i always find it funny that; some lone bored dude in ancient greece with two sticks, some timing, and a decent distance, "yup, round. some kind of giant ball, imma make a guess at its size and later be proved kinda close". an entire community thriving with passion, with all modern technology and perfect measuring skills "its flat.... i cant definitely prove it but it is, trust me bro, im a scientist"

Flerf logic: "The horizon looks flat because the Earth is flat - trust your eyes" also "Boats only appear to go over a horizon due to an illusion caused by diffraction - don't trust your eyes"

Basically: Don't argue with a photographer about light-based phenomena.

Curious how "atmospheric effects" always conspire to produce exactly the effects that you would expect on a round Earth.

The only thing any rational person should says to a Flat Earther is, "Sorry, you're an idiot." Reasoning with people who are willfully ignorant is impossible.

They always focus on the exception pretending it’s the rule.

I love Dave. Every video is just "Here's this stupid thing someone said, and here's every reason why it's wrong and stupid" while still being calm and respectful the entire time. I learn something new in almost every video.

You know we can argue the science all day long. Here's what I want to know. If these people truly believe the earth is flat, why haven't they demonstrated this by traveling to the edge of the earth? I mean, how hard would that be to prove, if it were true?

In July, 1987, I sailed from Hawaii to California aboard the US Navy helicopter carrier USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). From the flag bridge, about 120 feet above sea level, I could see the masts of the two destroyers leading the convoy, about 100 miles ahead. Using the large binoculars, I could clearly see the cables (no more than a couple inches across) securing the masts, and all of the small scale structure of the masts, everything on the order of a few inches in size. The upper portions of the masts stuck right out of the water, with no sign of the ships under them, at all. There was no hint of any mirage effect, and under the circumstances, well out to sea, one would not have expected it anyway. So I have done the round-Earth verification observation myself. But the flatties will never Surrender.

Flerfs: "All images of the globe Earth are CGI - fake news"

I love the poetic justice; their proof of flat earth is literally a mirage.

I recently bought a cheap microscope on Amazon just to play with and show things to the kids. It claims to have the ability to do 1000x magnification. I put a coin case designed for 1oz silver rounds 1.8 inches in diameter under the microscope and looked at the edge. It's fairly straight! Imagine that, when you get close enough to something round, it becomes rather flat. Just for good measure I put a quarter under the microscope and I can only see a slight curve. I traced around my thermos lid, 3.8 inches diameter, and the line at 1000x was perfectly straight as far as I could see! What magic is this!!!

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So funny listening to a man getting so giddy and excited, thinking he's somehow proven flat Earth, while using a program that he doesn't know how to use or analyse its output properly.

Even the AI-narrator sounded like it was about to call bullcrap

The floor and ceiling "compress", but the doors on either side of the hallway do not change. Busted.

Let them zoom in on Paris (from USA or GB), and get the Eiffel Tower (back) into view

As someone who sails this argument is ridiculous. Sailing towards a windmill, land or a lighthouse it always appears top-down as you approach.

Ironic as hell that their light experiment at about

It's interesting how complicated it is to explain even just one phenomenon on flat earth, yet it never works when applied to explain a whole model.