Science & Mathematics Flat Earth Society

[lions_den]

It's hard to imagine that in this day an age that such a society even exists. Check out their FAQ here: http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=11211.0

I get a good laugh out of it, and there's some pretty good trolls on their forum as well.

Anyone know of other whack job societies?

 

[Ice-Wolf]

Im not sure but I may have grown less intelligent from reading that.

 

[Truckosaurus]

I suggest putting them on a one-way rocket to the sun with plenty of windows so they can see the evidence for themselves.

 

[EagleMan87]

That website...I honestly can't put into words how beautiful their stupidity is. It's like someone took a dare to see how many idiots they could get to follow that shit.

Some examples:

The sun and moon, each 32 miles in diameter, rotate at a height of 3,000 miles above sea level. As they are spotlights, they only illuminate certain places. This explains why there are nights and days on Earth. The stars are at a height of 3,100 miles above sea level...

Q: "Why doesn't water run off the Earth?"

A: There is a vast "ice wall" that keeps the water where it is. This explains why you can find a vast plane of ice as you travel southward. The wall is roughly 150ft high. In the McIntyre model, however, the height of the wall increases further as one moves toward the edge of the world...

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I thought the ice wall was classic

 

[omit]

looks like something Mantis would believe

Q: "How did NASA create these images with the computer technology available at the time?"

A: NASA did not send rockets into space; instead, they spent a fraction of their funding on developing increasingly advanced computers and imaging software to cover their lies.

 

[Copernicus]

They must be taking the piss

 

[Coledinho]

Dont hate the players, hate the game. Lets be honest they are starting a society based on a 50/50 chance. If they had said the earth was a triangle than id be scared

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Haha brilliant stuff.

 

[nicky]

There are some conspiracy theorists in the midwest who are pretty out there.

The 9/11 theorists are nuts.

Christians.

 

[nicky]

Thanks very much for posting lions den, I have only read FAQ # 1 and am highly amused. FAQ # 1 (after reading quite a long introduction to get to the FAQ section, including a table of terminology introducing acronyms like EA: Electromagnetic Acceleration, a theory which states that light curves upward, creating a horizon for the observer) "Is this site a joke?"

 

[lions_den]

If you go to the Flat Earth only section of the forums then you'll see that they really do believe this, and that they think we're the stupid ones.

 

[Thrawn]

I think it's one massive troll site.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

There are some conspiracy theorists in the midwest who are pretty out there.

The 9/11 theorists are nuts.

Christians.

Glad someone said it. Add all the other mainstream religions.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I think it's one massive troll site.

It has to be. And the people on the forums there don't really believe it, they are more interested in the intellectual process of mounting an argument.

 

[Kerrby]

Q: "NASA and other world space agencies have pictures of the Earth from space, and in those pictures the Earth is clearly a globe; in this day and age, hasn't it been proven beyond any doubt that the Earth is round?"

A: NASA and the rest of the world's space agencies who claim to have been to space are involved in a Conspiracy to keep the shape of the Earth hidden. The pictures are faked using simple imaging software.

Q: "Are you saying NASA had Photoshop in the 1960s?"

A: Of course not. Back then the pictures taken were of far lower quality and were likely produced using analog means.

Q: "Why has no one taken a photo of the Earth that proves it is flat?"

A: Only those connected to the Conspiracy have access to heights from which the shape of the Earth can be discerned. Also, nobody has been to the edge of the Earth and lived; conditions on the Ice Wall get increasingly treacherous the further you get out, and navigation methods become unreliable that far south. It is also possible that the Conspiracy is guarding the edge to prevent people from getting too close to the truth.

The irony is the members name is "Roundy".

 

[coke_zero]

penguins are robots that get food for the men guarding the ice wall.

 

[yeah_nah]

penguins are robots that get food for the men guarding the ice wall.

The ice wall part is by far the best.

I like when the guy suggests that the guards ride snowmobiles to stop people from getting to the ice-wall.

I'm not really sure if this is for real or not, but either way I reckon its prime target for a good old Jihading

 

[Scootyb]

Haha yeah- ice wall wins. They only need, what, 100 men to guard it all on snowmobiles. I agree with Thrawn, must be a troll site

 

[lions_den]

It's definitely not a troll btw.

 

[Benno_900]

Well, they've convinced me.

I'm off to find the edge of the earth.

 

[MF]

Q: "Why do you believe the Earth is flat?"

A: It looks that way up close

I lol'd

 

[nicky]

I lol'd

hahahaha

(he has a point though)

 

[Lensen]

Definitely not a troll site. Watched a doco on them in a philosophy class once.

****s me what for though.

 

[Football God]

Wow, my IQ dropped from those answers i read.

Okay is there a bay 13 equivalent? i'm gonna troll that place.