Well, I'm convinced.

I started laughing 20 seconds in.

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well that last argument about the wind totally convinced me. What a bunch of nimcompoops.

No... no, no, no, no, no, no, NO! This cannot be serious! This has to be an epic trolling!

arguement, flag on boat taken from 1 bridge to another 6 miles away... on a curved earth the flag at that distance should have dropped 16ft, but a telescope placed 18 inches above the water at the first bridge didn't need correction to still see the flag

followed immediately by, astronauts in space seeing the Earth from orbit, taking pictures of a spherical planet... yet this isn't disproving a flat earth, it's proving because gravity affects light thus that is what you are seeing, the curvature of the light

sounds like when something fits your theory, its used
and when it doesn't, its not used
hmmmmmmmmmmm

Yeah. And why is "documentary" in "quotes" in the title?

These are facts! Here is proof!

Must be part of The Flat Earth Society.

I think this is rather some sort of thought experiment show... It even asks you at the end .. what do you think?

And for that its pretty cool.... what if suddenly you realize something you believed in your whole life isnt true??

TV never lies.

Stupid this may be, but their ideas are at least more well thought out than most religions.

I know it's already tagged as such but I have to spell it out in full.

what...the...fuck?!

Looks pretty flat to me.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/494796main_image_1795_946-710.jpg

Fucking GPS! How does it work?

Makes about as much sense as Ron Paul.

Wait... You say a ship disappears over the horizon because light bends... Okay, let's grant that. The next thing you say, is an experiment where a boat goes up a canal, the boat does not disappear over the horizon.

Ya can't have it both ways guys!

Lets see. Over six miles of canal, the difference in height is less than a centimeter. Which if can remember how to do metric to imperial conversion is... about 16ft, yes they're right

I'm convinced, without a doubt that the world is round.

But, the wind idea is interesting/facinating, and the question of would I get dizzy standing on the axis of the planet if I were used to standing at the equator, are all good questions.

Does anyone have a link that may discuss these phenomenon? ... Sometimes an explanation is more convincing that saying, "Well that's a stupid statement or opinion." Maybe someone schooled in this area (or who has more spare time than others)can guide us to some interesting reading on this.

Using general relativity to defend the flat earth theory? Wow, that's just brilliant!

>> ^Sagemind:

I'm convinced, without a doubt that the world is round.
But, the wind idea is interesting/facinating, and the question of would I get dizzy standing on the axis of the planet if I were used to standing at the equator, are all good questions.
Does anyone have a link that may discuss these phenomenon? ... Sometimes an explanation is more convincing that saying, "Well that's a stupid statement or opinion." Maybe someone schooled in this area (or who has more spare time than others)can guide us to some interesting reading on this. <img class="smiley" src="http://cdn.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/smile.gif">


It's a frame of reference issue. It's harder to define mathmatically, but the view point that the earth is standing still and the rest of the universe is revolving around it is just conceptually valid.

The wind argument assumes that the atmosphere is not part of the earth and should be sitting still while the earth rotates beneath it. However, the physical planet applies more force to the atmosphere than the surrounding vacuum so eventually, the atmosphere will also rotate in sync with the planet itself based on Newton's laws.

I feel like i've been professionally trolled.

Wind idea: think of the atmosphere as you think of the oceans... they both flow around in patterns, wash up and around mountains, have layers, etc.. This is how a hurricane can build off the coast of Africa then swamp through the Caribbean and the U.S. Atlantic coast. And this is how you'll sometimes see lower clouds going one way and higher clouds going another.

The question of getting dizzy at the poles/equator... remember we're talking about something that rotates one time over the course of 24 hours. We get dizzy because our vestibular system orients us... the vestibular system is essentially tubes of saline with nerves arranged basically to sense the pressure of the saline in 3D space. Swinging your head around and then halting rapidly leaves this saline swirling a bit, and you get a vertigo-like sensation.
>> ^Contagion21:

>> ^Sagemind:
I'm convinced, without a doubt that the world is round.
But, the wind idea is interesting/facinating, and the question of would I get dizzy standing on the axis of the planet if I were used to standing at the equator, are all good questions.
Does anyone have a link that may discuss these phenomenon? ... Sometimes an explanation is more convincing that saying, "Well that's a stupid statement or opinion." Maybe someone schooled in this area (or who has more spare time than others)can guide us to some interesting reading on this.

It's a frame of reference issue.

the earth is so flat that its bent into a sphere.

... so this feeling I have now is what people mean when they say, "the stupid! It hurts!"

Don't dig too deep, I'd hate to fall through...

>> ^punisher:

Awesome news... I now hold out hope that the moon is made of cheese,,, preferably aged white cheddar....
So, if the earth is flat... how thick is it? What's underneath? Was Terry Pratchett correct?!?

Wow!! This must be the original troll. I'm convinced. I also lol'd at the tags.

http://memedepot.com/uploads/1000/1148_1253230725640.jpg

It's turtles all the way down.

>> ^punisher:

Awesome news... I now hold out hope that the moon is made of cheese,,, preferably aged white cheddar....
So, if the earth is flat... how thick is it? What's underneath? Was Terry Pratchett correct?!?

Alright, as soon as I am done with my srs business homework, I am going to fuck this video up using science and mathematics, unless someone beats me to it.

Wikipedia has an article on that Bedford Canal experiment bit. Apparently there were a whole sequence of experiments conducted there giving contradictory results. With the right set of atmospheric conditions, the canal did appear perfectly level - and near the surface, with the right conditions, light really can curve downward at the same rate that the earth curves away. Of course they had the what-was-proving-what all backwards, but it is still an interesting phenomenon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Level_experiment

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This may help explain why the ex-GF was so flat chested.

>> ^Trancecoach:

Must be part of The Flat Earth Society.



You hit closer to home than you think:
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/flaterth.vid.ws2.tch.pdf

"Google Dr. Leo Ferrari. They will find that he is, indeed, a university professor... of philosophy (he is NOT a scientist of any kind). He was also one of the founders (and past president) of the Flat Earth Society!"

(Said Leo Ferrari is best described here.)

http://videosift.com/video/A-look-at-the-House-Hippo