/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10661798
spam bot detected

>>10661800
Fuck off, flatcuck.

>>10661798
Even flat Earthers show that the Earth is round.

>>10661798
I am confused.

It should have been MUCH cheaper to just lay a thick electrical cable on sea floor than a bunch of overhead pylons.

>>10661918
good point. I'm not saying the picture is fake but I can't find it anywhere else.

t. definitely not a flat earther.

>>10661918
nevermind
found it.

anyway flat earthers will never be convinced by this. its a fundamental flaw in human programming that we are able to blind ourselves to certain truths

>>10661798
Light actually refracts in the atmosphere, and if vertical density gradients are low enough (i.e. temperature gradients are low), it can make the horizon appear closer.

The opposite can occur as well. When vertical temperature gradients are very high, you can actually see further, because the horizon appears further away. This is because the light is bent towards earth surface more.

Science fags btfo

>>10661798
The pylons don't have the same heights and the water isn't even because of fluid mechanics and the moon.

>>10661948
correct
>>10661959
incorrect

>>10661798
>>10661948
here is a cool website that explains the phenomena
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/atsc113/sailing/met_concepts/10-met-local-conditions/10f-optical-phenomena/

>>10661991
So why does the OP not resemble a mirage whatsoever?

>>10661998
read the website. it is explained there.

I'd like a statistical breakdown of belief in a flat earth by nation. I'd bet the largest percentage would be American.

>>10662005
You're probably right. But I think its a actually a form of rebellion, rather than due to lack of intelligence/education.

>>10662013
People who buy into that sort of shit are almost always mental cases. It's just another cult.

>>10662039
Sure. But they've been brought up on capitalist beliefs where you take risks and win or lose. The big banks lost, and were bailed out by the government in 2008 - not very capitalist, and so everything they were brought up on and believed turned out to be a lie. So now they distrust ALL authority. naturally.

>>10662039
similar to the explosion in huge truck popularity after government started seriously talking about carbon taxes.

OPs thought process:
>I hate flat earth threads
>I don't see any flat earth threads
>better make a new one

>>10662039
you're totally underestimating the psychological of effects of the extreme level of hatred many people have for authority these days.

>>10662005
strayas are big into it too, it is conspicuously limited to the anglosphere

>>10662039
Lets not forget about OJ simpson. and white collar criminals getting slaps on the wrist.
Doctors prescribing opioids.
People are seriously beginning to distrust ALL authority.
So scientists get a bum rap because of the actions of crooked politicians, bankers, lawyers, doctors.

>>10662065
>it is conspicuously limited to the anglosphere
why do you think that is the case?

>>10662055
Do they hate authority or do they hate their leaders?

>>10662082
the word authority is essentially interchangeable with leader

>>10662065
It's pretty much non-existent in the UK or Europe. Probably because they have a not completely shit education system.

>>10662085
>It's pretty much non-existent in the UK or Europe.
I actually doubt that very much.

>>10662082
>>10662083
The GOP voter base is this weird thing where they all believe all government is bad. So they elect the most corrupt incompetent officials to prove themselves right.

inb4 150 replies and 25 posters
What a garbage thread

>Dude it's not a flat earth thread if I'm being ironic!
Holy shit fuck off and stop validating these retards with (You)'s.

>>10662039
>if you don't swallow what you've been told to think at face value, you're crazy
Remember when the US government tortured its own citizens with surreptitious administration of drugs and other chemicals, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, and verbal and sexual abuse, including the sexual abuse of children, for the purpose of weaponizing mind control? Remember when they openly admitted to this and no one cares to this day? Imagine putting anything past soulless bureaucrats with unlimited power. Imagine looking down upon people for, incorrect or not, actually thinking for themselves instead of being a drooling NPC like you.