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Re:Are Flat-Earthers Being Serious? by KallDrexx on Thursday July 12, 2018 @08:58AM (#17513926)
> While I don't believe the earth is flat, i haven't done any real research, and i assume that's true for most of the people laughing at flat earthers.

The difference is that flat earthers have to go through such massive logical contortions to support their claims. Not to mention the idea that every technology company and government is coordinated on a massive cooperative conspiracy without any substantial leaks is laughable.

I'm not sure what research you are referring to. There's plenty of research I have available to me about astronomy and past endeavors to not only prove that the Earth is round, that people have been off the planet and that we have explored the galaxy enough to prove the earth is not flat. The only research I have not done is personally gone to space.

So are you saying that it's not real research unless I go to space and see for myself?

Re:Are Flat-Earthers Being Serious? by mchahn on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:27PM (#17533650)
> are you saying that it's not real research unless I go to space and see for myself?

I saw it for myself on a Concorde flight. The altitude was so high the horizon was bent. Not just a little but a lot.

Re:Are Flat-Earthers Being Serious? by skate22 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:05PM (#17516557)
Sounds like youre ahead of myself and many others if you've read existing research & formed your own organic oppinions from that. Im not saying people have to conduct the research themselves, though kudos to those who do
Re:Are Flat-Earthers Being Serious? by cbluth on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:42AM (#17514420)
> logical contortions

That's good, I might use it