Why is there such an insurgence of flat-earthers in 2015?

[BADecker]

for the flat earth conspiracy to be true, like 50% of humanity and anyone who has ever rode an airplane has to be in on it 

Well I disagree with those riding in an airplane, as I've flown multiple times. For one thing, looking out the airplane, I got the impression it was flat. I never thought about it, and since I have, I haven't flown. I think they use curved glass, which makes the ground look curved too, if someone says it looks curved on an airplane.

Looks pretty flat here: http://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-4764794-stock-footage-airplane-window-view-of-clouds-from-passenger-seat-at-sunset.html

Never thought about curved glass in commercial plane windows.

Did you ever notice that if your eyesight is bad, the glasses they give you never show you the truth about flat, concave or convex in the things you look at. Do you think that "they" have determined that people who have poor eyesight are more intelligent, and therefore must be given glasses that throw off natural curvature or lack of it, because if they don't, these people would have figured out about the earth's flatness?

What about hot air balloon riders? How high would you have to go to notice any curvature? Seems to me that any curvature is not concave. But it might not be apparent at the lower limits that most balloons fly.

[MakingMoneyHoney]

for the flat earth conspiracy to be true, like 50% of humanity and anyone who has ever rode an airplane has to be in on it 

Well I disagree with those riding in an airplane, as I've flown multiple times. For one thing, looking out the airplane, I got the impression it was flat. I never thought about it, and since I have, I haven't flown. I think they use curved glass, which makes the ground look curved too, if someone says it looks curved on an airplane.

Looks pretty flat here: http://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-4764794-stock-footage-airplane-window-view-of-clouds-from-passenger-seat-at-sunset.html

Never thought about curved glass in commercial plane windows.

Did you ever notice that if your eyesight is bad, the glasses they give you never show you the truth about flat, concave or convex in the things you look at. Do you think that "they" have determined that people who have poor eyesight are more intelligent, and therefore must be given glasses that throw off natural curvature or lack of it, because if they don't, these people would have figured out about the earth's flatness?

What about hot air balloon riders? How high would you have to go to notice any curvature? Seems to me that any curvature is not concave. But it might not be apparent at the lower limits that most balloons fly.

I don't think there's any relation between smarts and glasses, even though I wear glasses.

Yeah, I don't know how high a balloon would have to fly to supposedly see this "curve" people talk about, but I really don't remember there being a curve (that couldn't be explained by the window) while being in an airplane, and I love to look out while on the ground and while flying.

[BADecker]

for the flat earth conspiracy to be true, like 50% of humanity and anyone who has ever rode an airplane has to be in on it 

Well I disagree with those riding in an airplane, as I've flown multiple times. For one thing, looking out the airplane, I got the impression it was flat. I never thought about it, and since I have, I haven't flown. I think they use curved glass, which makes the ground look curved too, if someone says it looks curved on an airplane.

Looks pretty flat here: http://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-4764794-stock-footage-airplane-window-view-of-clouds-from-passenger-seat-at-sunset.html

Never thought about curved glass in commercial plane windows.

Did you ever notice that if your eyesight is bad, the glasses they give you never show you the truth about flat, concave or convex in the things you look at. Do you think that "they" have determined that people who have poor eyesight are more intelligent, and therefore must be given glasses that throw off natural curvature or lack of it, because if they don't, these people would have figured out about the earth's flatness?

What about hot air balloon riders? How high would you have to go to notice any curvature? Seems to me that any curvature is not concave. But it might not be apparent at the lower limits that most balloons fly.

I don't think there's any relation between smarts and glasses, even though I wear glasses.

Yeah, I don't know how high a balloon would have to fly to supposedly see this "curve" people talk about, but I really don't remember there being a curve (that couldn't be explained by the window) while being in an airplane, and I love to look out while on the ground and while flying.

Of course, though I didn't say it right out, there are no windows in hot air balloons.

