How Flat is the Earth ?

[slowmotion]

Wasn't there a geezer who worked out the diameter of the Earth by observing sunlight shining down well shafts spaced miles apart? That was more than a couple of thousand years ago. Eratosthenes (276 BC – 195 BC).

 

[Seevio]

Others believe that the Universe is 4000 years old. Some people just can't be helped.

This is clearly nonsense. The bible indicates that the earth and the heavens are about 6000 years old.

4000 years? Ptah!

 

[Spinney]

So when a ship sails away and the hull disappears before the top parts, it's actually sinking? Then unsinks as it gets close to its destination.

Makes sense....

 

[winjim]

Wasn't there a geezer who worked out the diameter of the Earth by observing sunlight shining down well shafts spaced miles apart? That was more than a couple of thousand years ago. Eratosthenes (276 BC – 195 BC).

That's old technology. The flatness was proven earlier this year by an idiot on an aeroplane with a spirit level.

 

[Salad Dodger]

@winjim asked where aliens come from.
It's obvious.
If Australians come from Australia
Then
Aliens come from Alia.

 

[pplpilot]

Leave them be, they are in a minority. It's those that believe in the sky fairy you need to be concerned about. Equally absurd.

 

[rikki]

Aliens come from Alia.

I've heard of their football team - Inter Alia.

 

[jefmcg]

@winjim asked where aliens come from.
It's obvious.
If Australians come from Australia
Then
Aliens come from Alia.

And Canadians come from Canadia.

 

[Tin Pot]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/41973119/why-do-people-still-think-the-earth-is-flat

Worth a look, but I've ridden a bike across the South Downs! The world is defiantly not flat!

Well, it stands to reason.

...but not to science.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Proper CC thread
I miss these when we're all sulking and arguing

 

[User32269]

Some on this thread are just cynics with closed minds.
What is needed is cold hard science. I've conducted an experiment under VERY scientific conditions, and let's see the results.

I attempted to balance a small spherical object on top of a larger sphere. The result?

It rolled off.
Then, ingeniously, I scaled-up the experiment. I balanced a much larger spherical object (a footy) on top of another supposedly spherical object (The Earth) and left it overnight. The result?

It's not rolled anywhere.
People of cycle chat, conclusive SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN FACT, the earth is flat.

 

[Profpointy]

Sir Patrick Moore originally joined the Flat Earth Society as he thought it was a bit of tomfoolery, which appealed to his sense of humour. Apparently he soon left when he realised they were serious!

I did recal he joined, but I too also assumed it was a bit of nonsense, and an excuse for larking about and no doubt-drinking beer

 

[classic33]

So when a ship sails away and the hull disappears before the top parts, it's actually sinking? Then unsinks as it gets close to its destination.

Makes sense....

Taking on water, which it then has to pump out to reach shallower waters at its destination!

 

[classic33]

I did recal he joined, but I too also assumed it was a bit of nonsense, and an excuse for larking about and no doubt-drinking beer

He was also in the B.I.S..

 

[Spinney]

Taking on water, which it then has to pump out to reach shallower waters at its destination!

Ah, of course. Very clever of poeple like the Vikings to work out how to so that.
Doing it every time they passed another ship, too, must be a real pain.