The Flat Earth

[johnnytodd]

... The sun. At midnight. In the middle of winter.

Apparently.

LOL obviously not looked at the evidence and understood the flat earth and its sun orbit, the size of the sun etc.............might as well be talking to the wall ffs

 

[Art Morte]

Sorry if this has been asked, but if Earth was flat and the sun moved in a circle above it - like in Johnny's avatar, I presume - why does the sun rise from and set behind the horizon? :hmm:

 

[silkyman]

That's basically what I've been trying to ascertain. It's something to do with the sun being too far away to see at night or something.

 

[Art Morte]

Yeah, I mean, even if we go along with the totally ridiculous idea that the sun is only bright enough to be seen from about ~20,000km (the Earth's circumference is about 40,000km and Johnnyodd's avatar suggests the sun illuminates half of it at a time) even when it's not behind any physical obstacles, surely it should just fade away in to the distance in the sky rather than emerge from beyond the planet and set beyond it as well?

 

[silkyman]

I worked out that it could never be lower than 12 degrees in the sky. I used trigonometry and everything.

 

[blade1889]

Poor JT, in his honour I would like to post this new article I happened across. Hes not the only one abducted by aliens recently. http://www.theguardian.com/science/...iracy-theorists?CMP=fb_a-science_b-gdnscience

 

[mnb089mnb]

RIP Jihadi Johnnytodd of the Flat Earth Caliphate.

 

[silkyman]

Has he been banned or something?

Oh well, what goes around comes around.

 

[blade1889]

Yeah he has, how you gonna fill your time now without him to argue about? Need to start another semantics of evolution argument

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

The only person I ever had on ignore on here or TFF has been banned. Who should my next target be?

 

[silkyman]

Ohmaaaaaaan. What was the camel crippling straw?

 

[Ebeneezer Goode]

Sorry if this has been asked, but if Earth was flat and the sun moved in a circle above it - like in Johnny's avatar, I presume - why does the sun rise from and set behind the horizon? :hmm:

open your eyes..........LOL

 

[silkyman]

http://www.theguardian.com/science/...believers-youtube-videos-conspiracy-theorists

 

[johnnytodd]

Sorry if this has been asked, but if Earth was flat and the sun moved in a circle above it - like in Johnny's avatar, I presume - why does the sun rise from and set behind the horizon? :hmm:

Thanks for joining the debate, a Finish ice hockey fan who has supported Liverpool since birth..............just what the thread needed.

the answer to your question is plainly obvious..............it's all about perspective..........perspective has actually been proven to occur unlike gravity....LOL

 

[johnnytodd]

http://www.theguardian.com/science/...believers-youtube-videos-conspiracy-theorists

What is that supposed to prove?..............should i post links from people who believe the earth is round yet also believe there are aliens living in Stoke on Trent...............trying to discredit people by association is a NASA tradition.

 

[johnnytodd]

open your eyes..........LOL

yep good video, if the sun was so far away it would light up the whole horizon at sunset..............it clearly never does.....LOL

 

[johnnytodd]

Ohmaaaaaaan. What was the camel crippling straw?

proving the earth was flat and swearing

 

[johnnytodd]

RIP Jihadi Johnnytodd of the Flat Earth Caliphate.

If i was as sad as some on here i would find that very offensive and report you..............but i found it amusing.

 

[silkyman]

Thanks for joining the debate, a Finish ice hockey fan who has supported Liverpool since birth..............just what the thread needed.

the answer to your question is plainly obvious..............it's all about perspective..........perspective has actually been proven to occur unlike gravity....LOL

We've been over this one before. If it circles around the equator, it never gets far enough away to reach vanishing point.

Even at midnight with the sun 14,500 miles away on the ground and 2000 miles up (the Flat Earth Society's figure) then Pythagoras tells us that the angle from the horizon to the sun with you at the other point of the triangle is about eight degrees.

If you were at one end of a football pitch it would still be visible well above the roof of a three storey building at the other end.

 

[Stagat]

Can you see it over your telly from your armchair?

#inb4johnny

 

[johnnytodd]

We've been over this one before. If it circles around the equator, it never gets far enough away to reach vanishing point.

Even at midnight with the sun 14,500 miles away on the ground and 2000 miles up (the Flat Earth Society's figure) then Pythagoras tells us that the angle from the horizon to the sun with you at the other point of the triangle is about eight degrees.

If you were at one end of a football pitch it would still be visible well above the roof of a three storey building at the other end.

The sun changes its distance depending on the model of the earth YOU assume for the experiment. LOL

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

i was so excited to get a notification only to find it referred to this c*** thread again. let it die please oh god let it die

 

[johnnytodd]

As the sun descends it will create a tangent into the horizon. The perspective lines nearly merge, causing the receding body to appear to collapse in on itself. Next the light of the receding sun is dimmed to blackness by a non-transparent atmosphere.

 

[Stagat]

i was so excited to get a notification only to find it referred to this c*** thread again. let it die please oh god let it die

Turn thread notifications off then Dr Mantis Toboggan you clown.

 

[johnnytodd]

anyone circumnavigated the globe top to bottom yet?

LOL

 

[Gladders]

Anyone fallen of the edge of the Earth yet?

LOL

 

[johnnytodd]

Anyone fallen of the edge of the Earth yet?

LOL

no cos you cant get there LOL

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

anyone circumnavigated the globe top to bottom yet?

LOL

i have actually. feel free to ask some questions, i love talking about my time as an explorer as much as my time as an astronaut

 

[johnnytodd]

i have actually. feel free to ask some questions, i love talking about my time as an explorer as much as my time as an astronaut

did you go by bus, boat, plane or carpet?

 

[Dr Mantis Toboggan]

mostly by boat, friend. a lot on foot and on a sledge pulled by, at times, polar bears and elk

thanks for the questions, keep em coming