Dupes gather at sold-out Flat Earth International Conference

[OhhJim]

@wsmcneil

Nope.

The Earth rotates 360 degrees in 23h56m4s, not 24h. During that time, the Earth has revolved around the sun by almost one degree, so it has to rotate a little farther to reorient the sun to its original apparent position, which takes an extra 3m56s.

This is not a difficult concept.

It IS difficult if one works backward, logically. If one starts with the assumption that the earth rotates exactly one time in 24 hours, it looks like a problem. If one works FORWARD, one gets this: The time it takes for one spot on the earth to rotate fully and again face toward the sun, will be called one day. We will divide that time period into 24 segments. The fact that a full rotation takes more or less than exactly 24 hours means nothing to the inhabitants of earth. They are only concerned with the concept that a full rotation relative to facing the sun, will be a “24-hour day”.

[LurksNoMore]

That’s one of the best signs that the person you’re talking to has nothing meaningful to add to the conversation, and can most likely not be reached by facts or argument.

[anon61221983]

That’s always been what “jon snow slurping” has been about.

(also, I <3 Jon Snow)

[ficuswhisperer]

@wsmcneil

So what’s your alternative explanation? If gravity does not exist, then why do all those things happen the way they do?

I don’t know about you, but I’m anxiously awaiting this explanation.

[FFabian]

I hope this thread stays open and attract other flat earthers / alt-science guys. Please David, tell your friends to come over and explain stuff to us. This will be very educational … and fun.

[Heraclito]

Real science is something provable, repeatable, and observable.

Ouch, your science fu is undefeatable Master.

[Heraclito]

Helium balloons do float up. So are you saying a helium balloon is an anti-gravity machine?

[Melizmatic]

@wsmcneil

Waaaaaaay ahead of you.

I don’t know how I forgot to post this earlier; it’s so apt that it almost obligatory:

Gravity - John Mayer [Lyrics]

[randomhuman1]

@David_Muniz

Lastly one of the other most common beliefs is that they want to hide the fact there is a creator of this place will live. For instance, the Big Bang Theory says everything came from nothing in this big bang billions of years ago comparing The Flat Earth Model with the firmament overhead clearing points to a creator specifically the Most High God The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob of the bible. It is well known that NASA’s founding fathers were occultist. Most mainstream scientists are known Aetheist. Most astronauts belong to the Freemason or some other a secret society. All those mentioned would clearly have agenda to hide the creator of this world. Most of these people have even been vocal in their hatred of The Most High God.

I love how NASA can just throw a curtain around your Most High God and he’s like “cool, I guess I’ll just stay here in this infinite wasteland now”.

Also, does it need to be said, that the idea of atheists and occultists being aware of the existence of a creator and where he “lives”, and yet remaining atheists and occultists, is an absurd contradiction? We’re not talking about people just refusing to examine your compelling evidence for a model that is superficially indistinguishable from their everyday lived experience, a flat earth would have serious consequences for the day to day activities of many many people.