Because the Earth is in fact flat.
Oh, it's FACT is it?
It would have been better if you had tried to debunk what he said in a form of debate instead of asking a question to something he's already stated.
I've read about this a while back. I had no idea it was such big "movement..."
- Video that shows how far flights should be according to Google Maps, and then tries to book flights. Also shows the flight paths, that look odd on a globe, but make sense on a flat earth map.
The Horizon doesn't curve, Ships Zoom, Flat Earth - Shows what looks like a boat disappearing over the curve, zoomed in, you can still see it clearly.
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As far as the flight paths, you will notice the chosen path which seems to not make any sense, makes a lot more sense suddenly when you look closer to see they took that way because THERE ARE ISLANDS TO LAND ON TO REFUEL.
As far as the ship, this is not proof of anything either. If you are on land, you are ABOVE SEA LEVEL, meaning any time you look at a ship at a distance, you are looking down on it, negating the effect of it being hidden behind the curvature of the earth until it goes further away. Also it is pretty clear the photographer is on a hill from the photos.
As for the flight paths, on the globe map, it looks almost exactly the same distance to get from Australia to South America, as it does to go from Australia to the US. I understand what you're saying, but that's pushing it, they seem like the same distance or very close to it.
For another level video closer to the ground:
https://youtu.be/F4w41bjgymw?t=1mWhy is there such an insurgence of flat-earthers in 2015?
The same reason we have so many climate change denialists in 2015: many/most children are brainwashed with superstitious pseudo-reasoning during their formative years by organized religions.
On the contrary, your own words say most people these days believe in science over religion. Which is it more people believing science or more people believing in religion? If, by your own words, there are less and less parents believing in religion, then there will be less and less children taught in religion, and more and more people believing in science. How do you explain the fact that more and more people are not believing in science with your premises?
Why is there such an insurgence of flat-earthers in 2015?
Because some people are at war with science. They are so desperate to disbelieve that they will cling to anything available to 'prove' their anti-science position, using 'data' taken from their inferior experiments.
I'm guessing deep down you already knew this already.
No, along with my previous response to Beliathon, I find it hard to explain why people would be disbelieving in science these days. Also, I mentioned, most people on the flat earth stand point, are NOT religious.
This forum is full of all kinds of crazy anti-science bullshit and religious fundamentalism: Willikon, Spendulus and their global warming denialism, BAdecker and his creationism, Actor Tom Truong and his inbred bloodlines, saddam and his Nazi pseudoscience, you won't find a better recruiting ground for a flat earth cult than bitcointalk.
Really? I thought that most if not all people would not believe in it. I agreed with Beliathon that most people believe in science over religion these days. Most people believe in science over superstitions, etc. I also want to point out this wasn't to convince people, but to cause debate over why people are starting to argue this these days.
According to my thoughts, and people like Beliathon, more and more people are believing in science. I would add they believe in science, like a religion, with a faith that means they do not look and try to prove it themselves, or try to disprove it.
None of this can account for the people who are starting to try to disprove it, remembering that most of the dis-provers are not religious. In fact there is a whole page on the flat earth and Christianity
trying to prove the bible does not say the earth is flat.
