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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Who started the lie?

« on: February 22, 2019, 02:21:52 AM »

Hi I was just wondering who started this whole lie about the earth being round and why? Why would 99% of people run with it? Who keeps it running today? Who is the master mind?

I thank you for your thoughts in before hand 

Nobody "started" the lie
First, the Earth was assumed to be flat. Everybody thought it was flat because there was no reason to think it was not.
Afterwards, Erathostenes made a simple experiment and figured out it was in fact not flat, but a sphere (you can read about it here https://www.windows2universe.org/citizen_science/myw/w2u_eratosthenes_calc_earth_size.html you'll understand it if you passed 6th grade math)
Then some centuries later, a group of people decided the previous three thousand yers of cience and knowdlege were wrong and started telling people the earth was flat.

There is no mastermind, and 99% of people "run" it because it is verifiable and truthful science. The other 1% lacks basic cognoscitive skills or refuses the truth to feel special

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Sinking Ship Phenomenon

« on: February 21, 2019, 07:10:55 PM »

If light bends upwards, the sinking effect occurs.

That's a big "if", John. Could you explain exactly how light bends upwards?