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Offline gladius_veritatis

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Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
« Reply #585 on: December 11, 2021, 04:13:02 PM »
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  • The followers of charlatans Rowbothham and Dubay don't even have a model describing the movements of sun, moon, and stars.

    I have never heard of the first person mentioned, only recently heard of Dubay and have relied upon neither in my search for the truth.  What is more, FE most certainly does have an explanation for the movement of the sun, moon, etc.  Just because your ignorant, close-minded self hasn't seen it or given it consideration means absolutely nothing.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #586 on: December 11, 2021, 04:28:58 PM »
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  • I possess many of them in both Latin and English, can read both languages, and that he wrote "...terra est rotunda..." proves absolutely nothing.

    You don't realize it, of course, but you are embarrassing yourself.

    You prove one thing: You didn't even took note of, much less understand, what he wrote.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #587 on: December 11, 2021, 04:31:00 PM »
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  • I have never heard of the first person mentioned, only recently heard of Dubay and have relied upon neither in my search for the truth.  What is more, FE most certainly does have an explanation for the movement of the sun, moon, etc.  Just because your ignorant, close-minded self hasn't seen it or given it consideration means absolutely nothing.

    Thanks for telling the readers about your lack of education, and that you didn't even read this thread, Mr Flat Tard!
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #588 on: December 11, 2021, 05:11:44 PM »
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  • Thanks for telling the readers about your lack of education, and that you didn't even read this thread, Mr Flat Tard!

    I mentioned nothing about my education which, by the standards of the modern world, is notable.  So what if I didn't read all 40 pages of a thread that didn't even begin with this topic?  Nothing shocking or blameworthy in that.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #589 on: December 11, 2021, 05:13:37 PM »
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  • You prove one thing: You didn't even took note of, much less understand, what he wrote.

    You prove your grasp of English is lacking.  No biggie.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #590 on: December 11, 2021, 05:19:21 PM »
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  • I mentioned nothing about my education which, by the standards of the modern world, is notable.  So what if I didn't read all 40 pages of a thread that didn't even begin with this topic?  Nothing shocking or blameworthy in that.

    Now you even plainly admit that you're trolling.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #591 on: December 11, 2021, 05:21:08 PM »
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  • You prove your grasp of English is lacking.  No biggie.

    Thanks for pointing out this error of mine. Should have been take not took. I appreciate your correction.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #592 on: December 11, 2021, 09:45:46 PM »
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  • I have never heard of the first person mentioned, only recently heard of Dubay and have relied upon neither in my search for the truth.  What is more, FE most certainly does have an explanation for the movement of the sun, moon, etc.  Just because your ignorant, close-minded self hasn't seen it or given it consideration means absolutely nothing.
    most certainly - so as you're defending FE I take you are supporter of this belief, however you don't know if there are explanations in the FE model for the daily natural phenomena we can observe with our very eyes?

    Then you go on and call a proponent of globe Earth ignorant and close-minded?

    I wonder what makes you believe this strongly in the verity of FE because you're really sticking your neck out here! Would love to hear some arguments.


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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #593 on: December 12, 2021, 07:06:22 AM »
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #594 on: December 12, 2021, 08:05:18 AM »
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  • All navigators, pilots, snipers and civil engineers and  use a flat earth model as a basis
    for what they do.

    Many engineers directly or indirectly use the GeoTools Java library for GIS applications. The source code can be found there: https://github.com/geotools/geotools There is e.g. a Geodetic Calculator class:

    https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/main/modules/library/referencing/src/main/java/org/geotools/referencing/GeodeticCalculator.java

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    GeodeticCalculator.java

    /**
     * Performs geodetic calculations on an {@linkplain Ellipsoid ellipsoid}. This class encapsulates a
     * generic ellipsoid and calculates the following properties:

    Calculations are done using a near spherical ellipsoid. You can find the projections there: https://github.com/geotools/geotools/tree/main/modules/library/referencing/src/main/java/org/geotools/referencing/operation/projection


    Navigation:

    Check out youtube channel "Practical Navigator". There's a four part series Getting Started in Celestial Navigation. First part:




    Or see here, how flat the Practical Navigator's model is:


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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #595 on: December 12, 2021, 10:45:57 AM »
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  • most certainly - so as you're defending FE I take you are supporter of this belief, however you don't know if there are explanations in the FE model for the daily natural phenomena we can observe with our very eyes?

