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[–]Callmesavior 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This article melt my brain.

[–]OperationQ[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The second video is a mega brain melter, beyond our "earth"

[–]OperationQ[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The second video is a mega brain melter, beyond our "earth"

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Generally speaking how this always goes is to simply assert all evidence of a globe is the result of a conspiracy. Of course at every step of the way you're proposing additional steps, and usually combined with rejecting induction as evidence. I generally get banned once I start requiring flatties demonstrate angular diameter measurements using their own pocket change, since you can demonstrate that it works. From that demonstration, you can calculate angular diameter of all the relevant bodies. Same with measuring shadows since, by using angular diameter, you can determine approximate distance and size. Of course you can then also determine diameter of Earth by measuring shadows at proper times.

As fun as it might be to commit such sophistry, it just fundamentally relies on rejecting induction as evidence, and often rejecting evidence as evidence. If you do that with anything, you can believe whatever you want, so it's a kind of silly exercise.