I wonder how high stunt pilots fly... the ones who stand on the wings of the plane. Do goggles cause an appearance of curvature that is not there?

[TECSHARE]

I feel like I am absorbing stupid via osmosis just reading this thread.

[BADecker]

I feel like I am absorbing stupid via osmosis just reading this thread.

It is kinda fun playing along with people who believe like this. They are harmless, so why not feed their paranoia?   

Besides, if you are paranoid about the NSA considering your speaking or writing as that of a terrorist, when you play with the paranoia in this thread, they will realize that you are harmless, as well.     

[MakingMoneyHoney]

Thought for the day:

Why is it colder in the moonlight?

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

[BADecker]

Thought for the day:

Why is it colder in the moonlight?

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unMxHSpvzoE

 

[RodeoX]

Thought for the day:

Why is it colder in the moonlight?

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

That is the most retarded thing I have seen in a while. "I got my lab coat on, so I'm feelin like a scientist". Proving the "cooling light of the moon".
Jesus Christ, where didn't he go to school? I really feel sorry for these flat Earthers. Anyone who can't understand how utterly ridiculous this is has fallen so far behind that I fear they will never achieve a third grade education. It's going to be a tough life.

[notbatman]

Thought for the day:

Why is it colder in the moonlight?

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

That is the most retarded thing I have seen in a while. "I got my lab coat on, so I'm feelin like a scientist". Proving the "cooling light of the moon".
Jesus Christ, where didn't he go to school? I really feel sorry for these flat Earthers. Anyone who can't understand how utterly ridiculous this is has fallen so far behind that I fear they will never achieve a third grade education. It's going to be a tough life.

Pseudoscience tin-foil hat question and answer period:

Q: Why does moonlight cool an object?

A: When an object absorbs and re-emits moonlight the high temporal coherence of the light causes the momentum of the objects particles to change. This compresses the velocity distribution of the particles thereby cooling them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nPyI-zA74

[protokol]

Thought for the day:

Why is it colder in the moonlight?

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

That is the most retarded thing I have seen in a while. "I got my lab coat on, so I'm feelin like a scientist". Proving the "cooling light of the moon".
Jesus Christ, where didn't he go to school? I really feel sorry for these flat Earthers. Anyone who can't understand how utterly ridiculous this is has fallen so far behind that I fear they will never achieve a third grade education. It's going to be a tough life.

Yeah, this thread is really something... I've given up getting frustrated and am now thoroughly enjoying myself 

The obscure changes in topic are nuts, for instance we went from this:

Somebody might be able to sneak a mini stealth blimp across [Antarctica (which is locked down tighter than Area 51)], equipped with a spread spectrum transceiver.

to some neat observations about cloud anomalies:

I just don't get why NASA keeps putting out "real photos" of the Earth with things like lettering in the clouds. No cloud I've ever seen has been able to look like an E or an X....

To an ambiguous question about airline electronic communication protocol (However you interpret it, the answer's no):

Thought for the day: Why can't you use your cell phone on plane rides? Is it because it would be bouncing off of cell towers you have no right being near?

to some interesting interpretations of how lenses work:

I think they use curved glass, which makes the ground look curved too

Did you ever notice that if your eyesight is bad, the glasses they give you never show you the truth about flat, concave or convex in the things you look at. Do you think that "they" have determined that people who have poor eyesight are more intelligent, and therefore must be given glasses that throw off natural curvature or lack of it, because if they don't, these people would have figured out about the earth's flatness?

to this:

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

Gold.

[protokol]

Pseudoscience tin-foil hat question and answer period:

Q: Why does moonlight cool an object?

A: When an object absorbs and re-emits moonlight the high temporal coherence of the light causes the momentum of the objects particles change. This compresses the velocity distribution of the particles thereby cooling them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nPyI-zA74

Yes of course, the high temporal coherence of the light causes the momentum of the objects particles change.

