Flat Earth Consequences
Just a few of the consequences of believing in Flat Earth...
(Thanks to JW3HH for the idea)
You must believe that every astronomer and most of the scientists are either liars/traitors/in on a VAST conspiracy or are utterly incompetent. Because everyone using an Equatorial mount can see it track objects in the sky all night and track the Sun all day but somehow the Sun is magically taking a sharp turn at turn so it isn't REALLY going on the other side of the Earth DESPITE this being exactly where the EQ mount is tracking it and the way the EQ mount works is it simply tracks a circle in a fixed plane. So the sun is moving EXACTLY in this plane all day but magically after sunset it would have zoom around never ACTUALLY going below the observers ground-level only to reappear at dawn in the same plane.
You have to believe that Gravity doesn't exist despite a vast array of evidence that no Flat Earther has ever actually defeated other than to blindly call scientists liars. Almost every college-level physics student repeats the classic Cavendish experiment but dozens of different methods all agree (see Compton's method). They even do experiments where they move a very large mass above a fountain of cold atoms and observe the resulting decrease in the rate at which the atoms fall. Furthermore, the undeniable acceleration of gravity is unlike ANY OTHER type of acceleration known because it does not register on an accelerometer -- rather you register 1G at rest on Earth's surface and that drops to ZERO when the object is in Free Fall.
That, despite the fact you can easily walk to the front of the Concorde going 1354 miles per hour, somehow you should be tossed around like a rag doll because you are moving along with the Earth's surface at 1040 mph.
That the horizon rises to "eye-level" despite the very clear evidence from surveyors and even phone theodolite apps that it does NOT. The angle measured here (by ME) matches the prediction of Globe.
And even videos using a water level
You have to believe that EVERY Satellite is a fake -- despite the fact that millions of Satellite TV dishes ONLY work when pointed very high in the sky (especially in Southern US) and even the SLIGHTEST misadjustment makes it stop working.
That every image of a globe is either Faked or is the result of a "Fish Eye Lens" -- EVEN videos done by Flat Earthers that do NOT use a Fish Eye Lens show curvature when they are sharp enough, the horizon clearly visible, and have a sufficient Field of View. Himawari 8 & 9, GOES-16, DISCOVR/EPIC all deliver high-resolution full frame images of Earth at a high rate.
That the thousands of people who work in Antarctica lie about seeing 24 hours of sunlight during the northern winter months.
That you CAN see Polaris from sea-level more than a few degrees south of Equator despite nobody being able to produce evidence of such.
That the altitude (the angle above the Horizon) of Polaris in the Northern latitudes equaling your Latitude is some kind of Jedi Mind Trick by "NASA". On a Flat Plane this would be impossible. And yet, the angles to Polaris somehow manage to EXACTLY work on a Globe (see also Sun angles).
That southern star trails do not rotate around an area in the Southern Sky exactly opposite where the center of rotation is in the Northern Sky (which BTW is *NOT* Polaris -- Polaris is 20 arc minutes off center and is actually 2 stars itself (very close together). Like this one taken from the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador taken in extreme wide angle view (the circular border is actually the entire horizon).
That star trails somehow magically form a Circle for all observers (also why EQ mounts work) when ANY attempt to recreate this shows that a Dome of stars would give elliptical star trails except at the North Pole.
That mountains magically shrink with distance.
I bet you can think of more...
(Thanks to JW3HH for the idea)
You must believe that every astronomer and most of the scientists are either liars/traitors/in on a VAST conspiracy or are utterly incompetent. Because everyone using an Equatorial mount can see it track objects in the sky all night and track the Sun all day but somehow the Sun is magically taking a sharp turn at turn so it isn't REALLY going on the other side of the Earth DESPITE this being exactly where the EQ mount is tracking it and the way the EQ mount works is it simply tracks a circle in a fixed plane. So the sun is moving EXACTLY in this plane all day but magically after sunset it would have zoom around never ACTUALLY going below the observers ground-level only to reappear at dawn in the same plane.
You have to believe that Gravity doesn't exist despite a vast array of evidence that no Flat Earther has ever actually defeated other than to blindly call scientists liars. Almost every college-level physics student repeats the classic Cavendish experiment but dozens of different methods all agree (see Compton's method). They even do experiments where they move a very large mass above a fountain of cold atoms and observe the resulting decrease in the rate at which the atoms fall. Furthermore, the undeniable acceleration of gravity is unlike ANY OTHER type of acceleration known because it does not register on an accelerometer -- rather you register 1G at rest on Earth's surface and that drops to ZERO when the object is in Free Fall.
That, despite the fact you can easily walk to the front of the Concorde going 1354 miles per hour, somehow you should be tossed around like a rag doll because you are moving along with the Earth's surface at 1040 mph.
That the horizon rises to "eye-level" despite the very clear evidence from surveyors and even phone theodolite apps that it does NOT. The angle measured here (by ME) matches the prediction of Globe.
And even videos using a water level
You have to believe that EVERY Satellite is a fake -- despite the fact that millions of Satellite TV dishes ONLY work when pointed very high in the sky (especially in Southern US) and even the SLIGHTEST misadjustment makes it stop working.
That every image of a globe is either Faked or is the result of a "Fish Eye Lens" -- EVEN videos done by Flat Earthers that do NOT use a Fish Eye Lens show curvature when they are sharp enough, the horizon clearly visible, and have a sufficient Field of View. Himawari 8 & 9, GOES-16, DISCOVR/EPIC all deliver high-resolution full frame images of Earth at a high rate.
That the thousands of people who work in Antarctica lie about seeing 24 hours of sunlight during the northern winter months.
That you CAN see Polaris from sea-level more than a few degrees south of Equator despite nobody being able to produce evidence of such.
That the altitude (the angle above the Horizon) of Polaris in the Northern latitudes equaling your Latitude is some kind of Jedi Mind Trick by "NASA". On a Flat Plane this would be impossible. And yet, the angles to Polaris somehow manage to EXACTLY work on a Globe (see also Sun angles).
That southern star trails do not rotate around an area in the Southern Sky exactly opposite where the center of rotation is in the Northern Sky (which BTW is *NOT* Polaris -- Polaris is 20 arc minutes off center and is actually 2 stars itself (very close together). Like this one taken from the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador taken in extreme wide angle view (the circular border is actually the entire horizon).
That star trails somehow magically form a Circle for all observers (also why EQ mounts work) when ANY attempt to recreate this shows that a Dome of stars would give elliptical star trails except at the North Pole.
That mountains magically shrink with distance.
I bet you can think of more...
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