    You and most globers simply take it for granted that various "phenomena we can observe with our very eyes" prove their position.  But these are entirely falsified by actual experiments conducted by the Flat Earthers.  I don't see the globers going out making videos by the hundreds, taking measurements, etc.  They just beg the question and take it for granted that the "phenomena" back up their position.  They're content with statements like yours above.

    Just one example.  Glober after glober starts with the old "ships disappearing over the horizon" nonsense as their first go-to proof.  But the FEers actually go out there and demonstrate that even when they might APPEAR to disappear, they immediately return to view when you zoom in with a good camera, like a Nikon P900.  I have yet to see a video by a globe earther demonstrating the contrary.  There was one attempted by (I think it was) PBS or National Geographic, using a helicopter descending below the horizon, and that was proven to be a fake.  They simply reversed the film, as the FE group pointed out that an exactly identical flock of birds flew by both when the copter was going "down" and when it was coming back "up".  Why did they have to fake the video?

    All globers would have to do is to convincingly falsify something like the Rowbotham experiment.  Track a small boat on film and watch it disappear when globe math indicates that it should.  Then zoom in to maximum magnification to show that despite the magnification it's still gone.  But the FEers have literally hundreds of videos which show the opposite result, that they remain visible for miles and miles after globe math indicates they should have disappeared.

    I will be conducting my own experiments along these lines, as a P1000 camera might be arriving for Christmas this year :confused:


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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #596 on: December 12, 2021, 11:00:06 AM »
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  • It's an interesting case of confirmation bias as well to appeal to "phenomena".

    When video after video are made demonstrating that phenomena that are evidence of a flat earth, they're dismissed by the globers as "illusions", "mirages", "refraction," etc. ... except when they happen to find some phenomenon that appears to back their position.  In that case, there's no mention whatsoever of the possibility of refraction.  Refraction only works against FE, right?

    This video was made by a guy who was extremely skeptical of Flat Earth ...
    https://www.bitchute.com/video/OxIHjjhI3rhh/

    He was on flat earth forums watching the debates, and decided to devise an experiment that would prove it conclusively one way or the other.

    Even afterwards, he said that he was reluctant to become a Flat Earther because it was just "too big a leap" to take after having spent his entire life believing the earth was a globe.

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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #597 on: December 12, 2021, 11:21:26 AM »
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  • I will be conducting my own experiments along these lines, as a P1000 camera might be arriving for Christmas this year :confused:
    Have you gotten a ham radio license yet? If you have a General Class license or better multiple forum members could do NVIS/NHIS experiments. I think NHIS/NVIS could potentially move the arguments on this forum forward one way or the other.
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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #598 on: December 12, 2021, 11:30:01 AM »
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  • Have you gotten a ham radio license yet? If you have a General Class license or better multiple forum members could do NVIS/NHIS experiments. I think NHIS/NVIS could potentially move the arguments on this forum forward one way or the other.

    No, afraid not.  I haven't made that a priority yet.

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    Re: Is refusing to accept an "obvious fact" a sin of lying?
    « Reply #599 on: December 12, 2021, 11:33:07 AM »
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  • https://www.bitchute.com/video/OxIHjjhI3rhh/

    So the globe earthers need to watch this video. What's the answer?

    He clearly records mountains of the same elevation (within a few feet) that appear level.  One is just a few miles away, and the other two are 34 and 36 miles away respectively ... and therefore should be about 800 feet shorter.  But they're not.  They're all even.