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Flat Earth Theory / Re: "Empirical" Evidence

« on: February 22, 2014, 06:20:39 AM »

Yes, but there is simply no point in trying to make people think the earth is round. Ok, the earth is flat, now what? For a sizable chunk of humans alive today, the shape of the earth really doesn't matter. My friend that is a gas station cashier really doesn't give 2 flying fucks about stuff like this, because it doesn't effect him. So why would governments and scientists try and convince us? Thats what point I was making. And the whole North Korea thing doesn't matter, because North Korean's as a whole probably don't give a shit about space, they are just trying not to starve to death under the heel of a tyrant. They waste their money on propaganda like that, it really doesn't do anything for them.

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Flat Earth Theory / "Empirical" Evidence

« on: February 20, 2014, 02:53:22 PM »

Hi, I'm new here, just thought I would put my 2 cents in on the whole Flat Earth Theory. From what I have been reading, you are mostly based off of Empirical Evidence. I have seen many times where you claim something is Empirical only if it has been directly observed. Another thing I have seen is the bashing of reputed sources that completely refute this theory, claiming it has been falsified for money, and those who do this blackmail, bribe, influence, etc. of people trusted by the scientific community at large. The only thing I have trouble understanding about this is, why go through all this trouble just to make us believe the earth is round? Money? Well, I'm sure that Governments and private companies could spend their money on something better than shooting large chunks of extremely expensive hardware into the sky (and many average Joes have seen rocket and shuttle launches, you need to have some serious balls to say that they haven't). Propaganda? The majority of the worlds population is pretty damn stupid/uneducated, they don't need to try that hard to make people follow orders. And finally, the only people that you guys will truly listen to, are people who agree with you, and I seriously doubt that anyone on this forum are making an effort to try and gain evidence on the other side of the debate. So, maybe more people would take you seriously if any of you tried to find some evidence that the world IS a globe, and you couldn't, then your theory would have a whole lot more weight behind it.