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| Moshly:
Wow, 'Wonderhussy' only just bumped into him last week, the craft had been damaged & he was doing car park repairs- from 3:30 > |
| tom66:
--- Quote from: duak on February 24, 2020, 06:15:33 am ---To change the subject slightly, how would a satellite orbit a flat Earth? Any ideas? I accept Newtonian and Einsteinian (General Relativity) as the simplest and most reasonable ways to explain orbits but a flat Earth must have truly horrendous preconditions and mathematics. --- End quote --- Flat Earthers generally believe NASA, SpaceX, and other major world governments are part of the conspiracy. Satellites either aren't real, or are orbiting at low altitudes within the atmosphere propelled in a similar way to aircraft, or are replaced on a daily basis through unknown means. In addition, every engineer involved in maintaining these satellites, as well as every amateur and professional pilot, and every major world government, is involved in this conspiracy. It is unclear why, if the world is indeed flat, that this needs to be hidden from the general population in such a proposed grand conspiracy - perhaps it would trigger insanity in a Lovecraftian monster sense. |
| daqq:
--- Quote from: duak on February 24, 2020, 06:15:33 am ---To change the subject slightly, how would a satellite orbit a flat Earth? Any ideas? I accept Newtonian and Einsteinian (General Relativity) as the simplest and most reasonable ways to explain orbits but a flat Earth must have truly horrendous preconditions and mathematics. --- End quote --- I've looked into the flat Earth BS. Stuff attributed to satellites (sat phone coverage, GPS, high altitude aerial imagery) is apparently done by means of drones, balloons and cellular towers. Everyone who says otherwise is either a brain washed sheep or a part of the conspiracy. I work for a meteorological company and in our raw data we actually see the curvature of the Earth (weather radar data) and need to take it into account when projecting specific stuff. I have yet to receive my paycheck from the Illuminati :( Also, I'm guessing that about 90% of flat Earthers are trolls in it for the shits and giggles, 8% are idiots, plain and simple and 2% are in it just to sell merchandise and books to the 98%. --- Quote from: tom66 on February 24, 2020, 08:15:17 am ---It is unclear why, if the world is indeed flat, that this needs to be hidden from the general population in such a proposed grand conspiracy - perhaps it would trigger insanity in a Lovecraftian monster sense. --- End quote --- I have looked into this as well. Opinions vary. One claim is that it would confirm god because the Bible claims a flat Earth. Another claim is that it's just NASA and other organizations creating a massive fraud in order to continue receiving funding. Don't look for logic and internal consistency, you will find none. |
| tszaboo:
Give him the Darwin awards, and move along. Could've let a weather balloon take up a Gopro, but no he had to rocket himself. Condolences to the family. |
| donotdespisethesnake:
--- Quote from: tom66 on February 24, 2020, 08:15:17 am ---It is unclear why, if the world is indeed flat, that this needs to be hidden from the general population in such a proposed grand conspiracy - perhaps it would trigger insanity in a Lovecraftian monster sense. --- End quote --- Recently I watched the Flat Earth documentary "Behind the Curve" on Netflix. One proposal is that by getting us to believe one big lie, it is easier for governments (or whoever) to believe other big lies, which are in their interest. By getting you to believe the "round Earth myth", then it is easier for them to make you believe "other lies", like chemtrails are harmless and not spreading mind control drugs. That reasoning is totally illogical of course. Unless the second lie depends on the first one being believed. Generally the mechanism of belief is not transferable, or trainable like a muscle. Although it does seem that if a person believes one conspiracy theory, they are much more likely to believe others. I had a neighbour like that, poor guy. I think that is more to do with the attraction of having "inside knowledge", and being a member of a group that believes that stuff is very rewarding. It's a bit like Scientology and other religions that entice members with the lure of secret truths, then bind them into a group. Then being a member of that group gives them a purpose they didn't have before. Leaving the group then becomes difficult, you have to abandon your new beliefs and your new friends. |
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