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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Why can't we see the Sun during night time? Need horizon clarification

« on: February 08, 2018, 06:21:19 PM »

This is because the sun is a spotlight.

But you can see the source of real spotlights when they aren't pointed at you... If you're trying to say the source of the light is no longer visible when it isn't over top of you, there would only be a few seconds each day that you could see light at all.

If the light shines down, you can't see it from the side.

Again, not how a spotlight works.

This also explains the sunset, as the spotlight itself transitions into the spot on the ground disappearing past your visual horizon.

I'm sorry, "past" my visual horizon? You must have missed 90% of my initial point that on a plane it is not possible for something to go beneath your horizon unless it physically passes through. This doesn't align with the belief that the sun is always 3000 miles in the sky. There is no magical perception change here nor illusion to speak of.

Since light bouncing off a surface scatters omnidirectionally, the amount of photons that enter your eyes follows the inverse square rule. That is the farther away you get from a light source, it darkens exponentially. Consider a flash light shined directly in your eye from an inch a way. It would be painful, right? Now consider it a foot away.. a yard away.. By the time it is a mile away, you might not even see it at all. It certainly wouldn't hurt.

You understand this rule also isn't supported by FET. If this law applies, then stars are truly light years away, not in some dome above the sun as you claim. If this is the case, then the human limit for vision well exceeds the "edge" of the earth.

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Your map is wrong.

« on: February 08, 2018, 05:49:08 PM »

If I had to guess, their answer would be that airlines are in on the conspiracy. Which obviously doesn't make any sense, but there isn't much here that does.

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Flat Earth Theory / Why can't we see the Sun during night time? Need horizon clarification

« on: February 08, 2018, 05:46:28 PM »

If the sun acts as a giant spotlight that circles around the earth, why can't we see it on the opposite side of the earth during night time? The ideas of perspective and horizon listed in the FAQ are based upon a round earth. If you stood on a flat plane that stretched infinitely, which is essentially what the earth would seem like to a human, the horizon line wouldn't conceal any parts of the plane. Anything that occured above this infinite plane would always be visible to someone standing on the same side of the plane. I keep seeing people reference "human inability" to see great distances, which isn't the case. The human eye can absorb light from any distance provided it is strong enough.

If I stood on an infinite plane with a spotlight circling around me, it would never appear to eclipse the horizon. If it did, it would have to have passed through the plane. The idea of a limited view distance and increased view distance as you gain height is based upon a rounded object, and simple geometry.