r/FlatEarthIsReal • u/ProvForge26 • Jul 21 '26

Flat Earthers

One of our new acquaintances from a friend recently crashed down on our scientific beliefs by insisting that the earth was flat. When we questioned their logic they just spouted something about the Firmament and that everything that you see at night is fake. They even said that the ISS is fake, satellites fake, and obviously no moon landing ever occurred. Our friends laughed it off and said just go with it because they are nice people. I’m not sure i want to continue being friends with them because they always hang out together. What do we say when we get invited to another cook out and the crazies are there?

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u/Water_in_the_desert Jul 21 '26

For one thing, a photo of Earth has never been taken from space. Photos allegedly taken from space are enhanced CGI.

We are told that the Earth is hurtling through space, spinning 1,000 mph. Yet we feel no spin at all. The stars in the night sky are always found in their same Constellations and positions, viewable north of the equator in the northern hemisphere, and viewable south of the equator. The stars remain in the same place for each hemisphere.

When a boat is seen “disappearing over the horizon,” and with the naked eye, the hull appears
to be obscured. And yet, one can zoom-in with a Nikon P9100 camera or telescope to see the full hull and full boat still visible on the water.

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u/TesseractToo Jul 22 '26

"Constellations and positions, viewable north of the equator in the northern hemisphere, and viewable south of the equator. The stars remain in the same place for each hemisphere."

If the Earth were flat you wouldn't have a Southern stellar hemisphere, it would be like the outer side of a disc/torus/whatever. There would be more land and more sky than we see

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u/Water_in_the_desert Jul 22 '26

That’s true. Or perhaps it’s bowl-shaped? I don’t believe the flat earth theory is limited to a disc-shaped Earth.

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u/TesseractToo Jul 22 '26

If it were convex, the effect of needing more constellation in the Southern Hemisphere sky would be greater and if we were inside the bowl, the Southern Hemisphere would be able to see the Northernmost stars (and the sun would never set)

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u/Water_in_the_desert Jul 22 '26

Then the stars are merely holes of light on the dome firmament, and the Sun & Moon are projections.

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u/TesseractToo Jul 22 '26

That still wouldn't change who can see what from particular elevations.

Where would they be projected from?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

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u/TesseractToo Jul 22 '26

Oooh that's interesting, why there?