Posted on 09/24/2018 8:38:22 PM PDT by Simon Green
The autumn equinox is upon us. On Saturday (Sept. 22), the sun will shine directly on the Earth's equator, autumn will officially begin in the northern hemisphere, and the length of day and night will be nearly equal across the globe ... or, "across the disc," if you're a flat-Earther.
For flat-Earthers — the vocal online community of folks who believe the world is actually flat and science is a conspiracy — the equinox can be tricky to explain. Without axial tilt, the phenomenon in which the rotating, spherical Earth angles its poles toward or away from the sun, how can the changing seasons be reliably explained? How can sunrises and sunsets occur if the sun is constantly shining on the entire, flat surface of the planet? If the North Pole sits at the exact center of the world, can compass directions even exist? [7 Ways to Prove the Earth Is Round]
Flat-Earth thinkers have come up with many answers to these niggling questions over the last century or so, and we've scoured the literature to share the explanations with you. Be warned: Understanding them requires discarding a few thousand years of what you might consider accepted scientific knowledge. For starters, forget the heliocentric model of the solar system. You won't need it here.
The sun is really, really small
In the most popular flat-Earth maps, the North Pole sits roughly at the center of the planetary disc, while Antarctica forms a giant ice wall along the planet's circumference. The equator forms a ring hallway between the two.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
The earth is not flat.
If it was, cats would’ve knocked everything off of it, by now.
It's an optical illusion. The planets are all earth-facing flat discs.
There's a small band of Flat Earthers right here on Free Republic.
I kid you not. I've argued with them.
Thanks for the chuckle!
“Oh lookie, we can have the sheeple move back 1,000 years whenever we want!”
Apparently the social engineering puppet masters have a sense of humor...
Threads like these deepen the loss of Shibumi.
He so loved batting the flat-earthers around.
Your Flat Earther must know my Flat Earther. Lol
Next time I see mine I’ll ask her about satellite communications.
I didn’t realize that. It must be like trying to argue or carry on a reasonable discussion with a Leftie.
Regards to you-
Know wonder global warming is the threat that it is...the Earth is like a big frying pan!
Know is no...but you knew that.
I’ve got fond memories of sitting fireside, talking with Shibumi til the wee hours, over whiskies. It was at one of the Texas Shoots, a few years back.
His mind was like the constellations above. Expansive and fascinating.
QED
I was blessed to know him.
He told me about your meeting so I liked you, too.
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