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Originally posted by konata88:
How does one continuously fly east (or west) and eventually end up in the same place if the earth is flat? How do they explain that?

Easy:

Everyone that claims to have ever done it themselves is lying. They're all part of the conspiracy. And people who think they've done it on commercial planes are being tricked by the airlines. Oh, and GPS systems are also spoofed to fool people into thinking they've circumnavigating a globe.

(And no, I'm not exaggerating. This is actually what the Flat Earthers believe. Like I said... far from rational.)

I have Estes model rockets that have gone higher.

Fine. So do they believe the sun always rises in the east and sets in the West? If so, fly, drive, sail in a direction. Surely there is something they believe that is consistent with fact that they can use to prove themselves wrong. Unless they believe nature is part of the conspiracy.

And if that’s the case, remove them from the gene pool. That level of stupid should hurt permanently.

I have two models in my office that have flown higher than that

I don't care what he believes in. He friggin made a rocket with a steam angine and piloted it "himself" and survived. 100 feet up or 100,000 feet up, that's a HELL of an achievement.

Better article with more pics of the rocket and stuff:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...pels-1-875-feet.html

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Unless it's some sort of religion thing, what is the rational and/or point in believeing the earth is not a globe ? I would direct this question about those believers who are otherwise educated and live in modern society.

Good luck. Flat earth believers =/= "rational".

Flat Earthers think there's been a massive conspiracy over the past 2500+ years, consisting of the media, educational institutions, world governments, scientific institutions, airline companies, space organizations, etc., to fool everyone into believing the world is a sphere, when it's actually a flat disc.

They ignore copious amounts of actual data and scientific evidence that don't suit their ridiculous theory, then latch on to pieces of dubious pseudo-scientific "evidence" that they claim prove their theory to be correct.

They're in the same category as the conspiracy theorists who believe the moon landing was faked, or that the government uses flouride in the water system and chemicals in airplane contrails for mind-control purposes. Real tin-foil hat territory.

Ah, that makes sense. That contrails business is really out there.

What a maroon.

Should have painted it red, white and blue and launched it over the Grand Canyon.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If they are, I've got a crisp $100 bill that says they aren't crazy enough to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to achieve 1875 feet to prove the earth is flat.

So you are offering to give any member who spends thousands of dollars to prove that the earth is flat $100? Well that sounds like a swell deal, sign me up! You can send me the money now and I will get right on the process of building my rocket.

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Originally posted by konata88:
Fine. So do they believe the sun always rises in the east and sets in the West? If so, fly, drive, sail in a direction. Surely there is something they believe that is consistent with fact that they can use to prove themselves wrong. Unless they believe nature is part of the conspiracy.

And if that’s the case, remove them from the gene pool. That level of stupid should hurt permanently.

Yeah, just let `em go ahead and fall off the edge and be done with it!

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Originally posted by Xer0:
I don't care what he believes in. He friggin made a rocket with a steam angine and piloted it "himself" and survived. 100 feet up or 100,000 feet up, that's a HELL of an achievement.

Better article with more pics of the rocket and stuff:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...pels-1-875-feet.html

I agree. Remarkable. I have flown model rockets higher than that. But I didn't ride in them.

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Originally posted by konata88:
How does one continuously fly east (or west) and eventually end up in the same place if the earth is flat? How do they explain that?

Optical illusion caused by Reality.

tac

Wile E Coyote would be proud.

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Originally posted by Stlhead:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
If they are, I've got a crisp $100 bill that says they aren't crazy enough to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to achieve 1875 feet to prove the earth is flat.

So you are offering to give any member who spends thousands of dollars to prove that the earth is flat $100? Well that sounds like a swell deal, sign me up! You can send me the money now and I will get right on the process of building my rocket.

No, you cherry pick quoted which caused you to misread.

1st, they would have to out themselves to Sigforum that they’re a Flat Earth moron

2nd, in the previous paragraph I had already made fun of the word “prove,” but go ahead design, build, launch, and survive. Afterwards I’ll give them a $100, but then again they’d already be a self-admitted moron who hadn’t “proved” the earth was flat so I can’t explain their thought process. Might just be worth $100 to someone like that.

Two words: Escape velocity.

I profess to be a flat earth moron, can I have my $100 now? Pancake, the world is a pancake, we are all like pats of butter waiting to melt and fall off the edges! If it where allowed I would ask for my username to be changed to FLTEARTH if that would get me the $100.

After buying an O2 tank to have more options in dealing with weather, I took the Travel Air to a ridiculous (for that not-overpowered, naturally aspirated airplane) altitude of 17,500’ and stayed there much of the way from BFI (Seattle) to SBP (San Luis Obispo). It did take forever to get up there, but it was well worth it. Flying over Sacramento I could see the San Francisco Bay, the curvature of the earth was obvious, and I saw not only the thin red line, but the green flash at sunset. In over fifty years of life, I have seen the thin red line a very few times, but that is the only time I’ve seen the green flash.

Dude is nuts to think the earth is flat, but he has some serious stones to design and build a rocket and fly in it. I’m glad he survived it. I’d be happy to take him plenty high enough to see the curvature of the earth in a fifty year old FAA certified airplane if he’d cover 5he cost of the fuel.

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Originally posted by Stlhead:
I profess to be a flat earth moron, can I have my $100 now? Pancake, the world is a pancake, we are all like pats of butter waiting to melt and fall off the edges! If it where allowed I would ask for my username to be changed to FLTEARTH if that would get me the $100.

For real?
What keeps the oceans from dribbling off the edge of the flat earth? And what’s the upside for all these “conspirators” over hundreds of years to try to convince everyone that the earth is an oblate spheroid? I’m really curious.

I found out today that a friend who I have always considered an intelligent guy is a flat-earther. I was flummoxed.

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Originally posted by konata88:
How does one continuously fly east (or west) and eventually end up in the same place if the earth is flat? How do they explain that?

NASCAR.