[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Jessica.

Are you a flat earther now, Riley?

No, I'm not but what can you believe? Until I see something with my own eyes then I can't believe anything really.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Wizard.

No, I'm not but what can you believe? Until I see something with my own eyes then I can't believe anything really.

Earth is not flat, you have seen it with your own eyes: the horizon
if earth was flat you could see things as far as your telescope would allow you
earth would not fall off beyond the horizon
and bc it does, it is curved
and bc nobody experienced end of it, it must curve into an infinite shape like a ball

[Wizard.]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

you have seen it with your own eyes: horizon
if earth was flat you could see things as far as your telescope would allow you
earth would not fall off beyond the horizon
and bc it does, it is curved
and bc nobody experienced end of it, it must curve into an infinite shape like a ball

Well yeah I mean if I had to choose between believing in a flat earth or a round earth then I would choose round but then again who says it's any shape and we're not just living in some weird polygon reality?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Wizard.

Well yeah I mean if I had to choose between believing in a flat earth or a round earth then I would choose round but then again who says it's any shape and we're not just living in some weird polygon reality?

Pretty much everywhere bar the bottom of the ocean has been documented at this point. If the earth was anything other than what we know it is, we would have discovered that truth by now.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Earth is not flat, you have seen it with your own eyes: the horizon
if earth was flat you could see things as far as your telescope would allow you
earth would not fall off beyond the horizon
and bc it does, it is curved
and bc nobody experienced end of it, it must curve into an infinite shape like a ball

Or the Lizard servers can only render a landscape up to a certain distance, and the supposed "horizon" is simply the maximum draw distance of the simulation.

[bots]

there is empirical science and theoretical science, both completely different. Theoretical science is based on models that approximate to defining a behaviour and by definition are not factual.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

there is empirical science and theoretical science, both completely different. Theoretical science is based on models that approximate to defining a behaviour and by definition are not factual.

Empirical science is only at the "outlying limits" of probability, though. It's science that follows from mathematical and logical rules so as to be functionally irrefutable and thus useful. Even mathematical and physical rules start to fall apart in extreme science.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Wizard.

Well yeah I mean if I had to choose between believing in a flat earth or a round earth then I would choose round but then again who says it's any shape and we're not just living in some weird polygon reality?

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Or the Lizard servers can only render a landscape up to a certain distance, and the supposed "horizon" is simply the maximum draw distance of the simulation.

We can and should speculate about the wheres and the whys behind the observeable reality. But the fact remains that that observeable reality can be tested repeatedly and rendered as certain rules and facts. For the benefit of our functioning within it, we need to acknowledge those rules and facts as valid parameters of it.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Earth is not flat, you have seen it with your own eyes: the horizon
if earth was flat you could see things as far as your telescope would allow you
earth would not fall off beyond the horizon
and bc it does, it is curved
and bc nobody experienced end of it, it must curve into an infinite shape like a ball

I tried to see as far as I could through a telescope, but buildings or scenery got in the way, so I couldn't see the drop off point.
People have experienced the end of it, and they fell off the edge.

For reals though, I'd love to see a reality show where flat-Earthers try to find the edge of the world.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I tried to see as far as I could through a telescope, but buildings or scenery got in the way, so I couldn't see the drop off point.
People have experienced the end of it, and they fell off the edge.

For reals though, I'd love to see a reality show where flat-Earthers try to find the edge of the world.

There was this guy recently in America who tried disproving that earth is round. Invested money into it and all. Wonder what happened to him

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

There was this guy recently in America who tried disproving that earth is round. Invested money into it and all. Wonder what happened to him

He tripped over the circumfence surrounding the world, and is now floating in space

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

He tripped over the circumfence surrounding the world, and is now floating in space

Hope hes satisfied with that proof