February 16, 2021, 06:25:57 PM
@razatd

Metabunk is not a website anyone should visit.  It is only useful for reinforcing presumptive bias - never objective evaluation (critical or not).  Debunkers do a for-profit job, and education / balanced objective evaluation are not in the profit motive(s).

Fwiw.

You are incorrect. Metabunk, regardless of how you feel about the content, is not a for-profit site. As well, there are no ads, in other words, no monetization. Cost to host/run the site:

There are three (4) costs:
- Domain registration. I use Namecheap.com, for metabunk.org, .net, and .com. This is $36 per year.
- Server hosting. I use Linode.com, a Linode 2GB instance, at $40 per month. But this is shared with several other sites, so I'd say around $20 per month, or $240 per year
- Forum Software. Xenforo.com, This was $140 initially, then $40 per year for upgrades. So let's amortise that at $80 per year, assuming I'll be around for another 3-4 years.
- SSL Certificate. $8 per year. Comodo/Namecheap.

Total = 36+240+80+8 = $366 per year. About $30 per month, or $1 per day.
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/how-much-does-metabunk-org-cost-to-run.2291/

And by your logic, no one should ever visit any YouTube channels or some meet-ups/conferences as the vast majority are monetized by the likes of GlobeBusters, Jeranism, Rob Skiba, the Marble guy, Mark Sargent, etc. As well they get speaking fees.
Title: Re: The curve
Post by: Pete Svarrior on February 17, 2021, 06:27:51 PM
Two things: