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Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by dalmo3 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @06:40AM (#29977732)
Draw a 6 on the ceiling, and the person opposite you in the room will see a 9. That doesn't mean the room floor isn't flat.
Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by marcus_holmes on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:31AM (#29978082)
Orion isn't directly overhead. In your analogy I'd be drawing a 6 on the wall, and the other person would have to bend over backwards to claim it's a 9.

I mean, I guess they could, but they'd clearly be bending over backwards to make a logical fallacy.

Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by dalmo3 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:51PM (#29988423)
> Orion isn't directly overhead.

Maybe not for you :)

In my example the number need not be directly overhead either. It could be drawn in the middle of a very long room where you and the other person are at opposite ends. You're both looking at it at an angle and both still seeing different numbers, although in a very skewed perspective - I don't know how flat earthers account for perspective and projection in their skydome or whatever.

Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020) by marcus_holmes on Thursday January 20, 2022 @09:49AM (#30009545)
Well, flat-earthers appearently believe that Australians are all actors paid by NASA to convince everyone the earth is a globe. I'm not going to waste much time listening to them.

The Orion-is-upside-down-here thing was the first time I noticed something that drove it home to me that we live on a sphere.