[timeticker]

Those who answer on this topic, I will much appreciate and include in my presentation. There will be two sections of questions - Spicy Debunk questions (i'll post a few ones that i've thought about and haven't seen answered before) and Opinionated Questions(these are related to the movement as a whole, so i can get a better sense of how individuals here are like)

If you feel like I've posted a question that has been answered multiple times, feel free to just copy-paste or ignore the question.

Spicy Debunk Questions

1. How does twilight work? Twilight occurs when the sun sets below the horizon and a pink afterglow appears on the clouds. This is hard to conceptualize on a Flat Earth model.

2. Why does the Moon appear bigger when it is closer to the horizon? As of the Globe model, I believe this is explained by concave refraction in the atmosphere that creates an orangeish and magnified view of the Moon.

3. Why is there no path of circumnavigation around the Southern Hemisphere that is way bigger than a circumnavigation around the Equator? Inspecting the Flat Earth model, it seems it would take insanely long to circumnavigate around the Southern Hemisphere (such as trips about the Cape of Good Hope and the Cape of Horn), infact it should take about 4x longer to travel around the Capes than it should to circumnavigate through Panama canal. This is using circumference = 2*(pi)*(radius^2)

4. Why isn't cellular communication global? Why do we need cell towers with antenna that point downward? Per the Globe model, our cellphones can only communicate with local cell towers because ones that are out of range are blocked by the Earth being a round object. This is different when we travel on airplanes with cellphones and that is why passengers are asked to shut their phones off upon flight. Also if you look at antenna, they are pointed slightly downwards as to match the Globular horizon and gain extended range. Thoughts?

5. How did Galileo's Cannonball drop from the Leaning Tower of Pisa explain gravity? (Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%27s_Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa_experiment). This is the first experiment that proves Gravity, or rather that all objects fall at the same acceleration if air resistance is taken out.


Opionated Questions!

1. What are your favorite scientists/philosophers?

2. What are your thoughts about Christopher Columbus and Columbus Day? Is this a day to celebrate brain-washing?

3. What needs to happen such that everyone will believe the Flat Earth Model? Does there need to be picture proof or perhaps some revelation?



Thanks for reading and please respond!

[gizmo910]

1 and 2 deal with perspective of sorts.

3) depending on if you use the bipolar map, the circumnavigation lines up the same (albeit confusingly)

4) Cell towers are limited in range, not because of the curvature of earth, but limitations in radio-wave broadcasting.

Is there a reason number 5 has strike-through? The answer to that is simply Universal Acceleration is identical to the effect of gravity.

Also, Columbus believed in a pear-shaped earth not a flat or oblate spheroid.

I'm sure you'll get further detailed answers in a short while.

[3DGeek]

Two quick remarks:

1. How does twilight work? Twilight occurs when the sun sets below the horizon and a pink afterglow appears on the clouds. This is hard to conceptualize on a Flat Earth model.

This is one of the biggest flaws of FE theory - it simply cannot explain any of several effects seen at sunset.  Consider the fact that the undersides of clouds are illuminated by the sun for several minutes AFTER the sun has completely vanished - and ask yourself how this is possible if the world is flat and the sun is 3,000 miles ABOVE the ground (and maybe 2,999 miles above the clouds) at all times.

2. Why does the Moon appear bigger when it is closer to the horizon? As of the Globe model, I believe this is explained by concave refraction in the atmosphere that creates an orangeish and magnified view of the Moon.

No - the reason people THINK that the moon is bigger on the horizon (and the sun too - but to a lesser degree) is because of a simple optical illusion.  Take a penny - hold it out at arms length next to the moon when it's high in the sky...do it again when the moon is on the horizon.  You'll immediately understand that the size of the moon doesn't change in the slightest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion

HOWEVER:  If FET were true, the moon would be about half the size at sunset than at zenith because it's roughly 3,000 miles overhead at zenith and about 7,000 miles away when it's setting.