[rigel]

The world around us is getting complex and complex.
As an example: do you have the slightest idea of how a cellphone works? It is way more complex than an FM radio wich is more complex than an AM radio that perhaps you can imagine.

People cannot understand any more what they see and they make weird assumptions  just like primitives thinking that a lightning is the rage of some invisible spirit.

[TECSHARE]

Thought for the day:

Why is it colder in the moonlight?

The moon is said to reflect the sun's rays, which is why it's light. But if that was so it shouldn't be giving off a light of it's own that cools things down....

That is the most retarded thing I have seen in a while. "I got my lab coat on, so I'm feelin like a scientist". Proving the "cooling light of the moon".
Jesus Christ, where didn't he go to school? I really feel sorry for these flat Earthers. Anyone who can't understand how utterly ridiculous this is has fallen so far behind that I fear they will never achieve a third grade education. It's going to be a tough life.

Pseudoscience tin-foil hat question and answer period:

Q: Why does moonlight cool an object?

A: When an object absorbs and re-emits moonlight the high temporal coherence of the light causes the momentum of the objects particles change. This compresses the velocity distribution of the particles thereby cooling them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nPyI-zA74

[notbatman]

Seems I've made a grammatical typo in my Q&A session, corrected. 

[notbatman]

I've rejected the idea of a firmament 'till now but it seems the only way I can explain the coherent light from the Moon is the existence of such a barrier. The Moon does appear to be a projection.

[MakingMoneyHoney]

I've rejected the idea of a firmament 'till now but it seems the only way I can explain the coherent light from the Moon is the existence of such a barrier. The Moon does appear to be a projection.

Like the line that goes up and re-renders it in this video? https://youtu.be/o1WHrRbXQZI?t=13m55s

[notbatman]

They don't know how to get past it do they? LOL

EDIT:

You know I pulled that Q&A completely out of my ass but, I referenced actual physics articles to do so, peer reviewed journal stuff backed by experiments... I can't believe I'm actually believing it now...

WTF man, this bible nonsense is actually true, there must be a short in my tinfoil hat or something!

[MakingMoneyHoney]

You know I pulled that Q&A completely out of my ass

I know.

[notbatman]

Flat Earth isn't too hard to buy, all the evidence points towards it. Not too much changes going from global hoax to flat reality except the possibility of a limitless plane full of other worlds to explore. I'm absolutely confused now that I know the Moon is a projection on a fucking dome and we're trapped inside, this is as bad as the globe Earth deal.

Q: Is the dome material or some kind of field?

A: ?

EDIT:

This is what CERN is for isn't it? The anti-matter is for opening a portal right?

EDIT:

This God fellow, is he going to get pissed off if we drill a hole in his tank and start wandering around outside?

[MakingMoneyHoney]

Flat Earth isn't too hard to buy, all the evidence points towards it. Not too much changes going from global hoax to flat reality except the possibility of a limitless plane full of other worlds to explore. I'm absolutely confused now that I know the Moon is a projection on a fucking dome and we're trapped inside, this is as bad as the globe Earth deal.

Q: Is the dome material or some kind of field?

A: ?

EDIT:

This is what CERN is for isn't it? The anti-matter is for opening a portal right?

EDIT:

This God fellow, is he going to get pissed off if we drill a hole in his tank and start wandering around outside?

Lol. Yes, CERN is trying to make a portal (people have been known to call it a StarGate if you ever saw the movie or series you'll know what that's all about).

God won't be pissed, he predicted it. It's all planned.

You know that when scientists were smart enough to build and send things up the first thing they did was nuke it?

Operation Fishbowl (notice the term fishbowl)

"Operation Fishbowl was a series of high altitude nuclear tests in 1962 that were carried out by the United States as a part of the larger Operation Dominic nuclear test program."

Edit: This is an interesting compilation video.... at the end it theorizes they're trying to heat up Antarctica too. Which if true, would be another attempt to get out of the dome.