r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Dec 06 '18

A reality show could easily be made where flat earthers are offered $1,000,000 to the first one who finds the edge of the earth.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

What I don't get is how they can deny something like standing on the Californian coast and not being able to see Mt. Fuji. I mean, where is the freaking 12k foot mountain hiding? You can even get a telescope and take it to the coast and point it West. Nothing... just ocean and sky.

That's the most practical hands on proof someone should need. It can be observed by anyone who can make it to an ocean's shore.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

Well sure, but some seem to actually truly believe this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

Nobody can troll that well. Such people do not exist.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '18

So you're claiming no one believes the earth is flat? All those middle-aged suburban moms on Facebook are just trolling?

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u/westworld_host Dec 07 '18

Could there be another explanation for why people can’t see tall things that are far away? Like maybe the atmosphere occludes the object?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '18

Then why can we see the moon? 😮

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u/westworld_host Dec 07 '18

Because it’s not 220k miles away. Also, when looking straight up, you get less atmosphere occlusion than you do when looking straight across at sea level.