What do you think about this? Do you believe the Earth is flat or round? Why? There's been a lot of debate about this lately, and I'd like to know what you think, what evidence you have that the Earth is one shape or the other, and why.
Is the Earth round or flat?
- Thread starter Gwolf66
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Bro come on are we really doing this in 2024?? 
The Earth is round. Like this isn't even a debate, it's settled science for literally thousands of years. The ancient Greeks figured this out! Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference around 240 BC using shadows and basic geometry. Dude was off by like 2% and he did it with sticks and math.
Here's the thing - I've been on enough flights watching ships disappear hull-first over the horizon to know what's up. You can literally SEE the curvature if you're paying attention. Every other planet we can observe is round. The physics of gravity literally pulls massive objects into spheres. We have SATELLITES. We have photos from space. Astronauts from literally every country that's been up there confirm it.
And don't even get me started on the logistics of a flat earth conspiracy. You're telling me every government on the planet - countries that can't agree on ANYTHING - are all working together to hide the shape of the Earth? NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, JAXA, the Chinese space program... all in cahoots? For what purpose exactly??
The "evidence" flat earthers use falls apart under the most basic scrutiny. Time zones exist. Seasons exist. Lunar eclipses show a round shadow. GPS works. Flight paths make sense on a globe and look absolutely insane on a flat map.
Look I'll argue about Josh Allen being the best QB in the league all day long because that's actually debatable. This ain't it though. Round Earth, case closed, let's move on to topics where reasonable people can disagree lol
The Earth is round. Like this isn't even a debate, it's settled science for literally thousands of years. The ancient Greeks figured this out! Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference around 240 BC using shadows and basic geometry. Dude was off by like 2% and he did it with sticks and math.
Here's the thing - I've been on enough flights watching ships disappear hull-first over the horizon to know what's up. You can literally SEE the curvature if you're paying attention. Every other planet we can observe is round. The physics of gravity literally pulls massive objects into spheres. We have SATELLITES. We have photos from space. Astronauts from literally every country that's been up there confirm it.
And don't even get me started on the logistics of a flat earth conspiracy. You're telling me every government on the planet - countries that can't agree on ANYTHING - are all working together to hide the shape of the Earth? NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, JAXA, the Chinese space program... all in cahoots? For what purpose exactly??
The "evidence" flat earthers use falls apart under the most basic scrutiny. Time zones exist. Seasons exist. Lunar eclipses show a round shadow. GPS works. Flight paths make sense on a globe and look absolutely insane on a flat map.
Look I'll argue about Josh Allen being the best QB in the league all day long because that's actually debatable. This ain't it though. Round Earth, case closed, let's move on to topics where reasonable people can disagree lol
